HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Selecting Your OpenVMS Console on rx2600 Integrity Servers, Shellconconfig

1.At the EFI Shell prompt, enter the conconfig command to view the index number for the available console devices, as in the following example (the column titled “Primary” displays how the device is configured (P for Primary, S for Secondary, NC for Not Configured):

Shell>conconfig

CONSOLE CONFIGURATION

Index Primary		Type	Device Path
----- -------		-----	----------
1	P	Serial	Acpi (PNP0501,0)
2	S	Serial	Acpi	(HWP0002,700)/Pci (11)
3	S	VGA	Acpi	(HWP0002,700)/Pci (20)

2.If your preferred device is already configured as the Primary console, you need not continue. If your preferred device is not currently configured as the Primary console, enter the conconfig command in the following format:

conconfig index primary

where index is the index number of the device preferred for the OpenVMS console. In the following example, the VGA device is selected as the Primary console, and the resulting display reflects the configuration change:

Shell>conconfig 3 primary

CONSOLE CONFIGURATION

Index Primary		Type	Device Path
----- -------		-----	----------
1	S	Serial	Acpi (PNP0501,0)
2	S	Serial	Acpi	(HWP0002,700)/Pci (11)
3	P	VGA	Acpi	(HWP0002,700)/Pci (20)

3.Enter the reset command to make the changes active, as in the following example:

Shell>reset

A.2.2 Selecting Your OpenVMS Console on rx2600 Integrity Servers

This section describes how to select a console on rx2600 Integrity servers or other servers with outdated firmware. On such servers, you must configure a Console Input, Console Output, and Console Error Device for your OpenVMS console. There is no concept of the Primary console that automatically configures these devices for the OpenVMS console. In addition, on such servers OpenVMS does not support graphics consoles.

NOTE: The following instructions assume that OpenVMS is not installed on your Integrity server and that boot options are not defined.

1.Decide what console you want to use.

2.Power on the system. If using an MP serial port, log in to MP and access EFI. If you are setting the system serial port as your system console, go to the next step now. If you are setting the MP serial port as your system consoleand you have just powered on your Integrity server, the MP console interface prompts you to log in. (By default, both user name and password are set to Admin. For security purposes, change the password immediately. See your hardware documentation for more information.)

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