HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Booting OpenVMS I64 from the InfoServer, Following is a sample display

7Displays information about the boot client MOZART as stored in the BOOTP database (use this command to verify that the client has been configured appropriately).

After you complete these steps, in addition to the required steps in the preceding sections, you can boot a client over the network using the InfoServer application. Instructions on performing the InfoServer boot are in Section B.5 (page 199). A troubleshooting section is included in Section B.6 (page 201).

B.5 Booting OpenVMS I64 from the InfoServer

After you set up the InfoServer software and the boot server properly and ensure that the InfoServer service is available, you can boot the remote DVD served by the InfoServer by following these steps:

NOTE: You can copy the DVD to an LD device and boot from the LD device. This process is faster than using a DVD.

1.Make sure the CD or DVD is mounted systemwide on the OpenVMS system serving as the InfoServer, and make sure an InfoServer service for the DVD drive is available on the network and accessible from your client system (the system to be booted from the InfoServer). The service should point to the server DVD drive on which the OpenVMS CD or DVD is mounted. To ensure that the InfoServer service is available on the network, use the following command:

$ MC ESS$LADCP SHOW SERVICES

The following is a sample display:

Interrogating network for Disk services, please wait...

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Disk services offered by node MOOSIC (LAD V3.1, Address: AA-00-04-00-AB-4E)

			Current	Writes
Service:	Device:	Rating: Connects:		Allowed?:
I640831H1	OpenVMS	65535	0	No
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In this example, the service I640831H1 is the virtual disk unit that corresponds to the DVD drive on the InfoServer server named MOOSIC. This is the drive from which the OpenVMS distribution media is booted. The display shows that this service is available and that a service binding to the InfoServer DVD drive is established.

2.Access EFI on your Integrity server. If you added a boot option for network (InfoServer) booting to the EFI Boot Manager options list, as described in Section B.2.2 (page 192); then select the appropriate boot option from the list. To move to the option, use the up or down arrow key. (Depending on how your terminal emulator is set up, you might have to use the letter v to scroll down or the caret (^) to scroll up.) Press Enter to toggle the selection. After selecting the boot option, skip to step 3.

NOTE: If you do not select an option within the default 10-second limit, the first option in the list is selected automatically.

If you did not add a boot option for InfoServer booting to the EFI Boot Manager options list, then initiate the boot by either following the steps in “Booting with the EFI Boot Manager” or, on some of the more recent Integrity servers, using the simpler method described in “Booting with EFI lanboot select command”.

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