Booting And Shutting Down The Operating System; Operating Systems Supported On Hp Integrity Servers; Configuring System Boot Options - HP Integrity rx2660 User's & Service Manual

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System

This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down an operating system on the HP
Integrity rx2660 server. The following operating systems are supported on HP Integrity servers:
HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31), HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• "Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers" (page
• "Configuring System Boot Options" (page
• "Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX" (page
• "Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS" (page
• "Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows" (page
• "Booting and Shutting Down Linux" (page

Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers

HP supports the following operating systems on entry-class HP Integrity servers.
• HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31)
For details see
• HP OpenVMS I64
For details see
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
For details see
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
For details see
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
For details see

Configuring System Boot Options

This section discusses the configurable server boot options on entry-class HP Integrity servers,
including the boot options list and the autoboot setting for the server.
Boot Options List
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from the EFI Boot Manager menu. Ordinarily the boot options list includes the EFI Shell
and one or more operating system loaders.
The following example includes boot options for HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX,
and the EFI Shell. The final item in the EFI Boot Manager menu, the Boot Configuration
Menu, is not a boot option. The Boot Configuration Menu allows server configuration
through a maintenance menu.
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]
HP OpenVMS 8.2-1
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
HP-UX Primary Boot: 4/0/1/1/0.2.0
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
"Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX" (page
"Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS" (page
"Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows" (page
"Booting and Shutting Down Linux" (page
"Booting and Shutting Down Linux" (page
The boot options list is a list of loadable items available for you to choose
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Please select a boot option
Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers
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