HP rp3440 User Service Guide, Sixth Edition - HP 9000 rp3410/rp3440 - Page 103

Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode, Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode, Shutting Down HP-UX

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1. At the BCH Main Menu, enter Menu> co. 2. From the Configuration Menu > prompt, enter pa pri xx/xx/xx. 3. From the Configuration Menu> prompt, enter ma. To boot HP-UX once you have set the primary path, follow these steps: 1. At the BCH Main Menu, enter Menu> bo pri. The following prompt displays: Do you wish to stop at the ISL prompt prior to booting (y/n)? 2. Enter n. NOTE: If the server fails to boot, you may be required to boot from a DVD that contains the operating system and other necessary software. Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode To boot to HP-UX in single-user mode, follow these steps: 1. At the BCH Main Menu, enter command or Menu> bo pri. The following message displays: Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> 2. To interact with IPL, enter y. 3. At the ISL> prompt, enter hpux-is. Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode To boot to HP-UX in LVM maintenance mode, follow these steps: 1. At the BCH Main Menu, enter command or menu> bo pri. The following message displays: Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> 2. To interact with IPL, answer y. 3. At the ISL> prompt, enter hpux-lm. Shutting Down HP-UX To shut down HP-UX running on a server, use the shutdown command. You have the following options when shutting down HP-UX: • To shut down and reboot an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -r command. • To shut down and halt (power off) an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -h command. For details, see the shutdown(1M) manpage and follow these steps: 1. From the HP-UX command line, issue the shutdown command to shut down the HP-UX operating system. 2. Log in to HP-UX running on the server that you want to shut down. You should log in to the iLO MP for the server and use the Console menu to access the server console. Accessing the console through the iLO MP enables you to maintain console access to the server after HP-UX has shut down. 3. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line options. The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX shuts down, and whether the server is rebooted. Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shutdown option for the server: • To shut down HP-UX and halt (power off) the server, issue the shutdown -h command. To reboot a halted server you must power on the server using the PC command at the iLO MP Command menu. • To shut down HP-UX and reboot the server, issue the shutdown -r command. Booting the Operating System 103

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1.
At the BCH Main Menu, enter
Menu> co
.
2.
From the Configuration Menu > prompt, enter
pa pri xx/xx/xx
.
3.
From the Configuration Menu> prompt, enter
ma
.
To boot HP-UX once you have set the primary path, follow these steps:
1.
At the BCH Main Menu, enter Menu>
bo pri
. The following prompt displays:
Do you wish to stop at the ISL prompt prior to booting (y/n)?
2.
Enter
n
.
NOTE:
If the server fails to boot, you may be required to boot from a DVD that contains the
operating system and other necessary software.
Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode
To boot to HP-UX in single-user mode, follow these steps:
1.
At the BCH Main Menu, enter command or Menu>
bo pri
. The following message displays:
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?>
2.
To interact with IPL, enter
y
.
3.
At the ISL> prompt, enter
hpux-is
.
Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode
To boot to HP-UX in LVM maintenance mode, follow these steps:
1.
At the BCH Main Menu, enter command or menu>
bo pri
. The following message displays:
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?>
2.
To interact with IPL, answer
y
.
3.
At the ISL> prompt, enter
hpux-lm
.
Shutting Down HP-UX
To shut down HP-UX running on a server, use the
shutdown
command. You have the following
options when shutting down HP-UX:
To shut down and reboot an HP-UX system, use the
shutdown -r
command.
To shut down and halt (power off) an HP-UX system, use the
shutdown -h
command.
For details, see the
shutdown
(1M) manpage and follow these steps:
1.
From the HP-UX command line, issue the
shutdown
command to shut down the HP-UX
operating system.
2.
Log in to HP-UX running on the server that you want to shut down.
You should log in to the iLO MP for the server and use the Console menu to access the server
console. Accessing the console through the iLO MP enables you to maintain console access
to the server after HP-UX has shut down.
3.
Issue the
shutdown
command with the appropriate command-line options.
The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX shuts down, and
whether the server is rebooted.
Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shutdown option for the server:
To shut down HP-UX and halt (power off) the server, issue the
shutdown -h
command.
To reboot a halted server you must power on the server using the
PC
command at the
iLO MP Command menu.
To shut down HP-UX and reboot the server, issue the
shutdown -r
command.
Booting the Operating System
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