FINAL TRIM SIZE : 7.0 in x 8.5 in
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4. For about 20 seconds the system p erforms k
eyboard and other testing
routines with a black screen. Then you will see a color test of the displa
y,
followed by a sequence of b o ot messages. Allow the bo ot to con
tinue.
5. You will be prompted for the host name, IP n
umb er, and time zone. If y
ou
have this information, enter it as requested. Otherwise, press
4
Return
5
.You
can also enter this information after login b
ytyping
set_parms
4
Return
5
at a
shell prompt.
6. You will be ask
ed if you want to set a ro ot passw
ord at this time. If y
ou
cho ose to do this, see \Selecting a New P
assword", in this chapter, for
password requirements.
The system will nish the bo ot sequence, and y
ou will see the HP VUE Login
window. If you don't have HP VUE, and you see the \
Console login:
"
prompt, go to the section \Logging In and Out Using HP VUE".
Caution
If your system has its own disk and you are running a lo cal
operating system, do not turn o po
wer to your system without
rst shutting down the op erating system software according to
the pro cedure in this chapter, \Shutting Down Your System".
Turning o the power for your stand-alone system without rst
doing the shutdown pro cedure may result in damage to data on
your disk. Always execute the shut-down pro cess to completion
rst.
If you are running your system as a no de in a cluster (without
a le system disk) you can, in any case, shut down your system
by turning o the p ower after you have prop erly closed les
and terminated pro cesses. If you have a mounted le system
disk, you must b ecome
root
and p erform the procedure
in \Shutting Down Your System", or haveyour system
administrator do so. You can run
shutdown
without
being
root
by b eing listed in the le
/etc/shutdown.allow
. See
System
Administration Tasks
for details.
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