Support Note for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 for the Intel Itanium 2 Processor Family

timeout=50
default=linux
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.25smp
label=linux
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.Nsmp.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.25
label=linux-up
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.25.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
==== sample elilo.conf for mounting root partition by label ====
e. Manually verify LABEL"=/" entry is in the /etc/fstab.
===== sample fstab for mounting root device by label =====
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /home ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
===== sample fstab for mounting root device by label =====
8. If you want rx7620 or rx8620 server hardware to power off when the shutdown -h comand
or poweroff command is issued, run the acpiconfig enable softpowerdown
command from the EFI shell and reset the nPartition to make the ACPI configuration take
effect.
The normal behavior on rx7620 and rx8620 servers is for an nPartition to be made inactive
(all cells are in a boot-is-blocked state) when shutdown -h or poweroff is issued from
the SLES command line. This behavior is established with the acpiconfig disable
powerdown setting, which is the normal setting for the single-pci-domain ACPI configuration.
On HP Integrity Superdome servers, an nPartition is always made inactive when halted
from the operating system (for example, after shutdown -h), and this behavior cannot be
changed.
When softpowerdown is enabled on an rx7620 or rx8620 server, if one nPartition is defined
in the server then halting the operating system powers off the server cabinet (including all
cells and I/O chassis). On an rx7620 or rx8620 server with multiple nPartitions, halting the
operating system from an nPartition with softpowerdown enabled causes only the resources
on the local nPartition to be powered off.
You can run the acpiconfig command with no arguments to check the current setting and
the softpowerdown setting; however, softpowerdown information is displayed only
when different from normal behavior.
To power on hardware that has been powered off, use the PE command at the management
processor command menu. To make an inactive nPartition active, use the management
processor BO command to boot the nPartition past the boot-is-blocked state.
9. HP supports up to two I/O chassis per nPartition on rx7620, rx8620, and Integrity Superdome
servers running SLES 9.
10. SCSI errors and resets cause system failures. SCSI errors and resets for any reason cause
system failures. For example, if your disks have a problem such as a parity or disk error that
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