HP 9000 Early Boot and Beginning the Load of HP-UX
The process of loading an HP
9000 (PA-RISC) is nearly identical to loading HP-UX on an HP Integrity
server. The early boot process is different on Integrity and HP 9000. The example of loading HP-UX in
the previous sections took place on an Integrity server. This section
covers just enough of the HP 9000 boot to get to the menu for loading
HP-UX.
The following example
begins at the end of early boot, which is the first part of the load
process from media. There were many early boot-related messages that
appeared before the point where this example begins. I discontinued the
boot process by pressing a key. After discontinuing the boot, I run SEArch to find bootable devices. Among the devices shown is the DVD-ROM drive containing the operating system media. I select p1 to boot off with the bo p1 command. I then choose not to interact with IPL:
Cells have been reset (Boot Is Blocked (BIB) is not set).
Firmware Version 21.3
Duplex Console IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 2
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Cab/ Cell ------- Processor -------- Cache Size
Cell Slot State # Speed State Inst Data
---- ---- ------------ --- -------- ----------- ------ ------
1 0/1 Active 0A 1000 MHz Active 32 MB 32 MB
0B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
Primary Boot Path: 1/0/0/3/0.6
Boot Actions: Go to BCH.
HA Alternate Boot Path: 1/0/1/1/0/1/1.6
Boot Actions: Go to BCH.
Alternate Boot Path: 1/0/1/1/0/1/1.6
Boot Actions: Go to BCH.
Console Path: 1/0/0/0/1.0
Attempting to boot using the primary path.
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The Boot Action for this path specifies that PDC stop at BCH.
---- 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
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > search
Searching for potential boot device(s) on the core cell
This may take several minutes.
To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate).
IODC
Path# Device Path (dec) Device Type Rev
----- ----------------- ----------- ----
P0 1/0/0/3/0.6 Random access media 3
P1 1/0/0/3/1.2 Random access media 3
P2 1/0/1/1/0/1/1.6 Random access media 3
1/0/2/1/0/4/0.0 Fibre Channel Protocol 13
1/0/4/1/0/4/0.0 Fibre Channel Protocol 13
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo p1
BCH Directed Boot Path: 1/0/0/3/1.2
The SEArch
command in the previous listing shows the bootable devices for this
specific nPartition. There are five possible boot devices. The last two
are the fibre cards connected to external storage.
To boot off the media and not interact with IPL , issue the following command:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo p1
Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> N
After booting off P1, the Welcome to the HP-UX installation/recovery process! menu appears as shown in the following example:
Welcome to the HP-UX installation/recovery process!
Use the <tab> key to navigate between fields, and the arrow keys
within fields. Use the <return/enter> key to select an item.
Use the <return/enter> or <space-bar> to pop-up a choices list. If the
menus are not clear, select the "Help" item for more information.
Hardware Summary: System Model: 9000/800/rp7420
+---------------------+----------------+-------------------+ [ Scan Again ]
| Disks: 54 (815.3GB) | Floppies: 0 | LAN cards: 3 |
| CD/DVDs: 1 | Tapes: 0 | Memory: 8165Mb |
| Graphics Ports: 0 | IO Buses: 10 | CPUs: 2 | [ H/W Details ]
+---------------------+----------------+-------------------+
[ Install HP-UX ]
[ Run a Recovery Shell ]
[ Advanced Options ]
[ Reboot ] [ Help ]
This menu summarizes the hardware in this nPartition. If you want to see more details, select the H/W Details
option on the right side of the screen. This takes you to a detailed
listing of your hardware. It includes items such as hardware paths, disk
drive capacities, and LAN addresses.
From
this point on, the process of loading HP-UX is identical to the process
on an Integrity server, so you can follow the previous section to see
this process.
