Use this procedure to access UEFI or the OS from the iLO MP. Your security parameters were set
regarding remote access.
NOTE:
Commands are case-insensitive.
Procedure
1.
From the MP Main Menu, enter
co
to access the Console.
NOTE:
Terminal windows must be set to a window size of 80 columns x 25 rows for optimal viewing of
the console at UEFI.
2.
After memory test and CPU late self test the following message appears:
Press Ctrl-C now to bypass loading option ROM UEFI drivers.
3.
The prompt times out if
Ctrl-C
is not pressed within a few seconds. If
Ctrl-C
is pressed, you are
presented with two options: After selecting an option, the boot proceeds.
NOTE:
If no option is selected, the boot proceeds after ten seconds.
• Bypass loading from I/O slots.
• Bypass loading from I/O slots and core I/O.
The Bypass loading from I/O slots and core I/O option may be useful if a bad core I/O UEFI driver
is preventing system boot. USB drives can still be used at the UEFI shell to update core I/O drivers.
CAUTION:
Pressing
Ctrl-C
before the prompt does not work and might disable this feature. Therefore, be sure to
wait for the prompt before pressing
Ctrl-C
.
NOTE:
The prompt might take several minutes to appear, and the period that you can press
Ctrl-C
is very short. For typical boots, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you let
the prompt time out.
4.
Depending on how the server was configured from the factory and if the OS is installed at the time of
purchase, you are taken to:
a.
UEFI shell prompt
b.
OS login prompt
5.
If the server has a factory-installed OS, you can interrupt the boot process to configure your specific
UEFI parameters.
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