HP rp7440 nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition - Page 5

Booting and Resetting nPartitions, Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig Inactive State - 9000 server

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5 Booting and Resetting nPartitions 87 Overview of nPartition System Booting 87 Boot Process Differences for nPartitions on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers 88 Types of Booting and Resetting for nPartitions 89 System Boot Configuration Options 91 HP 9000 Boot Configuration Options 91 HP Integrity Boot Configuration Options 91 Tools for Booting nPartitions...95 Task Summaries for nPartition Boot and Reset 96 Troubleshooting Boot Problems...100 Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces 101 Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity 104 Finding Bootable Devices...106 Performing a Transfer of Control Reset 107 Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX 108 HP-UX Support for Cell Local Memory 108 Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List 109 Booting HP-UX...110 HP-UX Booting...110 Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting 114 LVM-Maintenance Mode HP-UX Booting 116 Shutting Down HP-UX...117 Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS I64 119 HP OpenVMS I64 Support for Cell Local Memory 120 Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List 120 Booting HP OpenVMS...122 Shutting Down HP OpenVMS...123 Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows 124 Microsoft Windows Support for Cell Local Memory 124 Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List 125 Booting Microsoft Windows...126 Shutting Down Microsoft Windows 128 Booting and Shutting Down Linux...129 Linux Support for Cell Local Memory 129 Adding Linux to the Boot Options List 130 Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 131 Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 132 Shutting Down Linux...134 Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions 135 Performing a Reboot for Reconfig...139 Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State 141 Booting an Inactive nPartition...146 Booting over a Network...147 Booting to the HP-UX Initial System Loader (ISL 149 Booting to the HP-UX Loader (HPUX.EFI 150 Using HP-UX Loader Commands...151 HPUX.EFI Boot Loader Commands 151 HPUX Boot Loader Commands Issued from ISL 151 Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI 152 Linux Boot Option Management 153 Linux Loader Configuration File (elilo.conf 153 Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands 154 Configuring Boot Paths and Options 155 Configuring Autoboot Options...158 Table of Contents 5

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5 Booting and Resetting nPartitions
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Overview of nPartition System Booting
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87
Boot Process Differences for nPartitions on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers
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88
Types of Booting and Resetting for nPartitions
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89
System Boot Configuration Options
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91
HP 9000 Boot Configuration Options
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91
HP Integrity Boot Configuration Options
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91
Tools for Booting nPartitions
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95
Task Summaries for nPartition Boot and Reset
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96
Troubleshooting Boot Problems
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100
Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces
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101
Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity
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104
Finding Bootable Devices
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106
Performing a Transfer of Control Reset
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107
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX
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108
HP-UX Support for Cell Local Memory
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108
Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List
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109
Booting HP-UX
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110
HP-UX Booting
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110
Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting
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114
LVM-Maintenance Mode HP-UX Booting
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116
Shutting Down HP-UX
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117
Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS I64
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119
HP OpenVMS I64 Support for Cell Local Memory
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120
Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List
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120
Booting HP OpenVMS
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122
Shutting Down HP OpenVMS
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123
Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows
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124
Microsoft Windows Support for Cell Local Memory
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124
Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List
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125
Booting Microsoft Windows
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126
Shutting Down Microsoft Windows
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128
Booting and Shutting Down Linux
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129
Linux Support for Cell Local Memory
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129
Adding Linux to the Boot Options List
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130
Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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131
Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
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132
Shutting Down Linux
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134
Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions
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135
Performing a Reboot for Reconfig
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139
Shutting Down to a Shutdown for Reconfig (Inactive) State
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141
Booting an Inactive nPartition
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146
Booting over a Network
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147
Booting to the HP-UX Initial System Loader (ISL)
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149
Booting to the HP-UX Loader (HPUX.EFI)
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150
Using HP-UX Loader Commands
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151
HPUX.EFI Boot Loader Commands
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151
HPUX Boot Loader Commands Issued from ISL
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151
Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI)
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152
Linux Boot Option Management
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153
Linux Loader Configuration File (elilo.conf)
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Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands
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154
Configuring Boot Paths and Options
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155
Configuring Autoboot Options
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