HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide (5900-1801, August 2011)

Installing through a Network with non-directed LAN boot (using an Ignite server). Requires
boot server to respond to client request.
a. Enter lanboot select at the UEFI shell.
b. Select the desired LAN, for example, 01.
c. Wait for the boot server to reply, and load the boot file (For Example: nbp.efi), then
choose the operating system you want to install.
Installing through a Network with directed LAN boot (using an Ignite server), using static client
configuration.
a. Enter the following lanboot line at the UEFI shell:
"lanboot select -cip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -gip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –m xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –sip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -b
"/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi""
where:
• -cip is the IP assigned to site LAN.
• -gip is the gateway IP.
• -m is the submask.
• -sip is the IP of the Ignite server.
b. Select the desired LAN, for example, 01.
c. Wait for the boot server to reply, and load the boot file, then choose the operating system
you want to install.
Installing through a Network with directed LAN boot (using an Ignite server), using a DHCP
server to provide client configuration.
a. Enter the following lanboot line at the UEFI shell:
"lanboot select –sip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -b "/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi""
b. Select the desired LAN, for example, 01.
c. Wait for the DHCP and boot server to reply, and load the boot file, then choose the
operating system you want to install.
Installing through a Network (using an Ignite server)
a. Enter the following dbprofile line at the UEFI shell:
"dbprofile -dn testprofile -sip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -cip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -gip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -m
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -b "/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi""
where:
• -sip is the IP of the Ignite server.
• -cip is the IP assigned to site LAN.
• -gip is the gateway IP. (usually the same as cip)
• -m is the submask.
b. At the UEFI shell, enter lanboot select -dn testprofile.
c. Select the desired LAN, for example, 01.
d. Choose the operating system you want to install.
5. The HP-UX installation screen appears. Using the Ignite-UX server to install the necessary
bundles. This includes the HP-UX OE, patches, the Quality Pack bundle, the vPars bundle, and
other vPars-related bundles you want to install.
102 Installing or Removing the vPars product from the OS