topic Re: integrity boot process? in Integrity Servers

integrity boot process?

seenivasan — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:05:07 GMT

hi,

I need integrity server boot process?any one explain very clearlly in short?

Re: integrity boot process?

Torsten. — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:12:07 GMT

It's similar to HP9000 systems, see

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1457779

- POST
- EFI (boot menu)
- EFI boot loader from disk
- load kernel
- load OS

Re: integrity boot process?

Ismail Azad — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:18:13 GMT

Hi,

Adding to torsten, after POST, PAL/SAL (processor abstraction layer and system abstraction layer) that provides initial hardware tests. BCH replaced by EFI boot manager in integrity and hpux.efi loads the kernel. After init spawns processes, the booting procedure is consistent on fusion releases 11.23 (updated) and 11.31.

Regards
Ismail Azad

Re: integrity boot process?

Jayakrishnan G Naik — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:36:50 GMT

Hi
Please find some detained info IPF system boot.This shows How it differs from hp 9000 PDC/BCH

The IPF bootstrap process involves the execution of the following software components in that order:

â ¢ CMOS
â ¢ option ROM
â ¢ EFI
â ¢ EFI Boot Manager (EFI main menu)
â ¢ HP-UX Bootloader (hpux.efi)

After the processor is reset, firmware initializes and tests processors and platform. It then transfers control to EFI, the Extensible Firmware Interface. EFI, in turn, initializes EFI boot and runtime services and launches the Boot Manager. The Boot Manager, which allowsloading of EFI application or drivers from EFI defined file system, loads and transfers control to hpux.efi, the HP-UX-specific bootstrap loader. hpux.efi then loads the HP-UX kernel
object file from the HP-UX file system to memory and transfers control to the loaded kernelimage.

Thanks & Regards

Re: integrity boot process?

Bhadresh — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:23:28 GMT

Hi,

Please have a look at the below link:

http://docstore.mik.ua/manuals/hp-ux/en/5991-1247B/ch05s01.html#hpipfbootov

Regards,
Bhadresh

Re: integrity boot process?

P Arumugavel — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:45:02 GMT

Hi,

The IPF bootstrap process involves the execution of the following software components in that order:
CMOS
option ROM
EFI
EFI Boot Manager (EFI main menu)
HP-UX Bootloader (hpux.efi)

After the processor is reset, firmware initializes and tests processors and platform. It then transfers control to EFI, the Extensible Firmware Interface. EFI, in turn, initializes EFI boot and runtime services and launches the Boot Manager. The Boot Manager, which allows loading of EFI application or drivers from EFI defined file system, loads and transfers control to hpux.efi, the HP-UX-specific bootstrap loader. hpux.efi then loads the HP-UX kernel object file from the HP-UX file system to memory and transfers control to the loaded kernel image...

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Re: integrity boot process?

seenivasan — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:15:40 GMT

Hi All,

if efi boot manager "ll display 10 seconds.i m not interupting the efi boot manager what it "ll happen?if i m interupting the boot manager what it "ll happen?what about autoboot?what about manual boot?how to boot from alternet boot path?