HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Using the EFI Boot Manager to Select the OpenVMS Console

A.2.1.1 Using the EFI Boot Manager to Select the OpenVMS Console

To select the device for your OpenVMS console using the EFI Boot Manager, follow these steps. Depending on the firmware version and configuration, menu selections displayed on your screen might differ from those seen in the examples . Note that with this EFI firmware, you no longer have to select a console input device, console output device, and console error device. The firmware automatically sets the Primary console device to be the console input, console output, and console error device.

1.From the EFI Boot Manager screen, use the up or down arrow key to select the Boot Configuration menu and press Enter:

2.From the Boot Configuration menu, select the Console Configuration menu and press Enter:

3.If the Console Configuration menu shows that your preferred device is already configured as the Primary console, you need not continue; otherwise, select the device that you want as the OpenVMS Primary console. In the following screen, the VGA device is selected:

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