PXE boot once

[AndySteady]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to PXE boot an HP ProLiant server once by ssh. By once I mean that the next boot should be PXE, but subsequent boots should revert to the normal/previous boot order (hard disk first).

The ilo version is iLO 4 Standard 1.22

It has ipmi but I don't know an easy way to execute ipmi commands remotely - e.g. via ssh. The ipmi session type is IPMIv2/RMCP+

Thanks in advance for any help,

Andy

[AndySteady]

In the end I found I was able to do this:

set /system1/bootconfig1/bootsource5 bootorder=1

power reset

set /system1/bootconfig1/bootsource3 bootorder=1

Unfortunatley there needs to be a sleep between the 2nd and 3rd line as the ilo won't accept the 3rd command so soon after the reboot issue.

Andy

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@AndySteady wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to PXE boot an HP ProLiant server once by ssh. By once I mean that the next boot should be PXE, but subsequent boots should revert to the normal/previous boot order (hard disk first).

The ilo version is iLO 4 Standard 1.22

It has ipmi but I don't know an easy way to execute ipmi commands remotely - e.g. via ssh. The ipmi session type is IPMIv2/RMCP+

Thanks in advance for any help,

Andy

[ssrepfler]

It actually CAN be done, but not on iLO

You must login to Onboard Admin (OA) via ssh

Then you can use command (e.g. to reboot bay2 blade with PXE)

reboot server 2 PXE

See OA CLI reference manual for more info