The following steps explain how to boot your new OpenVMS I64
system disk. For more information about this and special booting
operations, refer to
Booting Operations
Make sure you remove the DVD from the DVD/CD drive before
booting the system disk.
OpenVMS I64 does not support network booting of system
disks (OpenVMS I64 cannot be an OpenVMS Cluster satellite). The
system disk must be mounted locally or on a SAN storage device.
If you have configured
your system with a boot option for your system disk,
your system disk appears as a boot option in the EFI Boot Manager
menu. Select your system disk and press Enter (or Return). If your
system disk is the first option in the EFI Boot Manager menu, it
might boot automatically after the 10-second countdown.
If you have not
configured your system with a boot option for your disk,
follow these steps:
Press
Enter or any other key (you might see text that instructs you to
"hit any key to cold reboot"). The machine displays several boot-related
messages and then displays the EFI Boot Manager menu.
Go to the EFI Shell prompt by selecting the EFI
Shell [Built-in] option from the EFI Boot Manager menu. (This might
be selected automatically if you do not make a selection before
the EFI countdown completes.) A display similar to the following
appears. An explanation of the two types of devices shown (blk and fs)
follows the example.
fs
The fs devices are file-structured
logical partitions on physical disks that are included with your
Integrity server system. One or more fs device exists for each volume
with a bootable partition or diagnostic partition.
Generally, fs0: corresponds to the target disk on which you installed
OpenVMS I64 (unless the DVD was not removed, in which case fs1:
corresponds to the target disk). For example, if the target disk
is DKA0, then fs0: most likely corresponds to the target disk.
On the other hand, if the target disk is a DKA100 or DKB200 or similar,
the corresponding EFI device depends on what partitions are configured
on the target disk.
blk
The blk devices are block
devices. Multiple blk devices exist for each volume that has a
bootable partition or diagnostic partition. These devices may include
the DVD device as well as the diagnostic partitions on OpenVMS system
disks. Diagnostic partitions are intended and reserved for use
by HP Services. (For more information about this partition, refer
to
Alternative Ways to Initialize the System Disk.)
To boot the OpenVMS I64 system
disk, enter the following command at the EFI Shell prompt, where fs
n: is the device associated with the system
disk (probably fs0:):
Shell> fsn:\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
The OpenVMS I64 operating system now starts booting. A display
similar to the following appears, followed by the prompt for user
name and password:
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version 8.2-1
(c) Copyright 1976-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Note that 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. On certain
machines, 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 processes
the contents of the SEL.
Next Steps When you boot OpenVMS from a new system disk, a special startup
procedure runs that does the following:
Allows you to configure the system for standalone
or OpenVMS Cluster operation (refer to
Joining an OpenVMS Cluster).
Runs AUTOGEN to evaluate
your hardware configuration, estimate typical work loads, and set
system parameters (refer to
Running AUTOGEN).
HP OpenVMS Version 8.2-1 for Integrity Servers... 
Installing the OpenVMS Operating System
