HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2009 (Update 5 Release)

4. Next, use the conconfig to deselect all other consoles so that only one console
is marked P and all others are marked NC. For example, if your conconfig output
looks like the following:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 S VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
Enter:
Shell> conconfig 2 off
Now your conconfig output should look like this:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
Note that the unwanted VGA device in line 2 has the status of NC and the primary
console in line 1 has the status of P.
5. Enter:
Shell> reset
Using the EFI Boot Manager to select the primary HP-UX console
To use the EFI Boot Manager to select the primary HP-UX console, proceed with the
following steps.
1. Decide what console you want to use.
Depending on your system configuration, HP-UX can use one of the following
devices as your system console:
• System Serial Port (if present)
• iLO (MP) Serial Port
• VGA device (MP/iLO)
2. Using the EFI menu, do the following:
a. Open the EFI Boot Manager.
b. Under Boot Menu, select Boot Configuration.
c. On the Boot Configuration screen, select Console Configuration.
d. On the Console Configuration screen, select one device as your system console.
The device you have selected should have a status of P; all others should have
a status of NC.
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