Operating System Boot and Shutdown
Booting the Microsoft Windows Operating System
Appendix A
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Windows Booting
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list to boot Windows using
the selected boot option. The EFI Boot Manager is available only on HP Integrity servers.
See “ACPI Configuration for Windows Must Be “windows”” on page 187 for required configuration
details.
Step 1. Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the system on which you want to boot Windows.
Login to the management processor and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition
console.
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI
menu). If at another EFI menu, select the Exit option from the sub-menus until you return to the
screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
Step 2. At the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list.
Each item in the boot options list references a specific boot device and provides a specific set of boot
options or arguments to be used when booting the device.
Step 3. Press
Return or Enter to initiate booting using the selected boot option.
Step 4. Once Windows begins loading, wait for the Special Administration Console (SAC) to become
available.
The SAC interface provides a text-based administration tool that is available from the nPartition
console. For details see the SAC online help (type ? at the SAC> prompt).
Loading.: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Starting: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Starting Windows...
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Computer is booting, SAC started and initialized.
Use the "ch -?" command for information about using channels.
Use the "?" command for general help.
SAC>
Step 5. Exit the console and management processor interfaces if finished using them.
To exit the console environment type
^B (Control-B); this exits the console and returns to the
management processor Main menu. To exit the management processor, type X at the Main menu.
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