HP Superdome SX2000 Installation Guide, Sixth Edition - HP Integrity Superdome - Page 60

Booting an HP 9000 sx2000 Server to BCH, Verifying the System

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Figure 1-49 HP Integrity Superdome/sx2000 Partitions at System Firmware Console Booting an HP 9000 sx2000 Server to BCH After you power on the server or use the MP BO command to boot an nPartition past boot-is-blocked (BIB), the nPartition console shows activity while the firmware initializes and stops at the BCH Main Menu (the Main Menu: Enter command or menu> prompt). To redisplay the current menu and its available commands, enter the BCH DI command. Main Menu: Enter command or menu > di ---- Main Menu Command ------BOot [PRI|HAA|ALT|] PAth [PRI|HAA|ALT] [] SEArch [ALL||] ScRoll [ON|OFF] Description ----------Boot from specified path Display or modify a path Search for boot devices Display or change scrolling capability COnfiguration menu INformation menu SERvice menu Displays or sets boot values Displays hardware information Displays service commands DIsplay HElp [|] REBOOT RECONFIGRESET ---Main Menu: Enter command or menu > Redisplay the current menu Display help for menu or command Restart Partition Reset to allow Reconfig Complex Profile For information about any of the available BCH commands, enter the HE command. Verifying the System To verify the system, follow these steps: 60 Installing the System

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Figure 1-49 HP Integrity Superdome/sx2000 Partitions at System Firmware Console
Booting an HP 9000 sx2000 Server to BCH
After you power on the server or use the MP
BO
command to boot an nPartition past
boot-is-blocked (BIB), the nPartition console shows activity while the firmware initializes and
stops at the BCH Main Menu (the
Main Menu: Enter command or menu>
prompt).
To redisplay the current menu and its available commands, enter the BCH
DI
command.
Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
di
---- Main Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------
Command
Description
-------
-----------
BOot [PRI|HAA|ALT|<path>]
Boot from specified path
PAth [PRI|HAA|ALT] [<path>]
Display or modify a path
SEArch [ALL|<cell>|<path>]
Search for boot devices
ScRoll [ON|OFF]
Display or change scrolling capability
COnfiguration menu
Displays or sets boot values
INformation menu
Displays hardware information
SERvice menu
Displays service commands
DIsplay
Redisplay the current menu
HElp [<menu>|<command>]
Display help for menu or command
REBOOT
Restart Partition
RECONFIGRESET
Reset to allow Reconfig Complex Profile
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Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
For information about any of the available BCH commands, enter the
HE
command.
Verifying the System
To verify the system, follow these steps:
60
Installing the System