1.
Access the EFI Shell environment.
a. Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter the
CO
command to access the system console.
b. Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If you are at
another EFI menu, select
Exit
option from the submenus until you return to the screen
labeled
EFI Boot Manager
.
c. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the
EFI Shell
to access the EFI Shell
environment.
2.
Access the EFI System Partition (
fs
X
:
where
X
is the file system number) for the device
from which you want to boot HP-UX.
For example, enter
fs2:
to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system
number
2
. The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.
The full path for the HP-UX loader is
\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI
on the device you are
accessing.
3.
At the EFI Shell environment, use the
bcfg
command to manage the boot options list.
The
bcfg
command includes the following options for managing the boot options list:
bcfg boot dump
Displays all items in the boot options list for the
system.
bcfg boot rm #
Removes 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 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.
For example, bcfg boot add1 \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI “HP-UXi” adds an HP-UX 11i item as
the first entry in the boot options list.
See the
help bcfg
command.
4.
Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces if you are finished using them.
a. To exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu, press
Control-B
.
b. To exit the iLO 2 MP, enter
X
at the MP Main Menu.
Booting HP-UX in Standard Mode
Use either of the following procedures to boot HP-UX:
•
“Booting HP-UX From the EFI Boot Manager” (page 120)
•
“Booting HP-UX From the EFI Shell” (page 121)
Booting HP-UX From the EFI Boot Manager
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list to boot HP-UX.
1.
Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the system on which you want to boot HP-UX.
a. Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter
CO
to select the system console.
b. Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu. If you are at another EFI menu,
select
Exit
from the submenus until you return to the screen labeled
EFI Boot Manager
.
2.
At the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list.
Each item in the boot options list references a specific boot device and provides a specific
set of boot options or arguments you use when booting the device.
120
Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System