EFI BOOT MANAGER?in rx servers?

[seenivasan]

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?

[Shibin_2]

>> i m not interupting the efi boot manager what it "ll happen?

It will start the normal boot process.

>> if i m interupting the boot manager what it "ll happen?

It will go to EFI menu.

>> what about autoboot?

Autoboot is automatic boot of HP-UX. If you don't interrupt anything, it will boot automatic.

>> what about manual boot?

For manual boot, you need to disable the autoboot option. Then it will go to ISL. From there, boot manually.

>> how to boot from alternet boot path?

You can set this at OS, using setboot -a command.

See HP Manual "Managing Systems and Workgroups". Search this doc for "Booting from an Alternate Boot Source"

[Shibin_2]

This link will be helpful to you.

http://docstore.mik.ua/manuals/hp-ux/en/5991-1247B/ch05s19.html

[seenivasan]

Dear ,

till i m confusing in this part?efi boot process?can possible to attach any snopshot of rx series servers how to boot?why we r selecting efi shell in efi boot manager?if we r selecting efi shell thn y we r selecting fs.

Regards
Seenivasan P

[Shibin_2]

>> if we r selecting efi shell thn y we r selecting fs.

EFI is an interface between your OS and firmware. EFI contains partitions, which contains boot loader programs, device driver files ( used by the firmware at boot time )and some utility programs.

Google it, you will get more details.

I am sorry, no screen shots I have. If you have a test machine with EFI capability, you can check yourself. Otherwise search for the docs.

[Torsten.]

EFI (extensible firmware interface) is a shell (like good old DOS) for interacting with the server during boot.

If "autoboot" is set to ON, the server will boot from the configured disk. If "autoboot" is OFF, the server will just stop at the boot menu.

For a manual boot, start the EFI shell, go to the appropriate disk (e.g. fs0:), change the directory to the boot loader and run the OS loader:

fs0:\> cd efi

fs0:\EFI> ls
Directory of: fs0:\EFI

04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 .
04/17/08 07:24p 0 ..
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 HPUX
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 Intel_Firmware
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 diag
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 hp
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 tools
0 File(s) 0 bytes
7 Dir(s)


fs0:\EFI> cd hpux

fs0:\EFI\HPUX> ls
Directory of: fs0:\EFI\HPUX

04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 .
04/17/08 07:24p 4,096 ..
04/17/08 07:40p 654,025 hpux.efi
04/17/08 07:40p 24,576 nbp.efi
04/17/08 07:40p 12 AUTO
3 File(s) 678,613 bytes
2 Dir(s)

fs0:\EFI\HPUX> hpux.efi





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

[seenivasan]

Dear,

how to boot from alternet boot path?in 9000 series we interupting the pdc with in 10 sec.then we r able to go single user mode or boot from altr boot path.But in integrity server how it's work?

[Shibin_2]

At Boot option Maintenance

EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]

Main Menu. Select an Operation


Boot from a File
Add a Boot Option
Delete Boot Option(s)
Change Boot Order

Manage BootNext setting
Set Auto Boot TimeOut

Select Active Console Output Devices
Select Active Console Input Devices
Select Active Standard Error Devices

Cold Reset
Exit


Select the Change Boot Order
Choose Alternate path first.
Save and Exit

[Shibin_2]

Correction, you can choose the alternate boot from here (This is symbolical; if you have Alternate available, you can see there).

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61] Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]

Please select a boot option

HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/1/1/0.0.0
HP-UX 11.23 Primary Boot: 0/1/1/0.0.0
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
System Configuration Menu


Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option

[Ismail Azad]

Hi,

You can configure the alternate boot path by going into boot option maintenance menu and adding a boot option. You will have to configure it with setboot -a first. Depending on the autoboot and autosearch flags present your system will boot from primary path or prompt you for a boot path if you want to manually boot the system. After you have added the boot option for alternate path , the next time you get the blue screen (EFI boot manager), just select the alternate boot path on the EFI menu. EFI shell was developed and is a part of the EFI menu for additional flexibility. Remember the EFI s/m partition and HPSP partitions are NOT JFS or HFS. The fs option you see there stands for File system.

Regards
Ismail Azad