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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Booting HP-UX on an nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Booting HP-UX on an nPartition
nPartitions boot and reboot HP-UX independently from each other.
You can boot HP-UX on an nPartition using the BCH interface’s BOOT
command.
Each partition’s BCH interface is available through its console. All
nPartition consoles are available from the complex’s service processor
(GSP or MP) Console menu.
An nPartition will automatically boot HP-UX when its boot paths (PRI,
HAA, ALT) and corresponding boot actions are appropriately set. For
details refer to the section on configuring Autoboot settings.
On HP Superdome servers only, if one of the partition’s components fails
self-test and AUTOSTART is OFF then the partition stops booting at the
BCH interface.
BCH The following procedure (BCH interface BOOT command) boots HP-UX on
an nPartition using the partition’s BCH interface.
Step 1. Log in to the server complex’s service processor (GSP or MP), access the
partition’s console, and access the BCH Main menu.
From the partition console you access the partition’s BCH interface. If
the partition is not at the BCH interface you must either boot the
partition or shut down HP-UX to return to the BCH interface.
When accessing the partition’s BCH interface, if you are not at the BCH
Main menu then enter MA to return to the Main menu.
Step 2. Choose which device you wish to boot.
From the BCH Main menu, use the PATH command to list any boot path
variable settings. The primary (PRI) boot path normally is set to the
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