Booting Openvms - HPE Integrity rx2800 i2 series User's & Service Manual

For more details, see the HPE OpenVMS 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual.

Booting OpenVMS

To boot OpenVMS, use either of the following procedures:
• Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI Boot Manager on page 51
• Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI Shell on page 51
Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI Boot Manager
Procedure
1. From the UEFI Boot Manager menu, using the chosen boot option, choose an item from the boot
options list to boot OpenVMS.
2. Access the UEFI Boot Manager menu for the server on which you want to boot OpenVMS.
3. Log in to the iLO MP, and then to choose the system console, enter CO.
4. Confirm that you are at the UEFI Front Page. If you are at another UEFI menu, then to exit the menu,
choose the Exit option or press X. Exit until you return to the screen that lists the keys that can be
pressed to launch various Managers. Press B to launch the Boot Manager.
5. At the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose an item from the boot options list.
6. Each item in the boot options list refers to a specific boot device and provides a specific set of boot
options or arguments to use when booting the device.
7. To initiate booting using the chosen boot option, press Enter.
8. Exit the console and iLO MP interfaces.
9. Press Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP Main Menu,
press X.
Booting OpenVMS from the UEFI 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, then enter\efi\vms\vms_loader to initiate the OpenVMS
loader.
Procedure
1. Access the UEFI Shell.
2. From the UEFI Front Page, press S to launch the UEFI shell.
3. Use the map command to list the file systems (fs0, fs1, and so on) that are known and have been
mapped.
4. To select a file system to use, enter the mapped name followed by a colon (:). For example, to operate
with the boot device that is mapped as fs0, at the UEFI Shell prompt, enter fs0:.
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
fs5:> \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
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