Booting Hp Openvms (Efi Shell) - HP Integrity rx2660 User's & Service Manual

1. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose an item from the boot options list to boot OpenVMS
using the chosen boot option.
2. Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the server on which you want to boot OpenVMS.
Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to choose the system console.
NOTE:
(the main EFI menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose Exit from the submenus until
you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
3. At the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose an item from the boot options list.
Each item in the boot options list references a specific boot device and provides a specific set
of boot options or arguments to use when booting the device.
4. Press Enter to initiate booting using the chosen boot option.
5. Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces when finished using them.
6. Enter Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the iLO 2 MP Main Menu.
7. Exit iLO 2 MP by entering x at the iLO 2 MP Main Menu.

Booting HP OpenVMS (EFI Shell)

From the EFI Shell environment, to boot OpenVMS on a device, first access the bootable partition
(for example fs0:) for the root device and enter \efi\vms\vms_loader to initiate the OpenVMS
loader.
1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the server on which you want to boot OpenVMS.
Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to choose the system console.
NOTE:
(the main EFI menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose Exit from the submenus until
you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
2. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.
3. At the EFI Shell environment, issue the map -fs command to list all currently mapped bootable
devices.
The bootable file systems are listed as fs0:, fs1:, and so on.
4. Access the bootable partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device you want
to boot OpenVMS.
For example, enter fs2: to access the bootable partition for the bootable file system number
2.
The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.
NOTE:
server boots, or when the map -r command is issued).
5. When accessing the bootable partition for the desired boot device, issue the
\efi\vms\vms_loader command to initiate the vms_loader.efi loader on the device
you are accessing.
fs5:> \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.3
© Copyright 1976-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
%DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.13.00
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #02 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #03 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #01 has joined the active set.
94 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu
The file system number might change each time it is mapped (for example, when the