Booting and Shutting Down the System - Solaris 9 System Administrator - page 33

Important OpenBoot Commands
Some of the more important OpenBoot commands are used to view and
modify NVRAM parameters, display system configuration information, per-
form hardware testing, and control the system booting. All these commands
are entered at the Forth Monitor or at the OpenBoot ok prompt.

Table 2.1 lists the OpenBoot commands used to view and modify NVRAM
parameters.

Table 2.1 OpenBoot Commands for Viewing and Modifying NVRAM Parameters

Command Description

printenv Displays the current value of all variables and current default

values.

printenv variable Displays the current value of variable .

setenv variable value Sets the variable to value .

set-defaults Resets all variables to original default values.

set-default variable Resets variable to its default value.

Table 2.2 lists the OpenBoot commands that are used to display system con-
figuration data.

Table 2.2 OpenBoot Commands for Displaying System Configuration Data

Command Description

banner Displays the power-on banner.

devalias Lists all device aliases.

.enet-addr Displays the Ethernet address.

.idprom Displays formatted ID PROM contents.

module-info Displays CPU speed (2.x only).

show-devs Lists installed devices.

.speed Displays CPU and bus speeds (3.x only).

.traps Lists the types of SPARC traps.

.version Displays the boot PROM version and data.

Table 2.3 lists the OpenBoot commands that are used to perform basic hard-
ware testing.