HP Integrity Superdome and 9000 Superdome sx2000 manual Standard HP-UX Booting

Refer to “Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 127) for details on shutting down the HP-UX OS.

CAUTION:

ACPI Configuration for HP-UX Must Be default On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot the HP-UX OS, an nPartition ACPI configuration value must be set to default.

At the EFI Shell interface, enter the acpiconfig command with no arguments to list the current ACPI configuration. If the acpiconfig value is not set to default, then HP-UX cannot boot. In this situation you must reconfigure acpiconfig; otherwise, booting will be interrupted with a panic when the HP-UX kernel is launched.

To set the ACPI configuration for HP-UX:

1.At the EFI Shell interface, enter the acpiconfig default command.

2.Enter the reset command for the nPartition to reboot with the proper (default) configuration for HP-UX.

Standard HP-UX Booting

This section describes how to boot HP-UX on cell-based HP 9000 servers and cell-based HP Integrity servers.

•On HP 9000 servers, to boot HP-UX refer to “HP-UX Booting (BCH Menu)” (page 120).

•On HP Integrity servers, to boot HP-UX use either of the following procedures:

—“HP-UX Booting (EFI Boot Manager)” (page 121)

—“HP-UX Booting (EFI Shell)” (page 122)

Procedure 4-2 HP-UX Booting (BCH Menu)

From the BCH Menu, use the BOOT command to boot the HP-UX OS. The BCH Menu is available only on HP 9000 servers.

1.Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition on which you want to boot HP-UX.

Log in to the management processor, and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition console. When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu (the Main Menu: Enter command or menu> prompt). If you are at a BCH menu other than the Main Menu, then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu.

2.Choose which device to boot.

From the BCH Main Menu, use the PATH command to list any boot path variable settings. The primary (PRI) boot path normally is set to the main boot device for the nPartition. You also can use the SEARCH command to find and list potentially bootable devices for the nPartition.

Main Menu: Enter command or menu > PATH

Primary Boot Path: 0/0/2/0/0.13

0/0/2/0/0.d (hex)

HA Alternate Boot Path: 0/0/2/0/0.14

0/0/2/0/0.e (hex)

Alternate Boot Path: 0/0/2/0/0.0

0/0/2/0/0.0 (hex)

Main Menu: Enter command or menu >

3.Boot the device by using the BOOT command from the BCH interface. You can issue the BOOT command in any of the following ways:

120 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System