Installation Guide, Second Edition - HP Integrity BL60p Server Blade

Chapter 8

Installing and Booting the Operating System

Operating System Boot and Shutdown

This section covers procedures for booting and shutting down the operating system on the server blade. The

operating system that runs on the server blade is HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23).

The following sections are included in this chapter:

• “Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade”

• “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX”

Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade

HP supports the following operating systems on the server blade.

• HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23)

For details see “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” on page 68.

Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX

This section covers booting and shutting down HP-UX on entry-class HP Integrity servers.

• To add an HP-UX entry to the boot options list, see “Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List” on page 83.

• To boot HP-UX, use the following procedures:

— “Standard HP-UX Booting” on page 68 describes the standard ways to boot HP-UX. Typically this

results in booting HP-UX in multi-user mode.

— “Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting” on page 70 describes how to boot HP-UX in single-user mode.

— “Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode” on page 71 describes how to boot HP-UX in

LVM-maintenance mode.

• To shut down the HP-UX operating system, see “Shutting Down HP-UX” on page 72.

Standard HP-UX Booting

Use either of the following procedures to boot HP-UX:

• “Booting HP-UX (EFI Boot Manager)” on page 68

• “Booting HP-UX (EFI Shell)” on page 69

Booting HP-UX (EFI Boot Manager)

From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose an item from the boot options list to boot HP-UX.

Step 1. Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the system on which you want to boot HP-UX.

When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI

menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose the

Exit option from the submenus until you return

to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.