Booting OpenVMS
To boot OpenVMS, use either of the following procedures:
•
“Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI Boot Manager” (page 36)
•
“Booting HP OpenVMS from the UEFI Shell” (page 36)
Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI Boot Manager
1.
From the
UEFI Boot Manager menu
, choose an item from the boot options list to boot OpenVMS
using the chosen boot option.
2.
Access the UEFI Boot Manager menu for the server on which you want to boot OpenVMS.
3.
Log in to the iLO 3 MP and enter
CO
to choose the system console.
4.
Confirm you are at the
UEFI Front Page
. If you are at another UEFI menu, then choose the
Exit
option or press
X
or
x
to exit the menu. Exit until you return to the screen that lists the keys
that can be pressed to launch various Managers. Press
B
or
b
to launch the Boot Manager.
5.
At the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose 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 to use when booting the device.
6.
Press
Enter
to initiate booting using the chosen boot option.
7.
Exit the console and iLO 3 MP interfaces.
8.
Press
Ctrl–B
to exit the system console and return to the
MP Main Menu
. To exit the
MP Main
Menu
, press
X
or
x
.
Booting HP OpenVMS from the UEFI Shell
From the
EFI Shell
environment, to boot OpenVMS on a device, first access the bootable partition
(for example
fs0:
) for the root device and enter
\efi\vms\vms_loader
to initiate the OpenVMS
loader.
1.
Access the UEFI Shell.
2.
From the
UEFI Front Page
, press
S
or
s
to launch the UEFI shell.
3.
Use the
map
command to list the file systems (fs0, fs1, and so on) that are known and have
been mapped.
4.
To select a file system to use, enter its mapped name followed by a colon (:). For example, to
operate with the boot device that is mapped as fs0, enter
fs0:
at the UEFI Shell prompt.
5.
When accessing the bootable partition for the desired boot device, issue
the
\efi\vms\vms_loader
command to initiate the
vms_loader.efi
loader on the
device you are accessing.
fs5:> \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
fs5:> \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.4
© Copyright 1976-2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
%DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.17.00
%DECnet-W-NOOPEN, could not open SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]NET$CONFIG.DAT
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #2 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #3 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #8 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #15 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #14 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #12 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #10 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #7 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #4 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #6 has joined the active set.
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