Each nPartition in a server complex has its own Boot Console
Handler (BCH) interface.
The BCH interface is available through an nPartition console
interface before an operating system has booted and after the cells have booted
and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make the nPartition active).
The nPartition BCH interface enables you to manage and
configure the HP-UX boot process for an nPartition. You also can configure
some settings for the local nPartition, get some information about the nPartition
and its server complex, and perform other tasks such as reboot.
To access an nPartition console
type CO from the service processor (MP or GSP) Main
menu.
To force console write access, type ^ecf (Control-e
c f).
To exit the console, type ^b (Control-b)
to return to the Main Menu.
The BCH interface is available after one or more core-capable
cells assigned to the nPartition has been powered on; its hardware has completed
all Power-On Self Tests (POST); and the cells have booted past boot-is-blocked,
rendezvoused, and BCH has started executing.
Once you begin the HP-UX boot process and load ISL, the
BCH interface is no longer available.
The BCH menus and commands for nPartitions differ slightly
from the commands menus for BCH on other HP 9000 server systems.
To display the current BCH menu and commands, type DI.
The BCH interface HELP command lists
BCH command or menu details.
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > HELP MA
---- Main Menu Help ----------------------------------------------------------
The following submenus are available from the main menu:
COnfiguration------------------------------------BootID
INformation-----------------------ALL BootTimer
SERvice-------------BAttery BootINfo CEllConfig
CLEARPIM CAche COreCell
MemRead ChipRevisions CPUConfig
PDT ComplexID DataPrefetch
PIM FabricInfo DEfault
SCSI FRU FastBoot
FwrVersion KGMemory
IO PathFlag
LanAddress PD
MEmory ResTart
PRocessor TIme
... |
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