BIOS parameters validation

Use the nps validate-bios command to validate the server BIOS parameters with the provided hardware profile. As part of the validation, the bios_mode and bios_settings section provided in the hardware profile are validated.

IMPORTANT:

Ensure that the status of the BIOS operation in hardware preparation is completed before executing this command. If the command is executed before the hardware preparation is complete, it will show mis-matched parameters with the profile.

Use one of the following options to validate the BIOS settings in the server with the hardware profile provided in the input JSON:

  • Validating single server or multiple servers or all the servers

  • Validating range of servers

  • Validating server bios parameters with the provided hardware profile

To validate single server or multiple servers or all the servers

Use this command to validate all provided server BIOS parameters with hardware profile provided in the input JSON. All the servers from input JSON or specific servers provided in the command will be listed and BIOS settings defined in their respective profile will be validated against those servers.

Syntax

nps validate-bios -sl all

OR

nps validate-bios -sl <iLO_IP>

OR

nps validate-bios -sl <iLO_IP1,iLO_IP2,iLO_IP3…>

Parameters

-sl

To list the iLO IPs on which BIOS parameters need to be validated. The parameter options are described below.

Options

  • all: To validate all servers.

  • <ilO_IP>: Server iLO IP to validate single server.

  • <iLO_IP1, iLO_IP2, iLO_IP3>: Server iLO IP’s to validate multiple servers.

To validate range of servers

Use this command to validate range of server’s BIOS parameters with their server hardware profile. All the servers between provided range (including start IP and end IP) will be listed and the BIOS settings defined in their respective profile will be validated against those servers.

Syntax

nps validate-bios --range <server_start_ip,server_end_ip>

Parameters

--range

  • server_start_ip: Start IP address of the range.

  • server_end_ip: End IP address of the range.

To validate server BIOS parameters with the provided hardware profile

Use this command to validate server BIOS parameters with the provided hardware profile. All the servers that matches the provided hardware profile will be listed and the BIOS settings defined in that profile will be validated against those servers.

Syntax

nps validate-bios -p <hw_profile_name>

Parameters

-p

Hardware profile name to validate.