Each nPartition in a server complex has its own
Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface.
The BCH interface is available through an nPartition
console interface before an operating system has booted and after
the cells have booted and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make
the nPartition active).
The nPartition BCH interface enables you to manage
and configure the HP-UX boot process for an nPartition. You also can
configure some settings for the local nPartition, get some information
about the nPartition and its server complex, and perform other tasks
such as reboot.
To access an nPartition
console type CO from the service processor
(MP or GSP) Main menu.
To force console write access,
type ^ecf (Control-e c f).
To exit the console, type
^b (Control-b) to return
to the Main Menu.
The BCH interface is available after one or more
core-capable cells assigned to the nPartition has been powered on;
its hardware has completed all Power-On Self Tests (POST); and the
cells have booted past boot-is-blocked, rendezvoused, and BCH has
started executing.
Once you begin the HP-UX boot process and load
ISL, the BCH interface is no longer available.
The BCH menus and commands for nPartitions differ
slightly from the commands menus for BCH on other HP 9000 server systems.
To display the current BCH menu and commands, type DI.
The BCH interface HELP command
lists BCH command or menu details.
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > HELP MA
---- Main Menu Help ----------------------------------------------------------
The following submenus are available from the main menu:
COnfiguration------------------------------------BootID
INformation-----------------------ALL BootTimer
SERvice-------------BAttery BootINfo CEllConfig
CLEARPIM CAche COreCell
MemRead ChipRevisions CPUConfig
PDT ComplexID DataPrefetch
PIM FabricInfo DEfault
SCSI FRU FastBoot
FwrVersion KGMemory
IO PathFlag
LanAddress PD
MEmory ResTart
PRocessor TIme
... |
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