Figure 33 Decision Tree for Booting and Installing HP-UX From the Server Using the Client Console

Using the Client Console

Is HP-UX

 

NO

Local server

 

Itanium-based

NO

 

 

or boot

 

 

and dbprofile

 

 

 

running ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

helper ?

 

support ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES

 

 

 

YES

 

 

YES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use bootsys -c

 

 

Boot from

 

Use dbprofile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

local server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

boot helper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See the decision tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for stand alone systems

Use bootsys -c - If the client system is currently running HP-UX, you can use bootsys -con the client console to boot from the Ignite-UX server. See “Using bootsys on the client console” (page 98) and the bootsys(1M) manpage for more information.

Boot from local server or boot helper - You can boot your client from a server or boot helper system using the client console by interrupting the reboot process and invoking the boot from the firmware interface. Details vary depending whether your client is a PA-RISC or Itanium-based. See “Booting PA-RISC clients from the console ” (page 99), or “Booting Itanium-based clients using the network” (page 100), depending on the hardware of your client.

Use dbprofile - All partitionable Itanium-based systems allow the definition of direct boot profiles. This EFI functionality is also found in other, non-partitionable systems. With these profiles, you can supply all the networking information needed to contact an Ignite-UX server and perform an install or recovery.

Some systems might require firmware updates to provide support for direct boot profiles. If your system does not provide the dbprofile command, check for any firmware updates that might enable it. You can also consult the system's hardware documentation to determine if dbprofile is supported.

For more information, see “Direct boot profiles for Itanium-based systems” (page 102).

See the decision tree for booting stand alone systems - This decision tree can be found below in figure Figure 34.

Boot using media

Use the following decision tree if you do not have support for network boot. The methods described in Figure 34 use media content to boot for install.

Once you have booted the system, you will be able to communicate with an Ignite-UX server to perform an installation or recovery. Note that if you do not have an active DHCP server to provide networking IP address requests, you will need to manually provide networking information before you can communicate with the server.

See “How Ignite works” (page 18) for more information on the network booting process.

Making boot decisions when using the client console 97