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The OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 operating system
includes procedures and tools (such as the PCSI utility) that enable
you to install the operating system easily. These tools are
available once you boot the system properly. Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD | |
You can boot the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD in any of
the following ways. This section gives detailed instructions on booting
from the local DVD drive. Detailed instructions on the other methods
are available in the appendixes, as noted in the corresponding sections
to follow. From your local DVD drive
(Section ) From a virtual DVD drive
served over the network by the InfoServer utility (Section ) From an image on a PC
or Windows server in the network accessed through the HP SIM interface
(Section ) From an image on a PC
or Windows server in the network using virtual media (vMedia) through
a browser connected to your Integrity server iLO 2 MP port (Section )
The latter two options can be used for entry-class
Integrity servers that support such means (note that you can use these
options when a local DVD drive is not available on your Integrity
server). For more information about booting operations, see Section . Before you can boot your OpenVMS DVD, make sure
your console is configured correctly. You can use a VGA graphics
device, serial device, or network interface for the console. For information about configuring your system console, see Section . | | | |  | NOTE: When using a VGA console and
installing from vMedia or a USB DVD drive with the keyboard plugged
into a USB hub, the keyboard might not be operational. If so, simply
unplug the hub and plug it back in. | | | | |
HP recommends that you load and use the most current
system firmware. For more information about system firmware, see Section and the HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers New Features and Release Notes. For information about other required and optional tasks to be
performed before or after booting the system, see Appendix A. Booting from the Local DriveBoot the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD from a local DVD drive
by performing the steps included in this section. To boot the DVD
on a cell-based server, a DVD device must be accessible by the nPartition
on which OpenVMS is being installed. Make
sure your Integrity server is powered on. If your system has an attached
external device, make sure it is turned on and operational. Insert
the DVD into the drive. Cycle
power. From
the main EFI boot menu (for cell-based servers, this must be the EFI
boot menu for the nPartition on which OpenVMS is to be booted), select
the appropriate item from the boot options list. Note that the EFI
boot menu is timed; press any key to stop the countdown timer. For some systems, the boot option to select is
the Internal Bootable DVD option. If that option is not listed in
your EFI boot menu, move to the Boot From a File menu and select the
Removable Media Boot option, if present. Alternatively (and this method is recommended
for cell-based servers), boot the DVD drive from the EFI Shell prompt
by entering the command shown in the following example, where fsn: corresponds to the Integrity server DVD drive (such
as fs0:). Note that if you have navigated to a particular file system,
the EFI Shell prompt reflects that file system; for example, if the
current file system is fs0:, the EFI Shell prompt is fs0:>. Shell> fsn:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi To determine which device is the bootable DVD
drive, examine the list of mapped devices and look for an fs device
listing that includes the letters “CDROM”, as in the
following line. In this line, fsn is the file
system associated with the drive, which is usually fs0: (instead of
"fsn", you might see something similar to "V8.3-1H1";
instead of Ata, you might see Scsi, depending on the server model): fsn : Acpi(HWP0002,400)/Pci(4|1)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0) You can use the following command to display the
mapping of various EFI device names to OpenVMS device names, where
fsn is the device you want to check (such as
fs0:): Shell> fsn:\efi\vms\vms_show dev -fs On most Integrity servers, the DVD drive is DQA0: (IDE) or DNA0: (USB). On systems that include a SCSI
bus, such as the Superdome server, the DVD drive is DKA0:. For more
information about the vms_show command, see the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual.
| | | | | NOTE: By default, certain versions of EFI might interpret the Delete (or Backspace) key differently than
do OpenVMS Alpha systems or Microsoft Windows computers. In such cases,
press Ctrl/H to delete the last
character entered. For more information, see Section . | | | | |
When the DVD boots properly, the OpenVMS operating
system banner is displayed, followed by the operating system menu.
You can now install your OpenVMS I64 operating system onto the target
disk; see Section . If
the methods documented in this section do not succeed in booting
the DVD, see Section . | | | | | NOTE: When booting OpenVMS from the installation DVD for the first
time on any OpenVMS I64 system with a SAN storage device, you might
experience a delay in EFI initialization because the entire SAN is
scanned. Depending on the size of the SAN, this delay might range
from several seconds to several minutes. | | | | |
Booting Over the Network Using the InfoServer utilityTo use the InfoServer utility to boot from the
network, certain configuration steps are required initially (one time
only); see Appendix B.
The instructions on booting over the network from a virtual DVD are
also included in Appendix B. Booting Using HP SIM ProvisioningTo use HP SIM provisioning to boot an image of the OpenVMS OE DVD, certain configuration steps
are required initially (one time only). For these steps and the booting
instructions, see Appendix C. To use vMedia to boot an image of the OpenVMS
OE DVD, certain configuration steps are required initially (one time
only); see Section .
For instructions on booting with vMedia, see Section . |
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