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Using ipmitool, I am trying to change the boot order to pxe boot first and from a particular interface.

As far as I am aware, ipmitool tool provides option to change the boot device but not interfaces. For example, I can change the boot order to pxe:

ipmitool -I lanplus -H bmc_ip -U root -P passwd chassis bootdev pxe options=persistent

Is there any way to set network boot order (i.e. a specific interface to pxe boot from) as well?

There doesn't seem to be any option through bootdev or bootparam options of ipmitool. I was wondering if this could be achieved using the raw mode or in any other way?

Obvious alternative is to enter the bios manually or through ipmitool. But I am interested in doing this without manual interaction.

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IPMI does not support ordering of physical Ethernet interfaces for PXE boot. The latest release of IPMI 2.0 supports multiple IP addresses (IPMI 2.0 version 1.1, February 2014) for a single physical Ethernet interface and none of the free IPMI tools support that.

It may be possible to hack a solution where you disable all IP addresses except the one you want and PXE boot would happen using the single available IP. I have never seen this done.

What module server are you using? It is very, very rare there are multiple physical Ethernets on a server that support IPMI. If the server vendor has gone to that much trouble and expense is there an OEM command that implements the function you want?

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