Setting Up, Booting, and Shutting Down HP Integrity
Server Systems
This appendix describes the configuration and management tools
available on HP Integrity servers (Itanium-based systems), and explains
how to set up the Integrity server, configure boot options, boot OpenVMS
I64 operating system, and shut down the operating system. The appendix
also includes brief troubleshooting procedures.
Specifically, this appendix contains the following information:
Hardware/Firmware configuration and
management interfaces and their features
Setting up and powering on the Integrity server
system
Using the Management Processor (MP)
Using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
Accessing the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
interface
Booting operations, including the following:
Booting the Operating Environment
DVD manually
Booting manually from the system disk
Performing a conversational (interactive) boot
Booting with minimum startup
Booting with the XDelta utility (XDELTA)
Booting from a different root directory
Booting in an emergency
Configuring and managing boot operations such as
the following:
Setting the system for automatic booting
Setting and showing boot devices
Setting boot parameters
Writing a new boot block
Halt and shutdown operations
Troubleshooting procedures
Information about configuring the hardware and using
the hardware utilities is provided for your convenience and is not
intended to replace the hardware documentation included with your
Integrity server system. Most of the information pertaining to the
hardware in this manual is based on the Integrity rx2600 server
model. HP Integrity servers come in many different configurations.
Hardware, utilities, and certain hardware configuration procedures may
differ significantly across models, and even across versions of
the same model. Please refer to your hardware documentation for
the most up-to-date information specific to your particular model
and version. Note that the hardware documentation includes model-specific
illustrations to guide you. The latest version of documentation
for your server can be found online at the following Web sites: http://docs.hp.com
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