HP Integrity rx7640, Service Manual

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NOTE:
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is supported on HP rx8640 servers, and will
be supported on other cell-based HP Integrity servers with the Intel
®
Itanium
®
dual-core
processor (rx7640 and Superdome) soon after the release of those servers.
Refer to “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 114) for details.
NOTE: On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, each cell has a cell local memory (CLM)
parameter, which determines how firmware may interleave memory residing on the cell. The
supported and recommended CLM setting for the cells in an nPartition depends on the OS
running in the nPartition. Some OSes support using CLM, and some do not. For details on CLM
support for the OS you will boot in an nPartition, refer to the booting section for that OS.
System Boot Configuration Options
This section briefly discusses the system boot options you can configure on cell-based servers.
You can configure boot options that are specific to each nPartition in the server complex.
HP 9000 Boot Configuration Options
On cell-based HP 9000 servers the configurable system boot options include boot device paths
(
PRI
,
HAA
, and
ALT
) and the autoboot setting for the nPartition. To set these options from HP-UX,
use the
setboot
command. From the BCH system boot environment, use the
PATH
command
at the BCH Main Menu to set boot device paths, and use the
PATHFLAGS
command at the BCH
Configuration menu to set autoboot options. For details, issue
HELP
command at the appropriate
BCH menu, where command is the command for which you want help.
HP Integrity Boot Configuration Options
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, you must properly specify the ACPI configuration value,
which affects the OS startup process and on some servers can affect the shutdown behavior. You
also can configure boot device paths and the autoboot setting for the nPartition. The following
list describes each configuration option:
•
Boot Options List
The boot options list is a list of loadable items available for you to select
from the EFI Boot Manager menu. Ordinarily, the boot options list includes the EFI Shell
and one or more OS loaders.
The following example includes boot options for HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX,
and the EFI Shell. The final item in the EFI Boot Manager menu, the Boot Configuration
menu, is not a boot option. The Boot Configuration menu enables system configuration
through a maintenance menu.
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61] Please select a boot option
HP OpenVMS 8.3
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
HP-UX Primary Boot: 4/0/1/1/0.2.0
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
NOTE: In some versions of EFI, the Boot Configuration menu is listed as the Boot Option
Maintenance Menu.
To manage the boot options list for each system use the EFI Shell, the EFI Boot Configuration
menu, or OS utilities.
90 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System