Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Booting and Resetting Superdome Partitions
Procedures for Booting and Resetting Partitions
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Configuring the Boot Timer for a Partition
The boot timer setting establishes the number of seconds a partition will
wait for a boot device before timing out.
BCH Use this procedure to configure a partition’s boot timer setting.
Step 1. Log in to the Superdome complex’s GSP, access the partition’s console,
and access the BCH configuration menu.
From the partition console you access the partition’s BCH interface. If
the partition is not at the BCH interface you must either boot the
partition or shut down HP-UX to return to the BCH interface.
From the BCH main menu, enter CO to access the BCH configuration
menu.
Step 2. From the BCH configuration menu, use the BOOTTIMER command to
list or set the boot timer setting.
Enter BOOTTIMER with no arguments to list the setting.
Enter BOOTTIMER seconds to set the boot timer setting to the specified
(seconds) number of seconds.
You can perform this task using the BCH interface.
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