HP Integrity rx2660 Server User Service Guide

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down an operating system on the server.
The following operating systems are supported on HP Integrity servers: HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31),
HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server.
Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers
HP supports the following operating systems on entry-class HP Integrity servers.
• HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31)
For details, see “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 87).
• HP OpenVMS I64
For details, see “Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS” (page 92).
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
For details, see “Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows” (page 96).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
For details, see “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 100).
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
For details, see “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 100).
Configuring System Boot Options
This section discusses the configurable server boot options on entry-class HP Integrity servers,
including the boot options list and the autoboot setting for the server. The version shown is EFI Boot
Manager version 2.00.
• Boot Options List
The boot options list is a list of loadable items available for you to choose from the EFI Boot
Manager menu. Ordinarily the boot options list includes the EFI Shell and one or more operating
system loaders.
The following example includes boot options for HP-UX, Linux, and the EFI Shell.
EFI Boot Manager ver 2.00 [14.62]
OS might use only the primary console set via boot manager or conconfig command
/----------------------------------\
/----------------------------------\ | System Overview |
| Boot Menu | | hp server BL870c |
| HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/2/1/0.... | | Serial #: USE7234MV8 |
| Internal Bootable DVD | | |
| EFI Shell [Built-in] | | System Firmware: 3.01 [4739] |
| iLO Virtual Media | | BMC Version: 5.20 |
| Core LAN Port 1 | | MP Version: T.02.17 |
| SuSE on fs0: | | Installed Memory: 6144 MB |
| HP-UX 11.31 from SAS disk | | |
| ------------------------------- | | CPU Logical |
| Boot Configuration | | Module CPUs Speed Status |
| System Configuration | | 0 2 1.4 GHz Active |
| Security Configuration | | 1 2 1.4 GHz Active |
| | | |
\----------------------------------/ | |
| |
| |
\----------------------------------/
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
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