Operations Guide, Fourth Edition - HP Integrity rx1620

shell, to an operating system located on the network or residing on media in the server, or the
Boot Maintenance menu, see “Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu”.
• Boot from a File—Automatically adds EFI applications as boot options or allows you to boot
from a specific file. When you choose this option, the system searches for an EFI directory.
If the EFI directory is found, then it looks in each of the subdirectories below EFI. In each
of those subdirectories, it looks for the first file that is an executable EFI application. Each
of the EFI applications that meet this criterion can be automatically added as a boot option.
In addition, legacy boot options for A: and C: are also added if those devices are present.
You can also launch a specific application without adding it as a boot option. In this case
the EFI boot manager searches the root directories and the \EFI\TOOLS directories of all
of the EFI system partitions present in the system for the specified EFI application.
• Add a Boot Option—Adds a boot option to the EFI boot manager. You specify the option by
providing the name of the EFI application. Along with the name you can also provide either
ASCII or UNICODE arguments the file might use. Given the EFI application name and any
options, the EFI boot manager searches for the executable file in the same directories as
described in “Boot from a File” option. When the file is found, it is executed.
• Delete Boot Options—Deletes a specific boot option or all boot options.
• Change Boot Order—Controls the relative order in which the EFI boot manager attempts boot
options. For help on the control key sequences you need for this option, refer to the help
menu.
• Manage BootNext Setting—Selects a boot option to use one time (the next boot operation).
• Set Automatic Boot Timeout—Defines the value in seconds that pass before the system
automatically boots without user intervention. Setting this value to zero disables the timeout
feature.
• Exit—Returns control to the EFI boot manager main menu. This displays the active boot
devices, including a possible integrated shell (if the implementation is so constructed).
EFI Commands
Table 3-1 lists EFI commands for the hp Integrity rx1620 Server. The equivalent BCH commands
found in PA-RISC based systems are also listed.
Table 3-1 EFI Commands
DefinitionBCH Command Parameters (PA-RISC)BCH Command
Equivalent (PA-RISC)
EFI Shell Command
These commands are found in all other menus
Boot from specified path[PRI|HAA|ALT|<path>]Bootinfo boot
Display help for specified
command or menu
[<menu>|<command>]HElphelp <command>
Reset the system (to allow
reconfiguration of complex
RESETreset
Return to the main menuMAinexit (at EFI shell)
MAin
Display or modify a path[PRI|HAA|ALT|CON|KEY|<path>]PAthEFI boot manager
“change boot order”
Search for boot devices[ALL]SEArchbcfg
Search for boot devices[DIsplay|IPL] [<path>]SEArchbcfg
Display or change scrolling
capability
[ON|OFF]ScRollmany commands
offer a [-b]
parameter to cause
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