How to contact Ignite server with no OS on Itanium ?

[Ron Barak]

Hi All,

Is there an option on IA64 HP machines' EFI menu, to do the equivalent of "boot lan.143.185.143.185 install" at the (PA-RISC) IPL prompt (see at bottom).

Namely, is there a way to contact an Ignite server while no OS is loaded on the Itanium machine ?

Thanks,
Ron.
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Main Menu: Enter command > search lan install

Searching for potential boot device(s)... on Path LAN
This may take several minutes.

To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate).


Path Number Device Path Device Type
----------- ----------------- -----------
P0 LAN.143.185.95.40.3.254 ihpign3 100/Full Dx
P1 LAN.143.185.92.63.3.254 itsth103 100/Full Dx
P2 LAN.143.185.95.39.3.254 ihpign2 100/Full Dx
P3 LAN.143.185.92.168.3.254 ihpign6 100/Full Dx
P4 LAN.143.185.93.120.3.254 ihpign1 100/Full Dx
P5 LAN.143.185.95.41.3.254 ihpign4 100/Full Dx


Main Menu: Enter command >

P.S. This thread has been moved from HP 9000 to Servers > Integrity. -HP Forum Moderator

[harry d brown jr]

Is 143.185.143.185 an ignite server with an Itanium version of hpux (11.20...) image available?

live free or die
harry

[Brad Beveridge · Accepted solution]

"lanboot" from the EFI prompt will boot over the network. My system only has one network card, so this command is easiest. For multiple lan cards, the Ignite documentation does a good job of showing you how to create boot entries in the EFI menu using the lan card of your choice: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90829/B2355-90829.html
Make sure you have the latest version of Ignite. Note that Ignite that runs on PA-RISC cannot yet Ignite an 11.23 IA64 system. You need the Ignite version you get with your IA64 system to do this.