Switchboot command

From NetworkCommands

A command available on most F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to display or change the default boot image for the device.

Usage Syntax

switchboot [options]

The options available are:

-l - list the current, default and available boot images;

-b <location> - specify the default boot image location

-t <title> - specify the title of a boot image, used with -b to indicate which boot image the title will be changed for

-d - dump the contents of grub.conf - this option will display how much memory is assigned to the linux environment, the rest being assigned to TMM

Usage Examples

switchboot - display a menu allowing you to select which image to boot by default

switchboot -l - display the current, default and available boot images;

switchboot -d - display serial port, kernal, memory and boot parameters;

Typical Output

switchboot -l

Current boot image:
    HD1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2
Default boot image:
    HD1.2 - BIG-IP 9.2.5 Build 5.1
Available boot image(s):
    HD1.1 - BIG-IP 9.1.2 Build 40.2
    HD1.2 - BIG-IP 9.2.5 Build 5.1

switchboot -d

default=0
timeout=5
serial --unit=0 --speed=19200
terminal serial

title BIG-IP 9.3.0 Build 178.5 - drive hda.1
        kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz.hda.1 ro root=/dev/hda5 console=ttyS0,19200 panic=1 mem=384M platform=C36 quiet

title BIG-IP 9.4.0 Build 517.5 - drive hda.2
        kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz.hda.2 ro root=/dev/hda10 console=ttyS0,19200 panic=1 mem=1024M   platform=C36 quiet

title End User Diagnostics
        kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz.eud root=/dev/ramdisk rw console=ttyS0,19200 quiet
        initrd (hd0,1)/initrd.img.eud

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