HP Integrity rx4610 Server - Manual (Page 29)

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12 Rebooting to the Service Partition
NOTE This feature is not supported on this release of the software. Please refer to the HP web
site at
http://www.hp.com/ for the latest release.
Itanium-based servers: The service partition on this type of server is not a separate partition. It is the
presence of service partition files on the existing system partition. This service partition is also sometimes
referred to as the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) System Partition. This service partition is established
by running the service partition installation software that copies the service partition files into the system
partition.
NOTE Please refer to the HP web site at http://www.hp.com/ to download the service partition
installation software.
Requirements
Before you can boot to the service partition, the following conditions must be met:
• You must have established an authenticated connection between the workstation running DPC and the
managed server. EMP Restricted Access mode is not enabled on the managed server for these types of
connections.
• The managed server must contain BIOS support for booting to the service partition.
• A service partition must be installed on the managed server’s hard drive.
Booting
Follow these steps to reboot the managed server to the service partition from DPC:
1. Click the service partition icon in the toolbar or select the Action Reboot to Service Partition
menu item.
2. Click OK.
3. Click OK if you are queried to force a reset.
4. Monitor the action in the Redirection window that appears.
Accessing Service Partition Features
When the reboot completes, the Service Partition menu is added to the DPC Console menu bar between
the Action and Window menus. New icons also appear in the DPC Console toolbar. Using the Service
Partition menu or the icons, you can access the following features on the service partition:
• Run the server’s shell program (DOS for IA-32 servers or EFI for Itanium-based servers).
• Run a program from the server’s hard drive.
• Run diagnostics specific to the server.
• Upload files by transferring them from the workstation running DPC to the managed server.
• Download files by transferring them from the managed server to the workstation running DPC.