HP Integrity rx8640, HP 9000 rp8440 Server User Service Guide

To add an HP OpenVMS boot option when logged in to OpenVMS, use the

@SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM command.

1. Access the EFI Shell environment.

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, select the Exit option from the submenus until you

return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.

From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell

environment.

2. Access the EFI System Partition for the device from which you want to boot HP OpenVMS

(fsX:, where X is the file system number).

For example, enter fs2: to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system number

2. The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.

The full path for the HP OpenVMS loader is \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi, and it should

be on the device you are accessing.

3. At the EFI Shell environment, use the bcfg command to manage the boot options list.

You can also accomplish this step by using the \efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi and

\efi\vms\vms_show.efi utilities, which are available on the EFI System Partition for HP

OpenVMS. Both vms_bcfg and vms_show are unique utilities for OpenVMS I64. The

vms_bcfg utility differs from the bcfg EFI command in that vms_bcfg enables you to specify

boot devices using device names consistent with OpenVMS naming conventions.

The bcfg command includes the following options for managing the boot options list:

• bcfg boot dump — Display all items in the boot options list for the system.

• bcfg boot rm # — Remove the item number specified by # from the boot options list.

• bcfg boot mv #a #b — Move the item number specified by #a to the position specified

by #b in the boot options list.

• bcfg boot add # file.efi "Description" — Add a new boot option to the

position in the boot options list specified by #. The new boot option references file.efi

and is listed with the title specified by Description.

For example, bcfg boot add 1 \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi "HP OpenVMS"adds

an HP OpenVMS item as the first entry in the boot options list.

See the help bcfg command for details.

4. Exit the console and management processor interfaces if you are finished using them.

To exit the EFI environment, press ^B (Control+B); this exits the nPartition console and returns

to the management processor Main Menu. To exit the management processor, enter X at the

Main Menu.

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