Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Booting and Shutdown
Booting Systems
Chapter 5486
Step 6. If you are accessing the system console through the management
processor and you are no longer using it, exit the console and service
processor interfaces.
To exit the EFI environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition
console and returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the
service processor, type X at the Main Menu.
Booting into LVM (or VxVM) Maintenance Mode
The procedure for booting HP-UX into LVM Maintenance Mode is the
same as for booting into single user mode (See “Booting HP-UX Into
Single-User Mode on HP Integrity Servers” on page 483 for details),
except use the -lm boot option instead of the -is boot option:
HPUX> boot -lm vmunix
For VxVM Maintenance Mode use:
HPUX> boot -vm vmunix
Booting HP-UX on HP 9000 (PA-RISC) Systems:
Details and Variations
A Standard Boot (PA-RISC Systems)
Here are more details about what happens during a typical HP-UX
boot-up sequence on an HP 9000 System. If you are booting an HP
Integrity Server see “Booting HP-UX on HP Integrity Servers: Details
and Variations” on page 465.
Step 1. Power on external devices:
If necessary, turn on all external peripherals and devices that are
attached to your computer (for example, disk drives, tape drives,
printers, terminals, bus converters).
Once the devices have completed their self-check tests, proceed to the
next step.
Step 2. Power on your system (or nPartition):
Turn on or reset the computer or nPartition.