HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5187-2725 Server User Manual


 
Preparing to Migrate to HP-UX 11i v2
Selecting Your HP-UX Console
Chapter 466
Selecting Your HP-UX Console
HP-UX requires that you select the correct console via a firmware
selection menu. If you have ordered a machine with HP-UX
pre-installed, your console selections will be correctly chosen for you. If
you are already on the system console, then you can skip this section.
However, if you are cold-installing HP-UX, or change your system
configuration, you may need to select the correct console. Skipping this
step can result in HP-UX using an unexpected device as a console, and
can therefore appear as a system hang.
IMPORTANT Do not select more than one console device. HP-UX 11i v2 only recognizes
one device at a time. Choosing more than one device may result in the
appearance of system hang.
Step 1. Decide what console you want to use.
Depending on your system configuration, HP-UX can use one of several
possible devices as your system console. The possibilities are:
•System Serial Port
Management Processor (MP) Serial Port (if present)
VGA device (if present)
Step 2. Using the EFI menus, select the appropriate console device and deselect
others:
1. Choose the “Boot option maintenance menu” choice from the main
Boot Manager Menu:
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.57] Firmware ver 1.20 [4225]
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