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4 booting and shutting down the operating system, 5 troubleshooting – HP BL860C User Manual

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Exit the SAS Configuration Utility Screen..........................................................................61

CFGGEN Utility.................................................................................................................61

Starting CFGGEN.........................................................................................................62
CFGGEN Operation.....................................................................................................62
Rules for Creating IM Volumes and Hot Spare Disks...........................................................62
CFGGEN Utility Commands...........................................................................................62

CREATE Command...................................................................................................63
AUTO Command......................................................................................................63
HOTSPARE Command...............................................................................................63

Verify and Install the Latest Firmware.........................................................................................64

Verify the Latest Version of Firmware.....................................................................................64
Download the Latest Version of Firmware...............................................................................64
Install the Latest Version of Firmware on the Server..................................................................65

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System........................................66

Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade......................................................................66
Installing the Operating System onto the Server Blade.................................................................66

Installing the OS Using a USB DVD Drive and the OS Disks.....................................................66
Installing the OS from the External USB DVD Device...............................................................67
Installing the OS Using HP Ignite–UX....................................................................................68
Installing the OS Using vMedia...........................................................................................68

Configuring System Boot Options..............................................................................................68
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX............................................................................................70

Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List..................................................................................70

Adding the HP-UX Boot Option.......................................................................................70

HP-UX Standard Boot..........................................................................................................71

Booting HP-UX (EFI Boot Manager)..................................................................................71
Booting HP-UX (EFI Shell)...............................................................................................72

Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode (EFI Shell).......................................................................73
Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode............................................................................74
Shutting Down HP-UX.........................................................................................................74

Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS.................................................................................75

Adding OpenVMS to the Boot Options List............................................................................75
Booting OpenVMS.............................................................................................................76

Booting OpenVMS (EFI Boot Manager)............................................................................76
Booting HP OpenVMS (EFI Shell)....................................................................................76

Shutting Down OpenVMS...................................................................................................77

Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows.........................................................................78

Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List................................................................78
Booting the Microsoft Windows Operating System.................................................................79
Shutting Down Microsoft Windows.......................................................................................80

Shutting Down Windows from the Command Line..............................................................81

Booting and Shutting Down Linux..............................................................................................82

Adding Linux to the Boot Options List....................................................................................82
Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System...........................................................83

Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Shell............................................................83

Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System.....................................................84

Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server from the EFI Shell......................................................84

Shutting Down Linux...........................................................................................................85

5 Troubleshooting........................................................................................86

Methodology.........................................................................................................................86

General Troubleshooting Methodology.................................................................................86
Recommended Troubleshooting Methodology .......................................................................87
Basic and Advanced Troubleshooting Tables.........................................................................88

Troubleshooting Tools..............................................................................................................91

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