Virtual Console

Virtual console commands

The Integrity VM virtual console is a virtualization of the HP Integrity server hardware management console. Not all hardware control commands are implemented. To list the supported commands, enter the HE command.

Setting the attention character

When you use the SL command, the prompt displays the following message:

Enter menu item or [Ctrl-B] to Quit

This message is displayed regardless of whether the attention character is Ctrl/B or not. This problem exists with the text, and not with your attention character setting. You can still use the attention character to return to the main menu.

Do not use attention characters with the hpvmconsole command

Do not use the Ctrl/J, Ctrl/M, Ctrl/\, and Ctrl/? attention characters (or any other control characters defined by you or your terminal emulator) with the hpvmconsole-e command. Using these attention characters with the hpvmconsole command can cause the virtual console to function improperly. You may not be able to exit the virtual console process.

Protocol error

The following message can appear when you boot a guest from the virtual console using the pc -cycle command:

# hpvmconsole: hpvm_console_ping: Protocol error

This indicates that the guest is attempting to connect to the console services. If the guest proceeds to boot, you can ignore this message.

Do not dynamically change virtual device types when the guest has not booted

If the device type is changed dynamically when the guest is not booted but the virtual machine is powered on, the EFI device driver attempts to access physical memory that is not allocated to the guest. This operation can terminate the guest with the following message:

Assertion failed vm_mem.c:90: >>ga.bits.offset < conf->ramSize

The guest EFI console does not support dynamic changes of virtual device types. Do not change a device type (for example, using the hpvmmodify command to change a virtual disk to a virtual DVD) while the guest EFI is running but before the guest OS has booted. Make device changes only when the guest OS is booted, or when the virtual machine is powered off.

Error when booting guest: '\efi\hpux\hpux' not found

Under rare circumstances, a booting guest can lose its connection to its EFI boot partition. To regain the connection, reboot the guest by entering pc -off and then pc -on from the guest console. Alternatively, use the EFI Shell command reset.