HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-21 - Itanium

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 14 (of 35)
Chapter 21 Itanium Architecture (IA)
October 29, 2013
KMINE doc IA64KBRC00011702 provides tables that show which of the devices display the
output of:
 power on self test (POST)
 EFI menus
 HP-UX system bootup messages (i.e. VG activation, startup-scripts, login prompt)
depending on the different combinations of selected console devices.
Here is the example for the rx2600 server:
Console Port
Console
input
Console
output
POST
messages
EFI
menu
Boot
messages
Serial Port
none
none
no
yes
no
Management Port (MP)
none
none
yes
yes
yes
VGA monitor
none
none
no
yes
no
Serial Port
none
none
no
no
no
Management Port (MP)
none
none
yes
yes
no
VGA monitor
*
*
no
yes
yes
Serial Port
*
*
yes
yes
yes
Management Port (MP)
none
none
yes
yes
no
VGA monitor
none
none
no
no
no
Serial Port
none
none
no
no
no
Management Port (MP)
*
*
yes
yes
yes
VGA monitor
none
none
no
no
no
Serial Port
*
*
yes
yes
no
Management Port (MP)
*
*
yes
yes
yes
VGA monitor
none
none
no
no
no
Serial Port
*
*
yes
yes
no
Management Port (MP)
*
*
yes
yes
yes
VGA monitor
*
*
no
yes
no
This can be summarized as follows:
 If you select no console input & output devices, EFI automatically selects them all.