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Booting over a Network

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You can boot over a network by using any one of the following procedures:

Procedure 5-47 Booting over a Network (BCH Menu)

From the BCH Menu, use the BOOT LAN... command to boot HP-UX over a network. The BCH Menu is available only on HP 9000 systems.

  1. Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition that you want to boot over a network.

    Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition console. When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu (the Main Menu: Enter command or menu> prompt). If at a BCH menu other than the Main Menu, then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu.

  2. Issue the BOOT LAN INSTALL command or the BOOT LAN.ip-address INSTALL command to boot over a network and perform an HP-UX installation.

    The BOOT... INSTALL commands boot HP-UX from the default HP-UX install server or from the server specified by ip-address.

  3. Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them.

    To exit the BCH environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the service processor, type X at the Main Menu.

Procedure 5-48 Booting over a Network (EFI Boot Manager)

From the EFI Boot Manager, to boot from a network device select the Boot Option Maintenance->Boot from a File menu option and then select the "Load File" option for the LAN card that has the desired MAC address. The EFI Boot Manager is available only on HP Integrity systems.

  1. Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the nPartition that you want to boot over a network.

    Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition console.

    When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If at another EFI menu, select the Exit option from the sub-menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.

  2. At the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the Boot Option Maintenance option.

  3. At the Boot Option Maintenance menu, select the Boot from a File menu option and then select the network card whose MAC address you want to use when booting.

    Highlight the desired network card, then press Return or Enter to initiate booting using the selected card.

    EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60] Boot From a File. Select a Volume IA64_EFI [Acpi(000222F0,269)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun8,Lun0)/HD(Part1,S Removable Media Boot [Acpi(000222F0,2A8)/Pci(0|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0 Load File [Acpi(000222F0,200)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(001083FD5D9B)] Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]] Exit
  4. Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them.

    To exit the EFI environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the service processor, type X at the Main Menu.

Procedure 5-49 Booting over a Network (EFI Shell)

From the EFI Shell environment, use the lanboot select command to boot over a network. The EFI Shell is available only on HP Integrity systems.

NOTE: To perform a directed lanboot on HP Integrity servers, use the EFI Shell dbprofile command and the lanboot command -dn option.

First use the dbprofile EFI Shell command to list or create direct boot profiles. Then use the lanboot select -dn profile command to perform a directed lanboot using the specified direct boot profile (profile).

For details use the help dbprofile command and the help lanboot command from the EFI Shell.

  1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition that you want to boot over a network.

    Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition console.

    When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If at another EFI menu, select the Exit option from the sub-menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.

    From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment.

  2. At the EFI Shell, issue the lanboot select command to boot from the selected networking card.

    For details see the help lanboot command.

    Shell> lanboot select 01 Acpi(000222F0,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(00306E0E5268) 02 Acpi(000222F0,800)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(00108327549F) Select Desired LAN: 1 Selected Acpi(000222F0,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(00306E0E5268) Running LoadFile() CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 30 6e 0e 52 68
  3. Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them.

    To exit the EFI environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the service processor, type X at the Main Menu.

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