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HP‐UXandOpenVMS
TheHP‐UXandOpenVMSoperatingsystemsusetheconsoleconnectionoftheiLO2MPasthe
defaultconsole.However,iftheiLO2MPconsolepathisnotselectedintheEFIBootManager
ConsoleConfigurationmenu,HP‐UXmessagesmaynotbepresentedtotheconsoledevice.Also,
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HP‐UXsystemstypicallymustonlyhavetheiLO2 MPconsolepathselectedintheEFIBoot
ManagerConsoleConfigurationmenu.
YoucanalsouseVGAtoconnectconsolesthatuseHP‐UXandOpenVMSoperatingsystems.On
thefrontoftheIntegrityserverblade, connecttheSUVcable
tothelocalI/Oconnector.
ForinformationonchangingthedefaultconsoleandusingtheEFIBootManagerConfiguration
Options,seeSelectingYourHP‐UXConsoleintheHP‐UXInstallationandUpdateGuideontheHP
websiteat:http://www.docs.hp.com/en
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SelectyouroperatingsystemversioninByOSReleaseandfindtheguideunderInstallingand
Updating.
ExtensibleFirmwareInterface
Priortoinstallingandbootinganoperatingsystem,allconsoleinteractiononaserverbladeis
throughsystemfirmware.Systemfirmwarecommunicatestotheconsoleconnectionsspecifiedin
theEFIBootManagerConsoleConfigurationoptions.Theseconfigurationoptionsmustmatchthe
physicalconsoledeviceconnections.
Onceanoperatingsystemisinstalled,
thedefaultsystemconsoleoutputisdeterminedandis
dependentontheEFIBootManagerConsoleConfigurationsetting.Forinformationonchanging
thedefaultconsoleandusingtheEFIBootManagerConfigurationOptions,seeyouroperating
systemdocumentation.
IMPORTANT Failuretoproperlyconfiguretheconsoledevicecanresultintheinabilityofthe
operatingsystemtointeractwiththeserver.Thissymptomcanbemisinterpreted
asasystemhang.
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HP Part Number *5991-8054* March 2009