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- Installing offline diagnostic tools - Installing Windows • Maintain Firmware - Maintains the firmware for selected devices with flashable firmware. You can flash devices individually or all at once. NOTE: You cannot flash the firmware if the installed version is the same as, or higher, than the version on the Smart Setup media. Also, you cannot use EBSU to flash the system firmware and System Management Firmware (iLO firmware) of Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c i2/ BL890c i2 server blades. • Create Partitions - creates the following partitions: - EFI System Partition. This partition is required to boot the OS. Store only EFI drivers and OS system files here. This partition is labeled EFIPART. - HP Service Partition (HPSP). This is optional. The files from the HP Integrity Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD are stored here. This partition is labeled HPPART. - Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR). Windows requires this partition on the boot drive and all data drives. The MSR partition is created by this utility if the HPSP partition has also been created; otherwise, it is created by the Windows installer. • Install Diagnostics - Installs a copy of the diagnostics programs from the HP Integrity Offline Diagnostics CD in the HPSP partition. Some options available from the EBSU main menu are not part of Express Setup, but you can use them to diagnose problems or customize firmware settings. • Drive Explorer - Offers the following options: - Launch. Launches the Drive Explorer, which displays the directories present on the disks in the EFI partition or executes EFI programs. - Install. Installs the Drive Explorer • System Inventory - Retrieves system information and displays a report of the system hardware. • Pre-OS Configuration Checking - Performs the following checks on cell-based systems and Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c i2/BL890c i2 server blades: - On cell-based systems: ◦ All. Displays a message stating that these are checks on cell-based systems only and performs all checks if appropriate. ◦ ACPI. Checks that the ACPI configuration setting is set to windows. If it is not set to windows, execute the acpiconfig command in the EFI Shell, and then enter the reset command to reboot with the configuration set to windows. NOTE: On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot the Windows operating system, you must set the ACPI configuration value of an nPartition to windows. ◦ CLM. Checks if a cell has the optimal amount of memory allocated. You can configure CLM for each cell as a percentage of the total memory in the cell or as an absolute number of gigabytes. For Windows, HP recommends assigning 100% CLM for each cell in the partition. See the nPartition Guide for instructions. - On Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c i2/BL890c i2 server blades: ◦ Memory Interleave Setting. Displays message describing how to set the Memory Interleave value in EFI. • Intel Disk Tools - Access these tools. Displays a message stating that you must enter the EFI shell and go to the \efi\efi_utils directory to use Diskpart, Efifmt, or Efichk. - Diskpart. Creates and manages disk partitions. Introduction to EFI 79

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—
Installing offline diagnostic tools
—
Installing Windows
•
Maintain Firmware
— Maintains the firmware for selected devices with flashable firmware.
You can flash devices individually or all at once.
NOTE:
You cannot flash the firmware if the installed version is the same as, or higher,
than the version on the Smart Setup media. Also, you cannot use EBSU to flash the system
firmware and System Management Firmware (iLO firmware) of Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c
i2/ BL890c i2 server blades.
•
Create Partitions
— creates the following partitions:
—
EFI System Partition.
This partition is required to boot the OS. Store only EFI drivers
and OS system files here. This partition is labeled EFIPART.
—
HP Service Partition (HPSP).
This is optional. The files from the HP Integrity Offline
Diagnostics and Utilities CD are stored here. This partition is labeled HPPART.
—
Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR).
Windows requires this partition on the boot drive
and all data drives. The MSR partition is created by this utility if the HPSP partition
has also been created; otherwise, it is created by the Windows installer.
•
Install Diagnostics
— Installs a copy of the diagnostics programs from the HP Integrity
Offline Diagnostics CD in the HPSP partition.
Some options available from the EBSU main menu are not part of Express Setup, but you
can use them to diagnose problems or customize firmware settings.
•
Drive Explorer
— Offers the following options:
—
Launch.
Launches the Drive Explorer, which displays the directories present on the
disks in the EFI partition or executes EFI programs.
—
Install.
Installs the Drive Explorer
•
System Inventory
— Retrieves system information and displays a report of the system
hardware.
•
Pre-OS Configuration Checking
— Performs the following checks on cell-based systems
and Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c i2/BL890c i2 server blades:
—
On cell-based systems:
◦
All.
Displays a message stating that these are checks on cell-based systems only
and performs all checks if appropriate.
◦
ACPI.
Checks that the ACPI configuration setting is set to
windows
. If it is not set
to
windows
, execute the
acpiconfig
command in the EFI Shell, and then enter
the reset command to reboot with the configuration set to
windows
.
NOTE:
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot the Windows operating system,
you must set the ACPI configuration value of an nPartition to
windows
.
◦
CLM.
Checks if a cell has the optimal amount of memory allocated. You can
configure CLM for each cell as a percentage of the total memory in the cell or as
an absolute number of gigabytes. For Windows, HP recommends assigning 100%
CLM for each cell in the partition. See the
nPartition Guide
for instructions.
—
On Integrity BL860c i2/BL870c i2/BL890c i2 server blades:
◦
Memory Interleave Setting.
Displays message describing how to set the Memory
Interleave value in EFI.
•
Intel Disk Tools
—
Access these tools.
Displays a message stating that you must enter the EFI shell and
go to the
\efi\efi_utils
directory to use Diskpart, Efifmt, or Efichk.
—
Diskpart.
Creates and manages disk partitions.
Introduction to EFI
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