setboot.1m (2010 09)

setboot(1M) setboot(1M)

try next path.

off on Skip the primary path and try alternate path.

If the alternate paths are not conﬁgured to

boot or fail, go to BCH.

Additionally, systems with hardware partitions support a boot action for each path. However the boot

action for the paths other than the primary path cannot be set using setboot. Instead, these must be set

through the Boot Console Handler using the

pf (path ﬂags) command of the BCH Conﬁguration menu.

The default boot action for the hardware partitions is to "skip this device and try next path". The case

where both the

autosearch and autoboot ﬂags are on, will not work as expected until the path ﬂags

for the alternate paths are set appropriately through the BCH. In the default case, specifying

setboot

-b on -s on will not cause an alternate path to be automatically booted when the primary path fails,

instead the user will be prompted.

DEPENDENCIES

If SpeedyBoot is not installed on a system, options

-v, -t, and -T will produce a diagnostic error.

Currently

-t option is not supported on Integrity system architecture.

If the platform does not support hyperthreading, then the

-m

option will produce a diagnostic error.

AUTHOR

setboot was developed by HP.

FILES

/dev/kepd Special device ﬁle used by the setboot command.

/var/evm/adm/config/logger/setboot*.conf

Secondary EVM logger conﬁguration ﬁles for setboot.

/etc/setboot_tests

Deﬁnitions of tests which can be viewed or controlled with the -v, -t,

and

-T options.