topic Re: boot from shell prompt in Integrity Servers

boot from shell prompt

mjos — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:27:36 GMT

Hi,
Can somebody tell me how to boot the server from shell prompt. Its one of the blade servers which is showing in shell prompt

Device Path VenHw(D65A6B8C-71E5-4DF0-A909-F0D2992B5AA9)
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62]
Device mapping table
blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,200)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)
Shell>

Shell> boot /stand/vmunix
'boot' not found
Exit status code: Invalid Parameter

Shell>

Does this mean that the server has to be rebuilt?
Thanks

Re: boot from shell prompt

Duncan Edmonstone — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:38:59 GMT

No, it tells us that your system can't see a bootable partition on any storage - otherwise you would have some devices listed in the device mapping table in the format fs0: , fs1: etc.

How have you got to this situation?

HTH

Duncan

Re: boot from shell prompt

Ivan Krastev — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:51:11 GMT

This is an EFI shell. Type 'exit' and you will go to the main menu and choose boot device.

regards,
ivan

Re: boot from shell prompt

mjos — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:06:52 GMT

I am not able to see any boot device. The options I see after exiting from the shell prompt are

ILO Virtual Media, Core Lan Port1, 2, 3, 4
EFI Shell (Built-in), Boot Configuration, System Configuration, Security Configuration

Does this mean that there is no bootable partition?

Re: boot from shell prompt

Ivan Krastev — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:20:06 GMT

Under Boot configuration add a boot device and look for disk drive(s).

After sucessfully boot update menu with setboot command.

regards,
ivan

Re: boot from shell prompt

Torsten. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:53:04 GMT

There is no valid boot device visible in the map.

Did the system run before?

I assume it should boot from SAN, so you probably need to adjust the search settings on the FC card.

Please post

Shell> drivers
and
Shell> devices

Re: boot from shell prompt

Torsten. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:01:16 GMT

Try this procedure:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00114493&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=89018

Please read this in case of success:

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

Re: boot from shell prompt

mjos — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:22:35 GMT

Shell> drivers & devices output - attached file

Re: boot from shell prompt

Torsten. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:13:06 GMT

Just proceed with procedure I posted.

Re: boot from shell prompt

mjos — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:50:49 GMT

Thanks, That was helpfull