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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 15 (of 35)
Chapter 21 Itanium Architecture (IA)
October 29, 2013
 The VGA monitor does never show POST output.
 Even if the is no shell login on VGA you will always get a CDE login prompt presented in
case the system is equipped with a supported graphics card.
 Boot messages are only printed to one single output device. If multiple devices are enabled
the priority is: 1. MP port, 2. Serial port, 3. VGA monitor.
So if you like to have boot messages on VGA you need to enable the VGA port only. EFI’s
console device settings can be overwritten by specifying the vga option at the boot loader:
HPUX> boot -vga
Now boot messages go to the VGA monitor. The MP port cannot be used after this, only on-
board serial port.
NOTE (UX 11.23): This all seems to have changed in UX 11.23. It looks like output is going to all
devices.
The boot process
The following section describes the boot process in detail.
NOTE: I recommed to use a vt100 compatible terminal type if you logon to the Management
port console (former GSP). After powering on the system will perform the Power On Self Tests
(POST) and then launch the EFI Boot Manager:
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.60] Firmware ver 2.21 [4306]
Please select a boot option
EFI Shell [Build-in]____________________________________________
HP-UX 11.22
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows
Boot option maintenance menu
Security/Password Menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
In this case boot option HP-UX 11.22 is configured. Selecting this will start the OS Loader -
continue here.
If no boot option is configured yet you may select EFI Shell [Build-in]. The device
mapping table will be displayed and the EFI shell script STARTUP.NSH will be executed:
Loading.: EFI Shell [Build-in]
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.60]
Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)