Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Booting and Resetting Superdome Partitions
Introduction to Boot and Reset Tasks
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Introduction to Boot and Reset Tasks
The following table lists the supported partition boot and reset tasks for
HP Superdome servers.
Detailed procedures for the tasks listed in Table 5-1 are provided in
“Procedures for Booting and Resetting Partitions” on page 241.
You can perform many of the tasks listed in Table 5-1 using one or more
of the following tools: the Guardian Service Processor (GSP) menus, the
Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface, the system loaders (ISL and
hpux), and HP-UX commands.
For details on these tools see “Tools for Managing Superdome Booting”
on page 239.
Table 5-1 HP Superdome Booting and Resetting Tasks
Task Procedures Description Tools
“Monitoring Partition Boot
Activity” on page 242
Observe a partition’s progress as the
partition’shardwareand HP-UX boot by
viewing the partition’s Virtual Front
Panel (VFP).
GSP
“Accessing a Partition’s
Console and BCH Interface”
on page 244
Interact with a partition’s BCH
interface by accessing it through the
partition’s console.
GSP
“Finding Bootable Devices”
on page 248
Search for and list all bootable devices
connected to a partition.
BCH
“Booting a Partition Past
Boot-Is-Blocked” on page
250
Boot a partition past boot-is-blocked,
such as when a partition is in a
ready-for-reconfig state.
This makes the partition active.
GSP
“Booting HP-UX on a
Partition” on page 252
Boot HP-UX on a partition. BCH