HP RP3440 - Manual (Page 109)

4 Booting the Operating System
This chapter describes procedures for booting and shutting down the HP-UX operating system
on the HP 9000 rp3410 and rp3440 servers.
Supported Operating System
Booting the server loads the operating system, which is essential for running all other programs.
You can only run one operating system on the server at one time.
The HP-UX 11i version 1 (and higher HP-UX versions that support PA-RISC systems) is supported
on the server.
NOTE: HP-UX is the only supported operating system for single-core processors.
You can find information about the HP-UX operating system on the HP website at the following
links:
Server Hardware Information http://docs.hp.com/hpux/hw/
Diagnostics and Event Monitoring: Hardware Support Tools Complete information about HP
hardware support tools, including online and offline diagnostics and event monitoring tools, is
at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag/ . This website has manuals, tutorials, FAQs, and other reference
material.
Books about HP-UX Published by Prentice Hall The http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/ website lists
the HP books that Prentice Hall currently publishes, such as HP-UX books including:
•
HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/prentice/ptr_0130600814.html
• HP-UX Virtual Partitions
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/prentice/ptr_0130352128.html
HP Books are available worldwide through bookstores, online booksellers, and office and
computer stores.
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX
This section describes booting and shutting down HP-UX on the HP 9000 rp3410 and rp3440
servers.
• To boot HP-UX, follow one of these procedures:
—
“Standard HP-UX Booting Using the Boot Console Handler” (page 109) describes the
standard way to boot HP-UX. Typically this results in booting HP-UX in multi-user
mode.
— “Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode” (page 110) describes how to boot HP-UX in
single-user mode.
— “Booting HP-UX in LVM Maintenance Mode” (page 110) describes how to boot HP-UX
in Logical Volume Management (LVM) maintenance mode.
• To shut down the HP-UX operating system, see “Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 110) .
Standard HP-UX Booting Using the Boot Console Handler
To the autoboot function is enabled, the server boots to the installed operating system. If autoboot
is not enabled, the server enters the BCH. The BCH enables you to control the server booting
environment.
To set the boot path if HP-UX is at a path other than the primary path, follow these steps:
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