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Booting the Operating System Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS Press Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, type X at the Main Menu. Booting HP OpenVMS (EFI Shell) From the EFI Shell environment, to boot HP OpenVMS on a device first access the EFI System Partition (for example fs0:) for the root device and enter \efi\vms\vms_loader to initiate the OpenVMS loader. Step 1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the system on which you want to boot HP OpenVMS. Log in to the MP and enter CO to choose the system console. When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose the Exit option from the submenus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment. Step 2. At the EFI Shell environment, issue the map command to list all currently mapped bootable devices. The bootable file systems of interest typically are listed as fs0:, fs1:, and so on. Step 3. Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device from which you want to boot HP OpenVMS. For example, enter fs2: to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system number 2. The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed. Also, the file system number might change each time it is mapped (for example, when the system boots, or when the map -r command is issued). Step 4. When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device, issue the \efi\vms\vms_loader command to initiate the vms_loader.efi loader on the device you are accessing. fs5:> \efi\vms\vms_loader.efi HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version XAV1-D2Y Copyright 1976-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. %PKA0, Copyright (c) 1998 LSI Logic PKW V3.2.20 ROM 4.19 %PKA0, SCSI Chip is SYM53C1010/66, Operating mode is LVD Ultra3 SCSI %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #01 has joined the active set. %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #02 has joined the active set. %STDRV-I-STARTUP, OpenVMS startup begun at 13-JUL-2005 14:54:36.25 %EWA0, Auto-negotiation mode set by console ... Step 5. Exit the console and MP interfaces when finished using them. Press Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, type X at the Main Menu. 90 Chapter 9

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Booting the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS
Chapter 9
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Press
Ctrl-B
to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, type
X
at
the Main Menu.
Booting HP OpenVMS (EFI Shell)
From the EFI Shell environment, to boot HP OpenVMS on a device first access the EFI System
Partition (for example
fs0:
) for the root device and enter
\efi\vms\vms_loader
to initiate the
OpenVMS loader.
Step 1.
Access the EFI Shell environment for the system on which you want to boot HP OpenVMS.
Log in to the MP and enter
CO
to choose the system console.
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI
menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose the
Exit
option from the submenus until you return
to the screen with the
EFI Boot Manager
heading.
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose the
EFI Shell
menu option to access the EFI Shell
environment.
Step 2.
At the EFI Shell environment, issue the
map
command to list all currently mapped bootable devices.
The bootable file systems of interest typically are listed as
fs0:
,
fs1:
, and so on.
Step 3.
Access the EFI System Partition (
fs
X
:
where
X
is the file system number) for the device from which
you want to boot HP OpenVMS.
For example, enter
fs2:
to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system number
2
.
The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.
Also, the file system number might change each time it is mapped (for example, when the system
boots, or when the
map -r
command is issued).
Step 4.
When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device, issue the
\efi\vms\vms_loader
command to initiate the
vms_loader.efi
loader on the device you are
accessing.
fs5:>
\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version XAV1-D2Y
Copyright 1976-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
%PKA0, Copyright (c) 1998 LSI Logic PKW V3.2.20 ROM 4.19
%PKA0, SCSI Chip is SYM53C1010/66, Operating mode is LVD Ultra3 SCSI
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #01 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #02 has joined the active set.
%STDRV-I-STARTUP, OpenVMS startup begun at 13-JUL-2005 14:54:36.25
%EWA0, Auto-negotiation mode set by console
...
Step 5.
Exit the console and MP interfaces when finished using them.
Press
Ctrl-B
to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, type
X
at
the Main Menu.