The OpenVMS Version 8.2 operating system includes procedures
that allow you to easily install the operating system using the
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility. First, you must boot
the OpenVMS operating system kit. To boot an OpenVMS Alpha system
kit, see
Booting the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Kit. To
boot an OpenVMS I64 system kit, see
Booting the OpenVMS I64 Operating System Kit.
Booting
the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Kit This section explains how to boot the OpenVMS Alpha operating
system kit, either from your local CD drive or from a CD drive connected
to the InfoServer, as described in
Booting from the Local Drive and
Booting from the InfoServer. First, you need to identify the name of the
CD drive, as explained in
Determining the Boot Device. For more information about booting operations, see
Booting Operations.
Determining
the Boot Device To boot the operating system CD, you need to determine the
identity of the CD drive. Follow these steps:
Insert the operating system CD into
the local CD drive.
Enter the SHOW DEVICE command at the console prompt
(>>>) and look for the correct drive
listed in the output (for example, DKA400). If you are booting from
the InfoServer, look for a device listed with its hardware address,
as in the last line of the following example (EWA0):
For additional information, refer to the HP OpenVMS
for Integrity Servers and HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2 Operating
Systems Software Product Description (SPD 82.35.xx) and the hardware manuals that you received with
your Alpha computer.
Booting from the
Local Drive To boot the operating system CD from the local CD drive, enter
the boot command in the following format:
BOOT -FLAGS 0,0 source-drive
Substitute the device name of the CD drive for source-drive, such as DKA400, as listed in the SHOW DEVICE display
example in
Determining the Boot Device.
In this case, you would enter the following command and press Return:
>>>BOOT -FLAGS 0,0 DKA400
Booting from the
InfoServer To boot the operating system CD using the InfoServer, follow
these steps:
At the console
prompt, enter the boot command in the following format:
>>> BOOT -FLAGS 0,0 -FILE APB_082 lan-device-name
Substitute the name of the local area network device for lan-device-name, such as EWA0, as listed in the SHOW DEVICE display
example in
Determining the Boot Device. The APB file name is the unique file name that was assigned
to the APB.EXE file when it was copied from the operating system
CD to the InfoServer. This file is the name of the APB program used
for the initial system load (ISL) boot program.
If you are using a DEC 3000 or 4000 series system, note
the following:
On DEC 3000 series systems, you can
boot through the InfoServer using an alternate TURBOchannel device,
such as a PMAD (Ethernet) or DEFTA (FDDI), by specifying the device
name as "n/ESA0". The value for n is the TURBOchannel slot number, which you can obtain
by entering the SHOW CONFIGURATION command at the console prompt
(>>>) and examining the display. For
more information, see
Booting over the Network with an Alternate TURBOchannel Adapter.
On DEC 4000 series systems, you must specify
the ISL file name in uppercase (APB_082).
The InfoServer ISL program then displays the following
menu:
Network Initial System Load Function
Version 1.2
FUNCTION FUNCTION
ID
1 - Display Menu
2 - Help
3 - Choose Service
4 - Select Options
5 - Stop
Enter a function ID value:
Respond to the prompts as follows, pressing Return
after each entry:
Enter 3 for
the function ID.
Enter 2 for the option ID.
Enter the service name (ALPHA082).
A sample display follows:
Enter a function ID value: 3 OPTION OPTION
ID
1 - Find Services
2 - Enter known Service Name
Enter an Option ID value: 2 Enter a Known Service Name: ALPHA082
If you boot
the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD from an InfoServer but lose
your connection during the installation procedure (the system is
unresponsive and pressing Ctrl/Y does not return you to the menu),
do the following:
IF
...
THEN ...
You previously chose the INITIALIZE option
Reboot the OpenVMS Alpha
operating system CD.
Choose the install option from the menu and perform
the installation again, as described in this chapter.
You
previously chose the PRESERVE option
Reboot the OpenVMS Alpha
operating system CD.
Enter the DCL environment by choosing option 7 from
the menu.
Mount the device containing your backup copy of
the target disk and the device that is your target disk.
Restore the backup copy of your target disk by entering
the appropriate BACKUP commands. (See
Backing Up and Restoring the System Disk for complete information using MOUNT and BACKUP
commands to restore a system disk.)
Log out from the DCL environment.
Choose the install option from the menu and perform
the installation again, as described in this chapter.
Booting
the OpenVMS I64 Operating System Kit This section explains how to boot OpenVMS I64 from the Operating
Environment DVD. (At present, you cannot boot OpenVMS I64 from an
InfoServer or similar network device.) For information about required and
optional tasks to be performed prior to booting the system, and
tasks that can be performed after booting the system, see
Setting Up, Booting, and Shutting Down HP Integrity Server Systems.
To boot the DVD, you must be using a serial device for
the console. OpenVMS does not support VGA graphics (nor USB keyboards)
as console devices for booting.
Setting Up, Booting, and Shutting Down HP Integrity Server Systems explains how to set up the console on your Integrity
server.
EFI shell commands are not case sensitive. However,
in this manual, EFI and other Integrity server interface commands
are displayed in lowercase to help distinguish them from OpenVMS DCL
commands displayed in uppercase.
Insert the OpenVMS
software DVD into the DVD/CD drive on the front panel of the server.
To ensure that EFI can access the DVD, enter the
following command at the EFI Shell prompt (initially, the EFI Shell
prompt is Shell>; the prompt can change, as explained in
Using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)):
Shell> map -r
To boot the DVD, type the following command at the
EFI Shell prompt, where fs0: is the Integrity server DVD drive.
For a new Integrity server, the DVD drive is normally fs0:.
Shell> fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
This
assumes no other systems are present on any of your Integrity server's
disks. If installations have been performed already on your server,
then the DVD drive might be at another location. In the EFI list of
mapped devices, look for the letters CDROM to determine where the
DVD is, as in the following line: fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)/HD(Part1,Sig0)
If the suggested command does not work, or if you
have doubts about which device maps to the DVD drive, you can use
the EFI Boot Manager menu system to boot the Operating Environment
DVD, as explained in
Booting the OpenVMS I64 Operating Environment DVD. EFI shell commands are not case sensitive. Remember that,
by default, EFI interprets the Delete (or Backspace) key differently
than do OpenVMS Alpha systems or Microsoft Windows computers. Use
Ctrl/H to delete the last character entered. For more information,
see
The Delete or Backspace Key.
HP Integrity servers maintain a System Event Log (SEL)
within system console storage, and OpenVMS I64 automatically transfers
the contents of the SEL into the OpenVMS error log. During a successful
boot operation while using a console, you might see a message indicating
that the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) SEL
is full. You can safely continue when the BMC SEL is full by following
the prompts; OpenVMS will process the contents of the SEL. If you
want to clear the SEL manually, enter the clearlogs SEL command at the EFI Shell prompt as in the following example:
Shell> clearlogs sel
This command deletes the contents of the SEL. The command
is available with current system firmware versions.
If your Integrity server is configured with a Management Processor
(MP) and you see a BMC event log warning while connected to the
MP console, you can also clear the BMC event log by using MP. Press
Ctrl/B to revert to the MP> prompt. At the MP> prompt,
enter SL (from the main menu) and use the C option to clear the
log.
HP recommends that you load and use the most current system
firmware. For more information about updating the system firmware,
see
Firmware on Integrity Server Systems.