HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Adding a Boot Option and Setting Boot Flags

•During installation or upgrade, allowing the OpenVMS I64 installation/upgrade procedure to automatically establish an EFI boot option for your system disk

•Using the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility (SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) while the operating system is running

•Using EFI (after the system disk has been created or updated and only while the operating system is not running)

HP recommends that you allow the OpenVMS I64 installation or upgrade procedure to establish a boot option for your system disk. However, you still have the option of modifying the boot option or adding other boot options for your system disk by using the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility from the OpenVMS DCL prompt (or by using EFI itself).

The OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility is a menu-based utility that enables you to configure EFI boot options for your Integrity server. It is easier to use than EFI. With this OpenVMS utility, you can perform actions such as the following:

•Add your system disk as an EFI boot option (you can optionally configure it to boot automatically on hardware startup and reboot).

•Manage multiple system disks.

•Set boot flags.

•Display the EFI boot options.

•Add, move, and remove boot options in the EFI Boot Manager menu.

•Enable or disable the EFI boot countdown timer (timeout) and set the countdown value.

This section explains how to perform most of these operations (except moving and removing boot options). For more information about the OpenVMS Boot Manager utility, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials. This section also explains how to use EFI to add a boot option for automatic booting.

HP recommends that you configure your system with a boot option for your system disk. You can enable automatic reboot of the system disk by specifying your system disk as the first boot option in the EFI Boot Manager menu. When the EFI timeout (countdown) occurs, your system disk boots automatically.

NOTE: To configure booting on Fibre Channel devices, you must use the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility. (Use of this utility is optional for other devices but mandatory for Fibre Channel devices.) HP also recommends using this utility to add members of a multiple-member shadow set to the boot device list and dump device list. Be sure to add all members to both lists. For more information about the utility, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials. For more information about configuring and booting Fibre Channel devices, see Appendix D (page 241).

A.5.2.1 Adding a Boot Option and Setting Boot Flags

To add a boot option and set boot flags using the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility, follow these steps:

1.At the DCL prompt, enter the following command to start the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility:

$ @SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM

2.When the utility starts, the main menu is displayed. To add your system disk as a boot option, enter 1 at the prompt, as in the following example:

OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager Boot Options List Management Utility

(1)ADD an entry to the Boot Options list

(2)DISPLAY the Boot Options list

(3)REMOVE an entry from the Boot Options list

(4)MOVE the position of an entry in the Boot Options list

(5)VALIDATE boot options and fix them as necessary

(6)Modify Boot Options TIMEOUT setting

(B) Set to operate on the Boot Device Options list

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