Booting Hp-Ux; Standard Hp-Ux Booting - HP rp7440 Service Manual

4. Exit the console and management processor interfaces if you are finished using them.
To exit the EFI environment press ^B (Control+B); this exits the system console and returns
to the management processor Main Menu. To exit the management processor, enter X at the
Main Menu.

Booting HP-UX

This section describes the following methods of booting HP-UX:
• "Standard HP-UX Booting" (page 96)
results in booting HP-UX in multiuser mode.
• "Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting" (page 100)
• "LVM-Maintenance Mode HP-UX Booting" (page 102)
LVM-maintenance mode.
Refer to "Shutting Down HP-UX" (page 103)
CAUTION:
ACPI Configuration for HP-UX Must Be default
HP-UX OS, an nPartition ACPI configuration value must be set to default.
At the EFI Shell interface, enter the acpiconfig command with no arguments to list the current
ACPI configuration. If the acpiconfig value is not set to default, then HP-UX cannot boot.
In this situation you must reconfigure acpiconfig; otherwise, booting will be interrupted with
a panic when the HP-UX kernel is launched.
To set the ACPI configuration for HP-UX:
1. At the EFI Shell interface, enter the acpiconfig default command.
2. Enter the reset command for the nPartition to reboot with the proper (default)
configuration for HP-UX.

Standard HP-UX Booting

This section describes how to boot HP-UX on cell-based HP 9000 servers and cell-based HP
Integrity servers.
• On HP 9000 servers, to boot HP-UX refer to
• On HP Integrity servers, to boot HP-UX use either of the following procedures:
— "HP-UX Booting (EFI Boot Manager)" (page 98)
— "HP-UX Booting (EFI Shell)" (page 98)
Procedure 4-2 HP-UX Booting (BCH Menu)
From the BCH Menu, use the BOOT command to boot the HP-UX OS. The BCH Menu is available
only on HP 9000 servers.
1. Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition on which you want to boot HP-UX.
Log in to the management processor, and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the
nPartition console. When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu
(the Main Menu: Enter command or menu> prompt). If you are at a BCH menu other
than the Main Menu, then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu.
2. Choose which device to boot.
From the BCH Main Menu, use the PATH command to list any boot path variable settings.
The primary (PRI) boot path normally is set to the main boot device for the nPartition. You
also can use the SEARCH command to find and list potentially bootable devices for the
nPartition.
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > PATH
96 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
— The standard ways to boot HP-UX. Typically, this
— How to boot HP-UX in single-user mode.
— How to boot HP-UX in
for details on shutting down the HP-UX OS.
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot the
"HP-UX Booting (BCH Menu)" (page 96).