Task Summaries For Npartition Boot And Reset; Npartition Boot And Reset Task Summaries - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

Task Summaries for nPartition Boot and Reset

Table 5-1 describes the main nPartition boot and reset tasks and provides brief summaries and
references for detailed procedures.
You can perform the nPartition boot tasks in
Summaries"
Handler (BCH, available only on PA-RISC servers), Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI, available
only on HP Integrity servers), HP-UX commands, or Partition Manager (
/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr).
See "Tools for Booting nPartitions" (page 95)
Table 5-1 nPartition Boot and Reset Task Summaries
Task
"Troubleshooting Boot
Problems"
"Accessing nPartition
Console and System Boot
Interfaces"
"Monitoring nPartition
Boot Activity"
"Finding Bootable
Devices"
"Performing a Transfer
of Control Reset"
"Booting HP-UX"
"Shutting Down HP-UX"
"Booting HP OpenVMS"
96 Booting and Resetting nPartitions
using various tools, including the service processor (MP or GSP), Boot Console
Summary
This section has tips for resolving common nPartition boot issues.
See "Troubleshooting Boot Problems" (page
Use the service processor Console Menu (CO) to access the BCH or EFI system boot
environment for an nPartition.
See "Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces" (page
Use the VFP option from the service processor Main Menu to access a Virtual Front Panel
for monitoring the boot status of an nPartition.
See "Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity" (page
• BCH Menu: SEARCH command.
• EFI Shell: map command.
See "Finding Bootable Devices" (page
• CAUTION:
issuing a TOC reset.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): TC command.
See "Performing a Transfer of Control Reset" (page
• BCH Menu: BOOT command.
• EFI Boot Manager: select an item from the boot options list.
• EFI Shell: access the EFI System Partition (for example fs0:) for a root device and
enter HPUX to invoke the loader.
See "Booting HP-UX" (page
mode and LVM-maintenance mode.
• Issue the /sbin/shutdown command with the desired options, such as -r to shut
down and reboot automatically, or -h to shut down and halt the system.
• The -R and -H options to shutdown and reboot are used when performing nPartition
reconfigurations; see the Reboot for Reconfig and Shutdown for Reconfig details in
this table.
See "Shutting Down HP-UX" (page
• NOTE:
Only supported on HP Integrity servers.
• EFI Boot Manager: select an item from the boot options list.
• EFI Shell: access the EFI System Partition (for example fs0:) for a root device and
enter vms_loader to invoke the loader.
See "Booting HP OpenVMS" (page
Table 5-1 "nPartition Boot and Reset Task
for details.
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Under normal operation you shut down the operating system before
110). This section also covers booting HP-UX in single-user
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