4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down operating systems on entry class
HP Integrity servers. HP supports the following operating systems:
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HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23)
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HP OpenVMS I64
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Configuring System Boot Options
This section discusses the configurable server boot options on entry-class HP Integrity servers,
including the boot options list and the autoboot setting for the server. The version shown is EFI Boot
Manager version 2.00.
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Boot Options List
The boot options list is a list of loadable items available for you to choose from the EFI Boot
Manager menu. Ordinarily the boot options list includes the EFI Shell and one or more operating
system loaders.
The following example includes boot options for HP-UX, Linux, and the EFI Shell.
EFI Boot Manager ver 2.00 [14.62]
OS might use only the primary console set via boot manager or conconfig command
/----------------------------------\
/----------------------------------\ | System Overview |
| Boot Menu | | hp server BL870c |
| HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/2/1/0.... | | Serial #: USE7234MV8 |
| Internal Bootable DVD | | |
| EFI Shell [Built-in] | | System Firmware: 3.01 [4739] |
| iLO Virtual Media | | BMC Version: 5.20 |
| Core LAN Port 1 | | MP Version: T.02.17 |
| SuSE on fs0: | | Installed Memory: 6144 MB |
| HP-UX 11.31 from SAS disk | | |
| ------------------------------- | | CPU Logical |
| Boot Configuration | | Module CPUs Speed Status |
| System Configuration | | 0 2 1.4 GHz Active |
| Security Configuration | | 1 2 1.4 GHz Active |
| | | |
\----------------------------------/ | |
| |
| |
\----------------------------------/
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
To correctly view the operating system console messages:
1.
Go to the Boot Configuration Menu under the EFI Boot Manager menu.
2.
From the Boot Configuration Menu, select Console Configuration.
The Console Configuration screen displays the current configuration of the system console.
EFI Boot Manager ver 2.00 [14.62]
OS might use only the primary console set via boot manager or conconfig command
/----------------------------------\
/----------------------------------\ | System Overview |
| /-----------------------------------------------------------\ |
| HP-UX | Console Configuration | |
| In/---| P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2) Vt100+ 9600 | |
| EF|^ | NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0) | |
| iL| Ad| | |
| Co| Ed\-----------------------------------------------------------/ |
| Su| Remo |
| HP| Edit O/---------------------------------------------------\ |
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