HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0

IMPORTANT: You must act fast, because the system does not pause very long at the boot
prompt. Press any letter on the keyboard to pause at the boot prompt and give yourself
more time to type in the boot command line.
IMPORTANT: Some hardware models require additional parameters to be included on the
command line. Before booting the head node, go to the following web site, and look in the
HP XC System Software Release Notes associated with this release to make sure no additional
command-line options are required for your hardware model.
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/linuxhpc.html
Table 9-5 Upgrade Boot Command Lines
Boot Command LineChip Architecture Type
Cluster Platform or
ProLiant Hardware
Model
boot: linux ks=cdrom:/ks_upgrade.cfg
Opteron and XeonCP3000 and
CP4000
boot: linux ks=cdrom:/ks_upgrade.cfg noapic
The noapic option is required for DL145 platforms only if
InfiniBand PCI-X cards are used
OpteronDL145 G2 and G3
boot: linux ks=cdrom:/ks_upgrade.cfg clock=pmtmr
OpteronDL385 G1 and G2
DL365 G5
DL585 G1 and G2
boot: linux ks=hd:scd0/ks_upgrade.cfg
pci=nommconf clock=pmtmr
OpteronBL465c
boot: linux ks=hd:scd0/ks_upgrade.cfg
pci=nommconf clock=pmtmr
OpteronBL685c
ELILO boot: linux ks=cdrom:/ks_upgrade.cfg
Itanium (when the boot
device was set through
the preconfigured boot
option and the ELILO
boot: prompt appears)
CP6000
fs0:> elilo linux ks=cdrom:/ks_upgrade.cfg
Itanium (when the boot
device was set through
the EFI Shell option
and the fs0:> prompt
appears)
CP6000
3. When prompted, enter c to continue with the upgrade.
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