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

Booting and Resetting Superdome Partitions

Procedures for Booting and Resetting Partitions

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Accessing a Partition’s Console and BCH Interface

Each partition has its own Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface that

provides you a method for interacting with the partition before HP-UX

has booted. The BCH interface allows you to manage the partition’s

HP-UX boot process and to conﬁgure various boot-related settings.

Each partition’s BCH interface is available through the partition’s

console and is accessible before HP-UX has booted.

Before performing this procedure, check the partition’s console or its

Virtual Front Panel to check the partition’s current state.

• At the BCH interface.

If so, you can access the BCH interface or reboot BCH if needed.

• Booted to ISL.

If so, exit ISL using the EXIT command to exit ISL and return to the

BCH interface.

• Booted to HP-UX.

If the partition has booted HP-UX, reboot HP-UX and if necessary

interrupt the automatic boot process to reach the BCH interface.

The following procedure describes how to access a partition’s console and

its BCH interface.

You can perform this task using the GSP menu.

• “GSP” on page 245