HP BA322 90087 - Manual (Page 232)

NOTE: The Boot Configuration Menu provided by EFI or the EFI tool VMS_BCFG are other
alternatives for adding a boot entry. For more information on EFI tools, see the System Management
Utilities Reference Manual.
C.2.3 Verifying the Network I/O Device Is Bootable by EFI
Finally, verify that the LAN device you selected for your system’s InfoServer client is bootable
by EFI. Verification is recommended if the selected device is not one of the core I/O LAN devices
installed on your Integrity servers. To verify that the selected LAN device is bootable by EFI,
follow these steps:
1.
Access the EFI console for your Integrity servers. If your operating system is running, you
must shut down your system to access EFI. (For details about accessing and using EFI, see
your hardware documentation.)
2. From the EFI main menu, select the Boot Configuration option (or in some versions of EFI,
the Boot Option Maintenance Menu). Make a selection before the EFI timeout expires;
otherwise, the first entry of the EFI Boot Manager is selected automatically. If you are brought
to the EFI Shell prompt, enter the exit command at the prompt to move back to the EFI
main menu. If an autoboot begins, you can perform a cold reset of the Integrity servers to
get back to the EFI console. (For more information, see your hardware documentation.)
Otherwise, you must wait for your system to boot and shut it down again.
3. At the EFI Boot Configuration menu, select the Boot From a File option. In the Boot From a
File list, look for the load file that corresponds to the LAN device you selected for network
booting. This is the load file with a matching MAC address, as in the following example:
Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(0013215b85e4)]
The MAC address of the EIA0 network device selected earlier was 00-13-21-5B-85-E4, which
matches the MAC address shown (without dashes). This verifies that the selected device is
visible to the EFI console. If none of the Boot From a File options listed matches your selected
device, then try another available device (as listed with the LANCP command SHOW
CONFIGURATION in
Section C.2.1 (page 229) ).
4. Provide the device name and its IP address and MAC address to the person responsible for
setting up the BOOTP server.
C.3 Setting Up the InfoServer Server
At least one system in the LAN must be designated as the InfoServer server. For OpenVMS
Integrity servers Version 8.4 and later, if you select to boot via memory disk by specifying the
appropriate boot flag and service name, make sure that the LAN server and the Boot server are
the same system. This is the system that hosts the physical DVD drive from which network
booting is performed. This system must be running OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.2-1 or
later or OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3 or later. The InfoServer software comes as part of the base
operating system on these systems.
The following steps are necessary to set up the InfoServer software on the designated system:
1.
Copy SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.TEMPLATE to ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT (save
the ESS$LAD_STARTUP.TEMPLATE file as a backup).
2. Edit SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT to modify parameters as needed. This file
configures InfoServer parameters affecting the OpenVMS LASTport/Disk (LAD) server,
which allows access to the DVD drive. The following is an example of the configuration file
(with default settings):
!++
! ESS$LAD_STARTUP.TEMPLATE
!
! Copy this file to SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT and edit it
! to suit your local situation.
!
! This file is used by SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.COM to set up
! the parameters for the InfoServer Application on OpenVMS
! LASTport/Disk (LAD) server.
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