Booting the Operating System
Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers
Appendix B
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Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity Servers
HP supports the following operating systems on entry-class HP Integrity servers.
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HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23)
For details refer to “Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX” on page 149.
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HP OpenVMS I64
For details refer to “Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS” on page 155.
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Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003
For details refer to “Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows” on page 159.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
For details refer to “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” on page 163.
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
For details refer to “Booting and Shutting Down Linux” on page 163.
Configuring System Boot Options
This section discusses the server boot options you can configure on entry-class HP Integrity servers, including
the boot options list and the autoboot setting for the server.
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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
NOTE
In some versions of EFI, the
Boot Configuration Menu
is listed as the
Boot Option Maintenance
Menu
.
To manage the boot options list for each server, use the EFI Shell, the EFI
Boot Configuration Menu
, or
operating system utilities.