Owner`s manual
Chapter 4 Booting
4.1 How Booting Works . . .............................. 4–2
4.2 Boot Devices...................................... 4–4
4.3 Regular Boot Procedure ............................. 4–6
4.4 Boot Device Selection . .............................. 4–8
4.5 Boot Processor Selection ............................ 4–10
4.6 Booting from an HSC Disk........................... 4–12
4.6.1 VAXcluster Boot Overview . . . ...................... 4–12
4.6.2 Sample VAXcluster Boot .......................... 4–14
4.7 Booting from an Ethernet-Based Compact Disk Server ..... 4–16
4.7.1 CD Server Boot Command . . . ...................... 4–16
4.7.2 Selecting an Ethernet Service ...................... 4–18
4.8 Ethernet Boot Overview ............................. 4–20
4.9 Sample Target-Initiated Ethernet Boot ................. 4–22
4.9.1 Step 1, Gather Information at Target Node ............ 4–22
4.9.2 Step 2, Enter Information into Executor’s NCP Volatile
Database ...................................... 4–24
4.9.3 Step 3, Boot from the Target Node ................... 4–26
Chapter 5 Console
5.1 Description of Console .............................. 5–2
5.2 Console Functions . . . .............................. 5–4
5.3 Console Mode ..................................... 5–6
5.4 Console Command Language Control Characters ......... 5–8
5.5 Console Command Language Syntax ................... 5–10
5.6 BOOT ........................................... 5–12
5.6.1 BOOT Command Examples and Qualifiers ............ 5–12
5.6.2 BOOT Command Description . ...................... 5–14
5.7 CLEAR EXCEPTION . .............................. 5–16
5.8 CONTINUE ...................................... 5–18
5.9 DEPOSIT . . ...................................... 5–20
5.9.1 Syntax and Qualifiers ............................ 5–20
5.9.2 Examples ...................................... 5–22
5.10 EXAMINE . ...................................... 5–24
5.10.1 Syntax and Qualifiers ............................ 5–24
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