Booting The Operating System; Supported Operating System; Booting And Shutting Down Hp-Ux; Standard Hp-Ux Booting Using The Boot Console Handler - HP rp4410 Service Manual

4 Booting the Operating System

This chapter describes procedures for booting and shutting down the HP-UX operating system
on the HP 9000 rp4410 and rp4440 servers.

Supported Operating System

Booting the server loads the operating system, which is essential for running all other programs.
You can only run one operating system on the server at one time.
The HP-UX 11i version 1 (and higher HP-UX versions that support PA-RISC systems) is supported
on the server.
NOTE: HP-UX is the only supported operating system for single-core processors.
You can find information about the HP-UX operating system on the web at:
Server Hardware Information:
Diagnostics and Event Monitoring: Hardware Support Tools
hardware support tools, including online and offline diagnostics and event monitoring tools, is
on the HP website at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag/. This site has manuals, tutorials,
FAQs, and other reference material.
Books about HP-UX Published by Prentice Hall
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/
including the following HP-UX books:
• HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/prentice/ptr_0130600814.html
• HP-UX Virtual Partitions
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/prentice/ptr_0130352128.html
HP Books are available worldwide through bookstores, online booksellers, and office and
computer stores.

Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX

This section describes booting and shutting down HP-UX on the HP 9000 rp4410 and rp4440
servers.
• To boot HP-UX, follow one of these procedures:
— "Standard HP-UX Booting Using the Boot Console Handler" (page 125)
standard way to boot HP-UX. Typically this results in booting HP-UX in multi-user
mode.
— "Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode" (page 126)
single-user mode.
— "Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode" (page 126)
in Logical Volume Management (LVM) maintenance mode.
• To shut down the HP-UX operating system, see

Standard HP-UX Booting Using the Boot Console Handler

If the autoboot function is enabled, the server boots to the installed operating system. If autoboot
is not enabled, the server enters the BCH. The BCH enables you to control the server booting
environment.
To set the boot path if HP-UX is at a path other than the primary path, follow these steps:
1. At the BCH Main Menu, enter Menu> co.
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/hw/
The HP website
lists the HP books that Prentice Hall currently publishes,
"Shutting Down HP-UX" (page
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Supported Operating System
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