Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu
This menu enables you to select console output and input devices as well as various boot options.
In all the following sections, the menus enable the following functionality:
• Help to display the help available for the command
• Exit to return to the main Boot Options Maintenance menu
• Enter to select an item after using the arrow keys to highlight the item
• Save Settings to NVRAM to save your changes
NOTE: The options shown here are examples. Your server may have different options available
based on the server configuration and installed hardware components.
EFI Shell Paths
All devices in the server blade are represented by paths in the EFI Shell. To identify the correct
socket or disk drive, use the following tables.
Table 33 Server Blade Sockets
PathSocket
Acpi(HWP0002,400)/pci(0|0)1 PCI
Acpi(HWP0003,400)/pci(0|0)2 PCI
Table 34 Server Blade Drives
PathDrive
Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/(Pun0,Lun0)Disk
Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/(Pun0,Lun1)Disk
Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(1|0)/Usb(0,0)/HDRemovable Media Boot
Boot From a File
Use this option to manually run a specific application or driver.
NOTE: This option boots the selected application or driver one time only. When you exit the
application, you return to this menu.
This option displays the file systems that are on your server or workstation and lets you browse
these file systems for applications or drivers that are executable. Executable files end with the .efi
extension. You can also select remote boot (LAN) options that were configured on your network.
For example:
Boot From a File. Select a Volume
NO VOLUME LABEL [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM
CD_FORMAT [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Secondary,Master)/CDROM
Removable Media Boot [Acpi(HWP0002,500)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Secondary,Master)
Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E4C4F1A)]
Exit
In this example:
• NO VOLUME LABEL is a hard drive. When you format a hard drive, the EFI tools provide an
option to LABEL the disk. In this example, the volume was not labelled.
• CD_FORMAT is the label created for the disk currently inside the DVD drive.
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