HP 9000 rp8420 Server - User Service Guide, Fifth Edition

Add a Boot Option, Delete Boot Option(s), and Change Boot Order menu items at the
EFI Boot Option Maintenance menu.
To set boot options from HP-UX use the setboot command.
• Autoboot Setting You can configure the autoboot setting for each nPartition either by using
the autoboot command at the EFI Shell, or by using the Set Auto Boot TimeOut menu
item at the EFI Boot Option Maintenance menu.
To set autoboot from HP-UX use the setboot command.
• ACPI Configuration Value—HP Integrity Server OS Boot On nPartition-capable HP Integrity
servers you must set the proper ACPI configuration for the OS that will be booted on the
nPartition.
To check the ACPI configuration value, issue the acpiconfig command with no arguments
at the EFI Shell.
To set the ACPI configuration value, issue the acpiconfig value command at the EFI Shell,
where value is either default, windows, or single-pci-domain. Then reset the nPartition
by issuing the reset EFI Shell command for the setting to take effect.
The ACPI configuration settings for the supported operating systems are in the following
list.
— HP-UX ACPI Configuration: default On nPartition-capable HP Integrity servers, to boot
or install the HP-UX operating system an nPartition must have its ACPI configuration
value set to default.
For details see “ACPI Configuration for HP-UX Must Be “default”” (page 196).
— Windows ACPI Configuration: windows On nPartition-capable HP Integrity servers,
to boot or install the Windows operating system an nPartition must have its ACPI
configuration value set to windows.
For details see “ACPI Configuration for Windows Must Be “windows”” (page 203).
— Red Hat Linux 3 ACPI Configuration: single-pci-domain On nPartition-capable HP
Integrity servers, to boot or install the Red Hat Linux 3 operating system an nPartition
must have its ACPI configuration value set to single-pci-domain.
For details see “ACPI Configuration for Red Hat Linux 3 Must Be “single-pci-domain””
(page 204).
— SuSE Linux Enterprise Server ACPI Configuration: default On nPartition-capable HP
Integrity servers, to boot or install the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system
an nPartition must have its ACPI configuration value set to default.
For details see “ACPI Configuration for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Must Be “default””
(page 205).
• ACPI “Softpowerdown” Configuration—rx7620 and rx8620 OS Shutdown Behavior On
HP rx7620 servers and rx8620 servers you can configure the nPartition behavior when an
OS is shutdown and halted. The two options are to have hardware power off when the OS
is halted, or to have the nPartition be made inactive (all cells are in a boot-is-blocked state).
The normal OS shutdown behavior on rx7620 servers and rx8620 servers depends on the
ACPI configuration for the nPartition.
You can run the acpiconfig command with no arguments to check the current ACPI
configuration setting; however, softpowerdown information is displayed only when different
from normal behavior.
To change the nPartition behavior when an OS is shutdown and halted use either the
acpiconfig enable softpowerdown EFI Shell command or the acpiconfig disable
softpowerdown command and then reset the nPartition to make the ACPI configuration
change take effect.
194 Operating System Boot and Shutdown