Appendix A Configuring OpenVMS I64 Hardware Operation and Boot Operations, and Booting and Shutting Down Your System

Table of Contents

Configuration and Management Utilities for HP Integrity Servers

Overview of Utilities and Console Options
Configuration and Management Utilities on Cell-Based Servers
Using the Delete or Backspace Key with Integrity Server Utilities

Selecting Your OpenVMS Console for the Integrity Server System

Selecting Your OpenVMS Console (Not Applicable to rx2600 Integrity Servers)
Selecting Your OpenVMS Console on rx2600 Integrity Servers

Overview of Using EFI

General Notes About Using EFI

Enabling or Disabling Hyper-Threading on Dual-Core Processors

Configuring and Managing OpenVMS Booting on Integrity Servers

Checking the ACPI Configuration for Booting OpenVMS in an nPartition
Setting Boot Options for Your System Disk
Writing a New Boot Block
Alpha and Equivalent Integrity Server System Boot Commands

Booting Operations

Overview of Booting on a Cell-Based Server
Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD from the Local Drive
Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD from the InfoServer
Booting an Image of the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD Using HP SIM Provisioning
Booting an Image of the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD Using vMedia
Booting from a Fibre Channel Device
Booting Manually from the Local System Disk
Performing a Conversational (Interactive) Boot
Booting with Minimum Startup
Booting with the XDelta Utility (XDELTA)
Booting from a Different Root Directory
Emergency Booting

Halt and Shutdown Procedures

Halting the Integrity Server to Recover from Hangs and Crashes
Shutting Down the System

Troubleshooting Procedures

If the System Does Not Boot
Detecting and Responding to System Problems

This appendix briefly describes the configuration and management tools that might be available on HP Integrity servers, and explains how to set up the system console, configure boot options, boot the OpenVMS I64 operating system, and shut down the operating system. The appendix also includes brief troubleshooting procedures.

Specifically, this appendix contains the following information:

Hardware/firmware configuration and management interfaces and their features
Setting up your system console
Overview of using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
Enabling or disabling Hyper-Threading on nPartitions that have dual-core processors that support it
Configuring and managing boot operations such as the following:
- Setting the system for automatic booting
- Setting and showing boot devices
- Setting boot parameters
- Writing a new boot block
Booting operations, including the following:
- Booting the OE DVD
- Booting the system disk
- Performing a conversational (interactive) boot
- Booting with minimum startup
- Booting with the XDelta utility (XDELTA)
- Booting from a different root directory
- Booting in an emergency
Halting and shutting down operations
Troubleshooting procedures




	NOTE: Any information about Integrity server hardware and utilities is provided in this manual for your convenience and is not intended to replace the hardware documentation included with your Integrity server system or the latest documentation available on the Web. HP Integrity servers are available in many different configurations. Hardware, utilities, and certain hardware configuration procedures might differ significantly across models, and even across versions of the same model. Please see your hardware documentation for the most up-to-date information specific to your particular model and version. Note that the hardware documentation includes model-specific illustrations to guide you. The latest version of documentation for your server can be found online at: http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html http://docs.hp.com http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers

Appendix A Configuring OpenVMS I64 Hardware Operation and Boot Operations, and Booting and Shutting Down Your System

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