Powering On and Off

Turning On the System

The following steps apply to HP-UX only. See HP-RT System Administration Tasks for information on configuring and booting an HP-RT system.

4The system displays a sequence of boot messages. The Model 743i boots from the host system unless it has its own external disk or another LAN- configured system from which to boot. See Appendix A for configuring an automatic boot selection. Otherwise, allow the boot to continue.

5During the boot process, a new system displays messages prompting you for the host name, IP number, and time zone. If you have this information, enter it as requested. Otherwise, press Enter.

You can also enter or update this information later by typing the following after you login:

set_parms initial Enter

The information is as follows:

aThe time zone where your system is located.

bThe host name for your system; any alphanumeric, single-word name with eight or fewer characters.

cThe network address number, also called an IP number, for your sys- tem. This consists of four address fields separated by periods: for ex- ample, 255.32.3.10. You may need to consult with your system administrator for this information. Or, if your host name and IP num- ber have already been assigned, you can find out the host name, after boot, by entering uname -a. If you know your host name, you can de- termine your IP number by entering nslookup host_name, at the sys- tem prompt.

6The system prompts your to set a root password at this time.

The system completes the boot sequence and displays the following prompt:

Console login:

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