Efi/Posse Commands; Help; Syntax; Parameters - HP Integrity rx2660 User's & Service Manual

EFI/POSSE Commands

This section provides information on the EFI/POSSE commands developed for the server.
EFI and Pre-OS System Environment (POSSE) are similar. EFI is an Intel specification, whereas
POSSE is the HP implementation that aids HP support.
NOTE: Your output might not exactly match the output shown in this section due to the type of
server you purchased.

help

Provides information on the EFI Shell commands. It also has an additional feature to aid those
familiar with the BCH menus of PA-RISC servers to adjust to their equivalent functions in EFI.

Syntax

help [-b] <category>
help [-b] <cmd>
help [-b] bch <bchmenu> <bchcmd>

Parameters

-b
category
cmd
bch
bchmenu
bchcmd

Operation

If help is initiated with no parameters, it displays a list of EFI Shell command categories. To list all
of the commands within a category, enter help <category>. If help is issued with the -b option,
any output longer than one page pauses after each page displays. If a shell command name is
used as a parameter, verbose help displays for that command.
If you issue the help command with the bch option, it displays a list of BCH commands and their
corresponding EFI/POSSE commands. It instructs you to repeat the command line followed by a
menu name for more information on that menu. If you issue help within the bch option and a
menu name, it displays a list of commands that appear under that BCH menu. You can then issue
help followed by bch, the menu name, and a BCH command name to display information about
that command. This points you to the EFI command that has taken the place of that BCH functionality,
or informs the user that the functionality no longer exists. Alternately, enter help followed by bch
and a BCH command name to go straight to that command.
The following examples show the available options and output:
Enable page breaking
Category of commands to view help on commands
Shell command name on which to provide verbose information
Display the list of BCH commands and their corresponding EFI
BCH menu name taken from the top level of the BCH menu
BCH command on which to display information
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