Owner`s manual

4.3 Regular Boot Procedure

With the system in console mode, you issue a BOOT

command. You can give a complete speciﬁcation in which

the qualiﬁers determine the boot device, or you can use a

nickname.

Figure 4–3: Regular Boot Procedure

BOOT /XMI:m /R5:n /R3:r /NODE: sstt /BI:u /FILENAME:x /DSSI:y /PORT:z DDww

Invokes

BOOT

command

parameters for VMB

number information

Selects

XMI node

Selects HSC controller

on the VAXcluster

Selects boot device and

hexadecimal unit number

msb-0441A-90

Selects optional VAXBI

boot device adapter

Specifies file used to

boot system from an

NI-based server

Selects a node on

the DSSI bus

Selects a DSSI port

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