nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Table 5-1 nPartition Boot and Reset Task Summaries (continued)
SummaryTask
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): RS command; under normal operation you first shut
down the operating system.
On HP Integrity servers you should reset an nPartition only after all self tests and
partition rendezvous have completed.
• BCH Menu: REBOOT command.
• EFI Boot Manager: Boot Option Maintenance→Cold Reset.
• EFI Shell: reset command.
• HP-UX: /sbin/shutdown or /usr/sbin/reboot command.
• OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN command and enter Yes at the "Should an
automatic system reboot be performed" prompt.
• Windows: shutdown /r command or the Star t→Shut Down action and Restart
pull-down menu option.
• Linux: /sbin/shutdown command. You must include the required time argument
to specify when the shutdown is to occur.
See “Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions” (page 135).
“Rebooting and Resetting
nPartitions”
• NOTE: Only supported for cell-based HP servers.
• HP-UX: /sbin/shutdown -R command.
• OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN command and enter Yes at the "Should an
automatic system reboot be performed" prompt.
• Windows: shutdown /r command or the Star t→Shut Down action and Restart
pull-down menu option.
• Linux: /sbin/shutdown -r time command. You must include the time argument
to specify when the shutdown is to occur.
See “Performing a Reboot for Reconfig” (page 139).
“Performing a Reboot for
Reconfig”
• NOTE: Only supported for cell-based HP servers.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): RR command; under normal operation you first shut
down the operating system.
• BCH Menu: RECONFIGRESET command.
• EFI Shell: reconfigreset command.
• HP-UX: /sbin/shutdown -R -H command.
• OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN command and enter No at the "Should an
automatic system reboot be performed" prompt, then at the service processor (MP or
GSP) Command menu enter the RR command and specify the nPartition.
• Windows: shutdown /s command or the Start→Shut Down action and Shut down
pull-down menu option.
• Linux: /sbin/shutdown -h time command. You must include the time argument
to specify when the shutdown is to occur.
See “Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State” (page 141).
“Shutting Down to a
Shutdown for Reconfig
(Inactive) State”
• NOTE: Only supported for cell-based HP servers.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): BO command.
• HP-UX: specify the -B option when using the /usr/sbin/parmodify command to
reconfigure an inactive nPartition.
See “Booting an Inactive nPartition” (page 146).
“Booting an Inactive
nPartition”
• BCH Menu: BOOT LAN... command.
• EFI Boot Manager: select Boot Option Maintenance→Boot from a File and select
the "Load File" option for the LAN card that has the desired MAC address.
• EFI Shell: lanboot select command.
See “Booting over a Network” (page 147).
“Booting over a
Network”
98 Booting and Resetting nPartitions