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Set BIOS UEFI shell startup

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Jack Garcia edited this page May 25, 2017 · 1 revision

If not created already, create an instance of Rest or Redfish Object using the RestObject or RedfishObject class respectively. The class constructor takes iLO hostname/ ip address, iLO login username and password as arguments. The class also initializes a login session, gets systems resources and message registries.

Rest Object creation:

REST_OBJ = RestObject(iLO_host, login_account, login_password)

Redfish Object creation:

REDFISH_OBJ = RedfishObject(iLO_host, login_account, login_password)

Example 34: Set BIOS UEFI shell startup settings

The method ex34_set_bios_uefi_shell_startup takes an instance of rest object ( or redfish object if using Redfish API ) and BIOS service settings as arguments.

def ex34_set_bios_uefi_shell_startup(restobj, uefienabled="Enabled", networkpath="", urlpath="", bios_password=None):

Find and get the BIOS settings URI from the systems resources collection.

instances = restobj.search_for_type("Bios.")

For the UEFI settings, prepare the request body with only the UEFI settings we want to change and perform the PATCH request.

def setproperty (restobj,instance, bios_property, property_value, bios_password):
        body = {bios_property: property_value}
        response = restobj.rest_patch(instance["href"], body, bios_password)
        restobj.error_handler(response)

A successful PATCH response will set the UEFI settings to the new values provided, however the changes will go into effect only after a system reset or reboot.

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