Table D-1 EFI Commands (continued)

EFI Shell Command

BCH Command

BCH Command Parameters (PA-RISC)

Definition

 

Equivalent

 

 

 

(PA-RISC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

mm

MemRead

<addr> [<len>] [<type>]

Read memory locations scope

 

 

 

of page deallocation

 

 

 

 

pdt

page

 

Display or clear the page

 

deallocation

 

deallocation table

 

table (pdt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

errdump mca

processor

[<proc>] [HPMC LPMC TOC ASIC]]

Display PIM information

errdump cmc

internal memory

 

 

errdump init

(PIM)

 

 

EFI/POSSE Commands

This section describes the EFI/POSSE commands developed for the server.

NOTE: EFI and Pre-OS System Environment (POSSE) are similar. EFI is an Intel specification. POSSE is an HP implementation of EFI that aids HP support.

NOTE: The output shown for these EFI commands are samples, and might differ depending upon your server and its configuration.

help

Provides information on the EFI Shell commands. The help command also aids administrators familiar with the BCH menus to adjust to their equivalent functions in EFI.

Syntax

help [-b] <category> help [-b] <cmd>

help [-b] bch <bchmenu> <bchcmd>

Parameters

-b

Enable page

breaking

category

Category of commands to view help on commands

cmd

Shell command name on which to provide verbose information

bch

Display the list of BCH commands and their corresponding EFI

bchmenu

BCH menu name taken from the top level of the BCH menu

bchcmd

BCH command on which to display information

Operation

If you issue the help command with no parameters, a list of shell command categories displays. To list all of the commands within a category, enter help <category>. If help is issued with the -boption, any output longer than one page pauses after each page displays. If a shell command name is used as a parameter, verbose help displays for that command.

If you issue the help command with the bch option, it displays a list of BCH commands and their corresponding EFI/POSSE commands. It instructs you to repeat the command line followed by a menu name for more information on that menu. If you issue help within the bch option and a menu name, it displays a list of commands that appear under that BCH menu. You can then issue help followed by bch, the menu name, and a BCH command name to display information about that command. This points you to the EFI command that has taken the place of that BCH functionality, or will inform the user that the functionality no longer exists. Alternately, enter help followed by bch and a BCH command name to go straight to that command.

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