BiosCfg

BIOS Configuration Controller

A service for out-of-band management of BIOS settings.

Condition

This controller manages the actions for the biosControl conditions.

Actions

Currently, the only available actions is to reset the BIOS to default settings. The actions can be sent with the mctl command line tool.

mctl bios reset -s {SERVER_UUID}

Status of the reset can be monitored with the mctl tool as well.

mctl bios status -s {SERVER_UUID}

Example output:

{
  "id": "6c022862-3a8a-41d5-884a-245353183959",
  "kind": "biosControl",
  "state": "active",
  "parameters": {
    "asset_id": "ca5ae35b-a6d0-4564-a57d-a0e7a5def9d4",
    "action": "reset_settings"
  },
  "status": {
    "task": "BiosResetSettings",
    "status": "active",
    "steps": [
      {
        "step": "GetServerPowerState",
        "status": "succeeded",
        "details": "Step completed successfully"
      },
      {
        "step": "BiosReset",
        "status": "active",
        "details": "Running step"
      },
      {
        "step": "ServerReboot",
        "status": "pending"
      }
    ]
  },
  "updated_at": "2024-04-19T00:38:42.71071142Z",
  "created_at": "2024-04-19T00:36:57.397245094Z"
}