Change boot order/BIOS settings via OS (scripted?)

[BNewby]

Related to all p-class and c-class BL servers, is there a way to change the Boot Order, Serial Number, or Product id from the OS? We would like a way to script changes along these lines. We have 8000+ Proliant systems, everything must be scripted and done in uptime. I would not like to boot a box and manually change the boot order, creating an unnecessary downtime.

[Adrian Clint]

You should look at the Smartstart Scripting Toolkit.
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/toolkit/index.html
And if you have p/c class blades then you probably have RDP installed which uses the scripting toolkit.
Just because a task runs in WinPE does not Take a deep look at the HPONCFG & CPQLOCFG iLO scripting tools for boot-order.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658&prodNameId=1135772&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-232d69dde5874c11b3ebc27ee3

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658&prodNameId=1135772&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-779cd11520cf4551bfd0969e43

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658&prodNameId=1135772&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-46af19b041be42cab5709b4ab1

Forum for the Scripting toolkit is
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/categoryhome.do?categoryId=299
For ilO Scripting
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/categoryhome.do?categoryId=298