C Utilities
This appendix describes the utilities that are part of the server blade. These include the EFI Boot
Manager and EFI-POSSE.
NVRAM Backup Utility
The HP Integrity Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM) configuration backup utility provides the capability
to store and restore critical server settings and EFI Boot Manager options on the server blade. This
utility is available as an offline EFI application.
Downloading and Installing the NVRAM Backup Utility
To download and install the NVRAM backup utility onto your server:
1.
Connect to the HP Support & Drivers home pages at:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/
en/support.html
.
2.
Select
Download drivers and software
.
3.
Enter the server model number (
BL860c
) and click
>>
to begin the search.
4.
Select the configuration of your server.
5.
Select the operating system (
HP-UX 11.x
).
6.
Select
Utility
from the Quick jump list.
7.
Select the following utility in the list:
hp Integrity Non-Volatile RAM Configuration Backup Utility
.
8.
Select the
Release Notes
tab to view the release notes with the installation instructions.
9.
Click
Download
, then
Save
, and select a directory to save the utility package to. The utility
package downloads to the directory you selected.
Using the NVRAM Backup Utility
The following shows the options you can enter when using the
NVRAM
backup utility.
Syntax
nvrambkp [-h|-b|-r <archivedb>|-a <archivedb>|-o|-n|-v|-i|-l <log>]
Parameters
-h
Displays help text
-b
Enables paging text (only allowed with
-h
)
-r <archivedb>
Restores all nonvolatile settings from the archived database
-a <archivedb>
Archives all nonvolatile settings to the archive database
-o
Restores EFI Boot Manager options only (use only with
-r
)
-n
Non-interactive mode, no user prompt
-v
Validates the database that used on the server
-i
Database information
-l <log>
Creates a log file
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