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Boot Console User Interface
Introduction
There are times when you wanttointeract directly with the hardw
are of your
workstation b efore it bo ots the op erating system. Y
our workstation provides
a bo ot console user in
terface to allow you to p erform sp ecial tasks, displa
y
information, and set certain system parameters, ev
en if the op erating system is
unavailable.
Special Tasks
Here are the sp ecial tasks that you can p erform:
Bo ot your workstation from any specied hardware device.
Search for hardware devices that contain media from whichyour workstation
can be bo oted.
Reset the workstation.
Information Displayed
Here are some of the kinds of information that y
our system can display:
A list of the commands you may issue from the b oot console user in
terface.
Real-time clo ck time and date.
Settings of the Autoselect.
Status (
on
or
o
) of the secure b o ot mo de.
Station address for the built-in LAN interface.
Primary and secondary bo ot path.
Console and keyboard path.
VME Backplane Networking parameters.
System Parameters
Here are some of the system parameters that you can set:
Real-time clo ck time and date.
Autoselect.
Status (
on
or
o
) of the secure b o ot mo de.
Status (
on
or
o
) of the fastb o ot mo de.
Primary and secondary bo ot path.
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