HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual page 5

5 Booting and Resetting nPartitions...............................................................................87
Overview of nPartition System Booting...............................................................................................87
Boot Process Differences for nPartitions on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers.................88
Types of Booting and Resetting for nPartitions...............................................................................89
System Boot Configuration Options................................................................................................91
HP 9000 Boot Configuration Options........................................................................................91
HP Integrity Boot Configuration Options..................................................................................91
Tools for Booting nPartitions................................................................................................................95
Task Summaries for nPartition Boot and Reset....................................................................................96
Troubleshooting Boot Problems..........................................................................................................100
Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces.................................................................101
Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity...................................................................................................104
Finding Bootable Devices....................................................................................................................106
Performing a Transfer of Control Reset..............................................................................................107
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX...................................................................................................108
HP-UX Support for Cell Local Memory........................................................................................108
Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List.......................................................................................109
Booting HP-UX..............................................................................................................................110
HP-UX Booting.........................................................................................................................110
Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting...........................................................................................114
LVM-Maintenance Mode HP-UX Booting...............................................................................116
Shutting Down HP-UX..................................................................................................................117
Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS I64.................................................................................119
HP OpenVMS I64 Support for Cell Local Memory.......................................................................120
Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List............................................................................120
Booting HP OpenVMS...................................................................................................................122
Shutting Down HP OpenVMS.......................................................................................................123
Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows..............................................................................124
Microsoft Windows Support for Cell Local Memory....................................................................124
Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List...................................................................125
Booting Microsoft Windows..........................................................................................................126
Shutting Down Microsoft Windows..............................................................................................128
Booting and Shutting Down Linux.....................................................................................................129
Linux Support for Cell Local Memory..........................................................................................129
Adding Linux to the Boot Options List.........................................................................................130
Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux................................................................................................131
Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server..........................................................................................132
Shutting Down Linux....................................................................................................................134
Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions..................................................................................................135
Performing a Reboot for Reconfig.......................................................................................................139
Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State..............................................................141
Booting an Inactive nPartition.............................................................................................................146
Booting over a Network......................................................................................................................147
Booting to the HP-UX Initial System Loader (ISL).............................................................................149
Booting to the HP-UX Loader (HPUX.EFI).........................................................................................150
Using HP-UX Loader Commands......................................................................................................151
HPUX.EFI Boot Loader Commands..............................................................................................151
HPUX Boot Loader Commands Issued from ISL..........................................................................151
Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI)...........................................................................................152
Linux Boot Option Management...................................................................................................153
Linux Loader Configuration File (elilo.conf)...........................................................................153
Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands..........................................................................................154
Configuring Boot Paths and Options..................................................................................................155
Configuring Autoboot Options...........................................................................................................158
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