Configuring Autoboot Options - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

2. Configure boot path settings using the parmodify -p#... command.
Use the following commands to set the boot path variables for a specified partition number
(-p#):
• PRI path— parmodify -p# -b PRI where PRI is the hardware path.
• HAA path—parmodify -p# -s HAA where HAA is the hardware path.
• ALT path—parmodify -p# -t ALT where ALT is the hardware path.
If using the setboot command to set boot paths for the local nPartition, you can specify
setboot -p PRI or the setboot -a ALT command. You also can set the HAA boot path
using the setboot -h HAA command.
You can list the current boot path settings for an nPartition by issuing the parstatus -V
-p# | grep Path command and specifying the partition number (-p#). The setboot
command with no arguments lists the PRI and ALT settings for the local nPartition as well
as the PRI path flags (boot actions) for the local nPartition.
For example, to set the PRI boot path to 0/0/4/0/0.8.0 and the HAA boot path to 0/0/4/0/0.9.0
for partition number 0, issue the parmodify -p0 -b 0/0/4/0/0.8.0 -s
0/0/4/0/0.9.0 command, as shown below.
# parmodify -p0 -b 0/0/4/0/0.8.0 -s 0/0/4/0/0.9.0
Command succeeded.
#
Boot Path Notes for HP Integrity servers
considers the first item in the boot options list to be the PRI boot path, the second item to
be the HAA boot path, and the third boot option list item to be the ALT boot path. When you
use parmodify or setboot to configure the first (PRI) or second (HAA) or third (ALT) item
in the boot options list, the new device path that you specify either replaces the original boot
option, or it is inserted in the original item's place (with the original item being shifted
toward the end of the boot options list):
• If the boot option currently is not set to an HP-UX device, the new boot device path is
inserted as a new item in the boot options list.
In this case the original list item, if any, moves toward the end of the boot options list
and the new boot device path becomes the first (PRI) or second (HAA) or third (ALT)
item in the list, as specified by parmodify or setboot.
• If the boot option currently is set to an HP-UX device and the list item has the standard
description (such as "HP-UX Primary Boot" for PRI, or "HP-UX Alternate Boot" for ALT)
then the new boot device path replaces the original item in the boot options list.
• If the boot option currently is set to an HP-UX device and the list item's description is
not standard for its place in the boot options list, then the new boot device setting is
inserted as a new item in the boot options list.
In this case the original list item is moved toward the end of the boot options list.

Configuring Autoboot Options

You can configure autoboot options by using any one of the following procedures:
• "Configuring Autoboot Options (BCH Menu)" (page 159)
• "Configuring Autoboot Options (EFI Boot Manager)" (page 159)
• "Configuring Autoboot Options (EFI Shell)" (page 160)
• "Configuring Autoboot Options (HP-UX)" (page 161)
158 Booting and Resetting nPartitions
On HP Integrity servers, parmodify and setboot