Booting Itanium-Based Clients using the Network

This section describes how to boot HP-UX on Itanium-based clients from an Ignite-UX server using the network.

See the "Preparing the Client for Installation " section for important notes.

Cycle the power (perform a cold reset) on the client to bring it to a known state.

NOTE: If you have the AUTOBOOT flag set, you must interrupt the boot sequence by pressing Esc when the Processor Dependent Code offers the opportunity with this message:

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot

Next, you will need to enter exit at the prompt to invoke the extensible firmware interface (EFI) Boot Manager menu.

For detailed information regarding the boot sequence, see the HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide for HP-UX 11i v3, or Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators, and the hardware documentation for your system.

During the boot sequence, status messages are displayed on the client console. Depending on what type of machine, server or workstation model, the EFI Boot Manager menu appears and looks similar to:

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]  

Please select a boot option

    HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/2/2/0.0.0.0                               
    EFI Shell [Built-in]                                            
    Boot option maintenance menu                                    
    Security/Password Menu                                          

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




	TIP: On some machines, the up-arrow and down-arrow keys may not work. If this is the case, you can use Shift-6 (^) for up and v for down.

Select Boot option maintenance menu using the up and down arrows, which advances you to the EFI Boot Maintenance Manager Main Menu, similar to the following example:

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 Add a Boot Option.

EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]

Add a Boot Option.  Select a Volume

 Removable Media Boot[Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)]
 Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]                                
 Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E1E4ED4)]          
 Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(00306E1E3ED6)]        
  Exit

Select the appropriate network interface so that this network boot loads the appropriate file. For example, look for entries identified with a MAC address as in this example.
Device Path Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E1E4ED4) Boot0001: Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E4A134B) Edit Existing Boot Option or make a new entry [E-Edit N-New]:
Press N to add the new boot option.
Enter a brief, descriptive boot option name at the message prompt. In this example, the new boot option is named LAN1.
Enter New Description:
Enter a brief description for this boot option.
New BootOption Data. ASCII/Unicode strings only, with max of 240 characters Enter BootOption Data Type [A-Ascii U-Unicode N-No BootOption] :
Enter the data type of this boot option.
Save changes to NVRAM [Y-Yes N-No]:

Press Y to save the new boot option.

EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]

Add a Boot Option.  Select a Volume

 LAN1 [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E1E4ED4)]
 Removable Media Boot[Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)]
 Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
 Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E1E4ED4)]
 Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(00306E1E3ED6)] 
  Exit




	NOTE: The boot option name, description, and data type information can be modified using the Edit operation in a manner similar to the New operation as described in this procedure.

Exit to the EFI Boot Manager menu taking care not to select a boot option, as you will be forced to reenter the information for the selected option.

The new boot option should appear in the EFI Boot Manager main menu.

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.60]  

Please select a boot option

   HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/2/2/0.0.0.0   
   LAN1                               
   EFI Shell [Built-in]                                            
   Boot option maintenance menu                                    
   Security/Password Menu                                          

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

Select the new boot option, LAN1 in this case, from the list and press Enter.

The following is an example of a successful network boot using the new LAN1 boot option:

Loading.: LAN1                                                      
Running LoadFile()

CLIENT IP: 10.1.52.128  MASK: 255.255.248.  DHCP IP: 10.1.53.37
GATEWAY IP: 10.1.48.1 
Running LoadFile()

Starting: LAN1

@(#) HP-UX IA64 Network Bootstrap Program Revision 1.0
Downloading HPUX bootloader
Starting HPUX bootloader
Downloading file fpswa.efi  (371200 bytes) 

(c) Copyright 1990-2001, Hewlett Packard Company.
All rights reserved

HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64  Revision 1.671

Booting from Lan
Downloading file AUTO   (528 bytes) 
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot 
AUTO ==> boot IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot -   0
AUTOBOOTING...

After booting the system, see “Installing HP-UX From the Client Console” for information on configuring the HP-UX installation from the client console.

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