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You can configure autoboot options by using any one of
the following procedures: Procedure 5-59 Configuring Autoboot Options (BCH Menu) From the BCH Menu, use the PATHFLAGS command
at the BCH Configuration menu to set the boot-time actions for an nPartition.
The BCH Menu is available only on HP 9000 systems. Access the BCH
Main Menu for the nPartition whose autoboot 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. Access the BCH
Configuration menu by entering CO at the Main menu,
and set the boot action for each boot path, as desired, by using the PATHFLAGS command. At the BCH Configuration menu, you can list the path flags
(boot actions) for all boot path variables by entering PATHFLAGS with
no arguments. To set the boot action for each of the 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"). For example, to configure an nPartition to boot from the
PRI device or (if PRI fails to boot) the HAA device, use the following two
BCH Configuration commands: PATHFLAGS PRI 2 and PATHFLAGS
HAA 1, as shown below. Configuration Menu: Enter command > PATHFLAGS PRI 2
Primary Boot Path Action
Boot Actions: Boot from this path.
If unsuccessful, go to next path.
Configuration Menu: Enter command > PATHFLAGS HAA 1
HA Alternate Boot Path Action
Boot Actions: Boot from this path.
If unsuccessful, go to BCH.
Configuration Menu: Enter command > |
For other help in setting path flags, enter HELP
PATHFLAGS at the BCH Configuration menu prompt. 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 5-60 Configuring Autoboot Options (EFI Boot Manager) From the EFI Boot Manager environment use the Boot Option Maintenance Set Auto Boot TimeOut menu operation to configure an nPartitions autoboot setting.
The EFI Boot Manager is available only on HP Integrity systems. Access the EFI
Boot Manager menu for the nPartition whose autoboot 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. Select the Set
Auto Boot TimeOut menu operation from the Boot
Option Maintenance menu. At the Set Auto
Boot TimeOut menu, either disable autoboot by selecting the Delete/Disable
Timeout menu item, or enable autoboot by setting the autoboot
timeout through the Set Timeout Value menu item. When autoboot is enabled on an HP Integrity server, the
local nPartition boot options are attempted to be loaded automatically at
boot time, starting with the first item in the boot options list. See the Help menu for details. EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]
Set Auto Boot Timeout. Select an Option
Set Timeout Value
Delete/Disable Timeout
Help
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 5-61 Configuring Autoboot Options (EFI Shell) From the EFI Shell environment configure the autoboot setting
for the local nPartition by using the autoboot command.
The EFI Shell is available only on HP Integrity systems. Access the EFI
Shell environment for the nPartition whose autoboot 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 autoboot command to enable or disable
autoboot for the nPartition. When autoboot is enabled
for an nPartition in an HP Integrity server, items in the boot options list
are attempted to be loaded automatically at boot time, starting with the first
item in the boot options list. Enter the autoboot command with no arguments
to list the current autoboot configuration for the local nPartition. You also can specify off to disable
autoboot, or specify a timeout duration to enable autoboot with a specific
number of seconds during which automatic booting from the boot options list
can be canceled. For example: autoboot off to disable
autoboot, or autoboot 60 to enable autoboot with a 60-second
timeout period. See the help autoboot 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 5-62 Configuring Autoboot Options (HP-UX) From the HP-UX command line use the setboot -b
on or setboot -b off command, to turn on (enable)
or turn off (disable) autoboot. Login to HP-UX
running on the nPartition whose autoboot options you want to configure. On HP Integrity
servers only, the setboot -b on command enables autoboot,
and the setboot -b off command disables autoboot. When autoboot is enabled for an nPartition in an HP Integrity
server, items in the boot options list are attempted to be loaded automatically
at boot time, starting with the first item in the boot options list. On HP 9000 servers
only, the setboot command configures the boot action for
the PRI boot path. Configure the PRI boot action
for the local nPartition by using the setboot -b Autoboot -s Autosearch command. The setboot command supports the following
options for setting local nPartition boot actions: - -b
Autoboot setting for the local nPartition: -b on to automatically boot the PRI
path. -b off to not boot PRI. - -s
Autosearch setting for the local
nPartition: -s on to attempt
to perform the HAA path boot action when PRI is not booted (either when -b is off,
or when PRI fails to boot when -b is on). -s off to never attempt to perform the
HAA action.
For example, to always stop the local nPartition at BCH
when booting, issue the setboot -b off -s off command.
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