HP Integrity rx2660 User Manual

4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down an operating system on the HP
Integrity rx2660 server. The following operating systems are supported on HP Integrity servers:
HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31), HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers” (page 87).
• “Configuring System Boot Options” (page 87).
• “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 88).
• “Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS” (page 93).
• “Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows” (page 97).
• “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 101).
Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers
HP supports the following operating systems on entry-class HP Integrity servers.
• HP-UX 11i Version 3 (11.31)
For details see “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” (page 88).
• HP OpenVMS I64
For details see “Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS” (page 93).
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
For details see “Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows” (page 97).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
For details see “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 101).
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
For details see “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” (page 101).
Configuring System Boot Options
This section discusses the configurable server boot options on entry-class HP Integrity servers,
including the boot options list and the autoboot setting for the server.
• Boot Options List The boot options list is a list of loadable items available for you to choose
from the EFI Boot Manager menu. Ordinarily the boot options list includes the EFI Shell
and one or more operating system loaders.
The following example includes boot options for HP OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX,
and the EFI Shell. The final item in the EFI Boot Manager menu, the Boot Configuration
Menu, is not a boot option. The Boot Configuration Menu allows server configuration
through a maintenance menu.
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61] Please select a boot option
HP OpenVMS 8.2-1
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
HP-UX Primary Boot: 4/0/1/1/0.2.0
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers 87

HP Integrity rx2660 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	Integrity rx2660
Category	Server
Language	English