HP rp7420

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About This Document.........................................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
Publishing History..................................................................................................................................7
Document Organization.........................................................................................................................7
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................8
HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier.........................................................................................8
Related Documents.................................................................................................................................9
HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................9
1 Overview of the Service Processor.............................................................................11
Introduction to Service Processor Interfaces........................................................................................11
Service Processor (MP or GSP) Features...............................................................................................11
Service Processor Accounts and Access Levels....................................................................................13
2 Using the Service Processor........................................................................................15
Accessing and Using the Service Processor..........................................................................................15
Using Service Processor Menus............................................................................................................17
Navigating through Service Processor Menus................................................................................18
nPartition Console Features..................................................................................................................20
nPartition Console Access versus Direct OS Login.........................................................................21
Network Configuration for a Service Processor...................................................................................21
Viewing Console Logs..........................................................................................................................23
Viewing Chassis Codes or Event Logs.................................................................................................24
Virtual Front Panel (VFP) nPartition Views..........................................................................................25
A MP Commands............................................................................................................27
Command Reference: Service Processor (MP or GSP) Commands......................................................27
B Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI).............................................................................29
EFI System Boot Environment..............................................................................................................29
Command Reference: EFI Shell Commands.........................................................................................30
C Boot Console Handler (BCH).....................................................................................35
Boot Console Handler (BCH) System Boot Environment....................................................................35
Command Reference: BCH Menu Commands.....................................................................................36
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