nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Table 4-3 EFI Shell Command Reference (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Script-only: Delimiter for IF THEN construct.
endif
Script-only: Loop construct.
for
Script-only: Jump to label location in script.
goto
Script-only: IF THEN construct.
if
Take user input and place in EFI variable.
input
Script-only: Prompt to quit or continue.
pause
Stall the processor for some microseconds.
stall
Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands
Table 4-4 lists the commands available from the Boot Console Handler (BCH) menus for an
nPartition.
The BCH Menu is accessible from an nPartition console when the nPartition is in an active state
but has not booted an operating system.
The following categories of commands are available:
• “General Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)”.
• “Main Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)”.
• “Configuration Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)”.
• “Information Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)”.
• “Service Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)”.
For details on these commands, use the help (HE) command. At any BCH menu enter HE command
for details about the specified command, or enter HE for general help.
Table 4-4 Boot Console Handler (BCH) Command Reference
DescriptionCommand
General Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH) These BCH commands are available from all BCH menus.
Boot from the specified path.
BOot [PRI| HAA|
ALT| path]
Restart nPartition.
REBOOT
Reset the nPartition to allow Complex Profile reconfiguration; the nPartition remains
inactive, in the shutdown for reconfig state.
RECONFIGRESET
Redisplay the current menu.
DIsplay
Display help for the current menu or the specified menu or command.
HElp [menu
|command]
Main Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH) Commands to find devices, set boot paths (PRI,HAA, ALT),
and access other BCH menus.
Boot from the specified path.
BOot [PRI |HAA
|ALT| path]
Display or modify a device boot path.
PAth [PRI |HAA
|ALT] [path]
Search for boot devices.
SEArch [ALL |cell
|path]
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