Verifying The Server Configuration Using Boot Console Handler - HP rp4410 Installation Manual

Installation guide, sixth edition - hp 9000 rp4410/rp4440

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Installing the System

Booting the Operating System

Step 1. At the BCH

Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?>

Step 2. To interact with IPL, answer y.

Step 3. At the

prompt, type hpux-is.

ISL>

Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode

To boot to HP-UX in LVM maintenance mode, follow these steps:

Step 1. At the BCH

Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?>

Step 2. To interact with IPL, answer y.

Step 3. At the

prompt, type hpux-lm.

ISL>

Shutting Down HP-UX

To shut down HP-UX running on a server, use the shutdown command. You have the following options when

shutting down HP-UX:

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To shut down and reboot an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -r command.

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To shut down and halt (power off) an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -h command.

For details, see the shutdown (1M) manpage and follow these steps:

Step 1. From the HP-UX command line, issue the shutdown command to shut down the HP-UX operating

system.

Step 2. Log in to HP-UX running on the server that you want to shut down.

You should log in to the iLO MP for the server and use the

console. Accessing the console through the iLO MP enables you to maintain console access to the

server after HP-UX has shut down.

Step 3. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line options.

The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX shuts down, and whether

the server is rebooted.

Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shutdown option for the server:

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To shut down HP-UX and halt (power off) the server, issue the shutdown -h command.

To reboot a halted server you must power on the server using the PC command at the iLO MP

Command

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To shut down HP-UX and reboot the server, issue the shutdown -r command.