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You can configure boot paths and boot options by using
any one of the following procedures: | | | |  | CAUTION: The nPartition ACPI configuration must be set to the proper
value for the operating system when configuring boot options on HP Integrity
servers. This must be done for the device paths to be properly established
in the boot options list. Use the acpiconfig command to check and set this
value. For details refer to “ACPI Configuration Value—HP Integrity Server OS Boot”. | | | | |
Procedure 5-55 Configuring Boot Paths and Options (BCH Menu) Use the PATH command from the BCH
Main Menu to configure boot paths for an nPartition. The BCH Menu is available
only on HP 9000 systems. Access the BCH
Main Menu for the nPartition whose boot paths and options you want to configure. 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. At the BCH Main
menu, set the boot path values using the PATH command. To list the current boot path settings, enter PATH with
no arguments. To set a boot path, enter PATH VAR hwpath, where VAR is the boot path variable (PRI, HAA, or
ALT) and hwpath is a boot device hardware path. For example, to set the PRI boot path to a new value (4/0/2/0/0.10,
in this case) enter PATH PRI 4/0/2/0/0.10, as shown below. Main Menu: Enter command or menu > PATH PRI 4/0/2/0/0.10.0
Primary Boot Path: 4/0/2/0/0.10
4/0/2/0/0.a (hex)
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > |
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 5-56 Configuring Boot Paths and Options (EFI Boot Manager) From the EFI Boot Manager environment, use the use Boot
Option Maintenance operations to add or delete boot options,
or to change the order of items in the boot options list. The EFI Boot Manager
is available only on HP Integrity systems. Access the EFI
Boot Manager menu for the nPartition whose boot paths (the EFI boot options
list items) and options you want to configure. 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. Select the Boot
Option Maintenance option from the main EFI Boot Manager menu. At the Boot
Option Maintenance menu use the Add a Boot Option, Delete
Boot Option(s), and Change Boot Order menu
items to add or delete boot options or change the order of items in the boot
options list. EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]
Main Menu. Select an Operation
Boot from a File
Add a Boot Option
Delete Boot Option(s)
Change Boot Order
Manage BootNext setting
Set Auto Boot TimeOut
Select Active Console Output Devices
Select Active Console Input Devices
Select Active Standard Error Devices
Cold Reset
Exit
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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 5-57 Configuring Boot Paths and Options (EFI Shell) From the EFI Shell environment, use the bcfg command
to add or delete boot options, or to change the order of items in the boot
options list. The EFI Shell is available only on HP Integrity systems. Access the EFI
Shell environment for the nPartition whose boot paths (the EFI boot options
list items) and options you want to configure. 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. At the EFI Shell
environment, use the bcfg command to manage the boot options
list for the local nPartition. The bcfg command
include the following options for managing the boot options list: bcfg boot dump —
Display all items in the boot options list for the local nPartition. bcfg boot rm # —
Remove the item number specified by # from the boot
options list. bcfg boot mv #a #b —
Move the item number specified by #a to the position
specified by #b in the boot options list. bcfg boot add # file.efi "Description" — Add a new boot option to the position in the boot options list
specified by #. The new boot option references file.efi and
is listed with the title specified by Description.
See the help bcfg command for details. 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 5-58 Configuring Boot Paths and Options (HP-UX) From the HP-UX command line you can configure boot options
for an nPartition by using the /usr/sbin/setboot or /usr/sbin/parmodify command. | | | |  | NOTE: On HP Integrity systems, the boot options list for only
the local nPartition may be displayed and modified. | | | | |
Login to HP-UX
running on the nPartition whose boot paths and options you want to configure. On HP-UX B.11.11 nPartition systems, you can configure
boot paths for any nPartition in the complex, including remote nPartitions. On HP-UX running on cell-based HP Integrity servers, you
can configure boot paths (the EFI boot options list items) for only the local
nPartition. Configure boot
path settings using the parmodify -p#... command. Use the following commands to set the boot path variables
for a specified partition number (-p#): PRI path— parmodify -p# -b PRI where PRI is the hardware path. HAA path—parmodify -p# -s HAA where HAA is the hardware path. ALT path—parmodify -p# -t ALT where ALT is the hardware path.
If using the setboot command to set
boot paths for the local nPartition, you can specify setboot -p PRI or
the setboot -a ALT command. You
also can set the HAA boot path using the setboot -h HAA command. You can list the current boot path settings for an nPartition
by issuing the parstatus -V -p# | grep Path command
and specifying the partition number (-p#).
The setboot command with no arguments lists the PRI and
ALT settings for the local nPartition as well as the PRI path flags (boot
actions) for the local nPartition. For example, to set the PRI boot path to 0/0/4/0/0.8.0
and the HAA boot path to 0/0/4/0/0.9.0 for partition number 0, issue the parmodify
-p0 -b 0/0/4/0/0.8.0 -s 0/0/4/0/0.9.0 command, as shown below. # parmodify -p0 -b 0/0/4/0/0.8.0 -s 0/0/4/0/0.9.0
Command succeeded.
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Boot Path Notes for HP Integrity servers. On HP Integrity servers, parmodify and setboot considers
the first item in the boot options list to be the PRI boot
path, the second item to be the HAA boot
path, and the third boot option list item to be the ALT boot
path. When you use parmodify or setboot to
configure the first (PRI) or second (HAA)
or third (ALT) item in the boot options list,
the new device path that you specify either replaces the original boot option,
or it is inserted in the original item's place (with the original item
being shifted toward the end of the boot options list): If the boot option currently is not set to an HP-UX device,
the new boot device path is inserted as a new item in the boot options list. In this case the original list item, if any, moves toward the end of
the boot options list and the new boot device path becomes the first (PRI)
or second (HAA) or third (ALT)
item in the list, as specified by parmodify or setboot. If the boot option currently is set to an HP-UX device and
the list item has the standard description (such as "HP-UX Primary Boot" for PRI,
or "HP-UX Alternate Boot" for ALT) then the
new boot device path replaces the original item in the boot options list. If the boot option currently is set to an HP-UX device and
the list item's description is not standard for its place in the boot
options list, then the new boot device setting is inserted as a new item in
the boot options list. In this case the original list item is
moved toward the end of the boot options list.
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