1.Access the EFI Shell.

a.Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter the CO command to access the system console.

b.Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If you are at another EFI menu, select Exit from the submenus until you return to the screen with the

EFI Boot Manager.

c.Select the EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.

2.Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device from which you want to boot Linux.

For example, enter fs2: to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system number 2. The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.

The full path for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux loader is \EFI\redhat\elilo.efi and it is on the device you are accessing.

The full path for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server loader is \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi, and it is on the device you are accessing.

3.Use the bcfg command to manage the boot options list.

The bcfg command includes the following options for managing the boot options list:

• bcfg boot dump — Displays all items in the boot options list for the system.

• bcfg boot rm # — Removes the item number specified by # from the boot options list.

• bcfg boot mv #a #b — Moves the item number specified by #a to the position specified by #b in the boot options list.

• bcfg boot add # file.efi "Description" — Adds a new boot option to the position in the boot options list specified by #. The new boot option references file.efi and is listed with the title specified by Description.

For example, bcfg boot add 1 \EFI\redhat\elilo.efi "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"adds a Red Hat Enterprise Linux item as the first entry in the boot options list.

Likewise, bcfg boot add 1 \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi "SLES 9"adds a SuSE Linux item as the first entry in the boot options list.

See the help bcfg command for details.

4.Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces if you are finished using them.

Press Control-Bto exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the iLO 2 MP, enter X at the MP Main Menu.

Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

You can boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on HP Integrity servers using either of these methods:

•“Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Boot Manager Menu” (page 136)

•“Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Shell” (page 137)

Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Boot Manager Menu

NOTE: If Red Hat is booted from the iLO 2 MP, set console=ttyS0 at the elilo prompt to redirect console output to the iLO 2 MP.

1.Select a Red Hat Enterprise Linux entry from the EFI Boot Manager menu.

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