Installation Guide, Second Edition - HP Integrity cx2620

Configuring System Boot Options
You can configure system boot options on the server, including the boot options list and the
autoboot setting for the server.
• Boot Options List
The boot options list is a list of loadable items you can select from the EFI Boot Manager
menu. Ordinarily the boot options list includes the EFI Shell and one or more operating
system loaders.
To manage the boot options list for each system, use the EFI Shell, the EFI Boot Configuration
Menu, or the operating system utilities.
At the EFI Shell, the bcfg command supports listing and managing the boot options list for
all operating systems.
The EFI Boot Configuration Menu provides the Add a Boot Option, Delete Boot Option(s),
and Change Boot Order menu items. Use this method if you must add an EFI Shell entry
to the boot options list.
Operating system utilities for managing the boot options list include the HP-UX setboot
command.
For more information, see the following sections:
— “Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List” (page 64)
— “Adding Linux to the Boot Options List” (page 68)
• Autoboot Setting
At startup, the autoboot setting determines whether a system automatically loads the first
item in the boot options list, or remains at the EFI Boot Manager menu. When autoboot is
enabled, EFI loads the first item in the boot options list after a designated timeout period.
Configure the autoboot setting for an HP Integrity system using either the autoboot EFI
Shell command, or the Set Auto Boot TimeOut menu item from the EFI Boot Configuration
Menu.
For example, to disable autoboot from the EFI Shell, issue the autoboot off command.
To enable autoboot with the default timeout value, issue the autoboot on command. To
enable autoboot with a timeout of 60 seconds, issue the autoboot time 60 command.
Set autoboot from HP-UX using the setboot command. Enable autoboot from HP-UX
using the setboot -b on command. Disable autoboot using the setboot -b off
command.
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX
This section describes booting and shutting down HP-UX on the server.
• To add an HP-UX entry to the boot options list, see “Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options
List” (page 64).
• To boot HP-UX, use the following procedures:
— “Booting HP-UX” (page 64) describes the standard procedures to boot HP-UX. Typically
this results in booting HP-UX in multi-user mode.
— “Booting HP-UX Into Single-User Mode ” (page 66) describes how to boot HP-UX in
single-user mode.
— “Booting HP-UX Into LVM-Maintenance Mode” (page 67) describes how to boot HP-UX
in LVM-maintenance mode.
• To shut down the HP-UX operating system, see “Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 67).
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