
HP 9000 Server Booting
This list describes system boot features on cell-based HP 9000 servers.
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The nPartition system boot environment is the Boot Console Handler (BCH).
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The autoboot process is configured using boot device paths (PRI, HAA, ALT) and path flags.
— PRI boot path: configured using the
setboot -p...
or
parmodify -b...
command.
— HAA boot path: configured using the
setboot -h...
or
parmodify -s...
command
— ALT boot path: configured using the
setboot -a...
or
parmodify -t...
command.
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The HP-UX B.11.11 OS loaders are
ISL
and
hpux
. Issue commands from the
ISL>
prompt.
Types of Booting and Resetting for nPartitions
HP cell-based servers provide two special types of reboot and reset for managing nPartitions:
performing a reboot for reconfig, and performing a shutdown for reconfig.
The following list summarizes all types of booting, rebooting, and resetting that are supported
for HP nPartition systems. See the
“Reboot for Reconfig”
and
“Shutdown for Reconfig State”
items for a discussion of these nPartition-specific boot processes.
NOTE:
You can perform the Windows shutdown tasks either by using the
shutdown
command
or by using the
Start
→
Shut Down
action.
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Reboot
A reboot shuts down the operating system and reboots the nPartition. On HP 9000
systems, only the active cells in the nPartition are reset. On HP Integrity systems, all cells
are reset.
To perform a standard reboot of an nPartition use the HP-UX
shutdown -r
command, the
Windows
shutdown /r
command, the Linux
shutdown -r
time command, or the
OpenVMS:
@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN
with an automatic system reboot.
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Halt
A halt shuts down the operating system, halts all processing on the nPartition, and
does not reboot.
To halt the operating system use the HP-UX
shutdown -h
command.
To reboot an nPartition that was halted from HP-UX use the
RS
command from the service
processor Command menu.
Halting the system is supported only on HP 9000 servers. On HP Integrity servers the effect
of the
shutdown -h
command or its Windows and Linux equivalents is to perform a
shutdown for reconfig (see
“Shutdown for Reconfig State”
in this list). On HP OpenVMS
servers, shutting down without rebooting halts OpenVMS but does not perform a shutdown
for reconfig.
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Reset
A reset resets the nPartition immediately. On HP 9000 systems, only the active cells
in the nPartition are reset. On HP Integrity systems all cells are reset.
You can reset an nPartition using the
REBOOT
command from the BCH interface, the
reset
command from the EFI Shell, or the
RS
command from the service processor Command
menu.
The
RS
command does not check whether the specified nPartition is in use or running an
operating system—be certain to correctly specify the nPartition.
Overview of nPartition System Booting
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