“Troubleshooting Boot Problems” | This section has tips for resolving common nPartition
boot issues. See “Troubleshooting Boot Problems”. |
“Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces” | Use the service processor Console Menu (CO)
to access the BCH or EFI system boot environment for an nPartition. See “Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces”. |
“Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity” | Use the VFP option from the
service processor Main Menu to access a Virtual Front Panel for monitoring
the boot status of an nPartition. See “Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity”. |
| “Finding Bootable Devices” | BCH Menu: SEARCH command.
See “Finding Bootable Devices”. |
| “Performing a Transfer of Control Reset” | See “Performing a Transfer of Control Reset”. |
| “Booting HP-UX” | EFI Boot Manager: select an item from the boot options list. EFI Shell: access the EFI System Partition (for example fs0:)
for a root device and enter HPUX to invoke the loader.
See “Booting HP-UX”.
This section also covers booting HP-UX in single-user mode and LVM-maintenance
mode. |
“Shutting Down HP-UX” | Issue the /sbin/shutdown command with the
desired options, such as -r to shut down and reboot automatically,
or -h to shut down and halt the system. The -R and -H options
to shutdown and reboot are used when
performing nPartition reconfigurations; see the Reboot for Reconfig and Shutdown
for Reconfig details in this table.
See “Shutting Down HP-UX”. |
“Booting HP OpenVMS” | See “Booting HP OpenVMS”. |
“Shutting Down HP OpenVMS” | See “Shutting Down HP OpenVMS”. |
“Booting Microsoft Windows” | See “Booting Microsoft Windows”. |
“Shutting Down Microsoft Windows” | See “Shutting Down Microsoft Windows”. |
“Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux” | See “Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux”. |
“Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server” | See “Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server”. |
“Shutting Down Linux” | See “Shutting Down Linux”. |
“Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions” | Service Processor (MP or GSP): RS command;
under normal operation you first shut down the operating system. On
HP Integrity servers you should reset an nPartition only after all self tests
and partition rendezvous have completed. BCH Menu: REBOOT command. EFI Boot Manager: Boot Option Maintenance Cold Reset. EFI Shell: reset command. HP-UX: /sbin/shutdown or /usr/sbin/reboot command. OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN command and
enter Yes at the "Should an automatic system reboot
be performed" prompt. Windows: shutdown /r command or the StartShut Down action
and Restart pull-down menu option. Linux: /sbin/shutdown command. You must
include the required time argument to specify when
the shutdown is to occur.
See “Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions”. |
| “Performing a Reboot for Reconfig” | See “Performing a Reboot for Reconfig”. |
| “Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State” |  | | | |  | NOTE: Only supported for cell-based HP servers. | | | | |
Service Processor (MP or GSP): RR command;
under normal operation you first shut down the operating system. BCH Menu: RECONFIGRESET command. EFI Shell: reconfigreset command. HP-UX: /sbin/shutdown -R -H command. OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN command and
enter No at the "Should an automatic system reboot
be performed" prompt, then at the service processor (MP or GSP) Command menu
enter the RR command and specify the nPartition. Windows: shutdown /s command or the StartShut Down action
and Shut down pull-down menu option. Linux: /sbin/shutdown -h time command.
You must include the time argument to specify when
the shutdown is to occur.
See “Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State”. |
| “Booting an Inactive nPartition” | See “Booting an Inactive nPartition”. |
| “Booting over a Network” | BCH Menu: BOOT LAN... command. EFI Boot Manager: select Boot Option
MaintenanceBoot from a File and
select the "Load File" option for the LAN card that has the desired MAC address. EFI Shell: lanboot select command.
See “Booting over a Network”. |
“Booting to the HP-UX Initial System Loader (ISL)” | See “Booting to the HP-UX Initial System Loader (ISL)”. |
“Booting to the HP-UX Loader (HPUX.EFI)” | See “Booting to the HP-UX Loader (HPUX.EFI)”. |
“Using HP-UX Loader Commands” | BCH Menu: boot to the Initial System Loader prompt (ISL>),
and from ISL issue HP-UX loader commands in the following form: hpux command For example: enter hpux ls to issue the ls command. EFI Shell or EFI Boot Manager: boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader
prompt (HPUX>), and issue HP-UX loader
commands directly. For example: enter ls to
issue the ls command.
See “Using HP-UX Loader Commands”. |
“Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI)” | EFI Shell or EFI Boot Manager: start booting Linux and type
any key to interrupt the boot process, stopping it at the ELILO Linux Loader
prompt ("ELILO boot").
See “Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI)”. |
“Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands” | EFI Shell or EFI Boot Manager: boot to the ELILO Linux Loader
prompt ("ELILO boot") and issue loader commands
directly.
See “Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands”. |
| “Configuring Boot Paths and Options” | EFI Boot Manager: use Boot Option Maintenance operations
to add or delete boot options, or to change the order of items in the boot
options list. EFI Shell: bcfg command for HP-UX options. For example: bcfg boot dump to list all boot options,
or help bcfg for details setting and reordering boot options
list items. For Windows boot options, use the MSUtil\nvrboot.efi utility. HP-UX: /usr/sbin/setboot or /usr/sbin/parmodify command.
On HP Integrity systems, only the boot options list for the local nPartition
may be displayed and modified.
See “Configuring Boot Paths and Options”. |
“Configuring Autoboot Options” | BCH Menu: the PATHFLAGS command from the
BCH Configuration menu sets boot-time actions for an nPartition. To
set the boot actions for an nPartition boot paths, enter: PATHFLAGS VAR action where VAR is the boot path variable (PRI, HAA,
or ALT) and action is the boot action (0 for "go to
BCH", 1 for "boot, if fail go to BCH", 2 for "boot, if fail try next path",
or 3 for "skip this path, try next path"). EFI Boot Manager: Boot Option MaintenanceSet Auto Boot TimeOut operation. EFI Shell: autoboot command. For
example: autoboot off to disable autoboot, or autoboot
60 to enable autoboot with a 60-second timeout period. HP-UX: setboot -b on or setboot
-b off command, to turn on (enable) or turn off (disable) autoboot.
See “Configuring Autoboot Options”. |
“Configuring Boot-Time System Tests” | See “Configuring Boot-Time System Tests”. |
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