Booting the OpenVMS Operating System Media

Insert the operating system CD into the local CD drive.

Enter the SHOW DEVICE command at the console prompt (>>>) and look for the correct drive listed in the output (for example, DKA400). If you are booting from the InfoServer, look for a device listed with its hardware address, as in the last line of the following example (EWA0):

   >>>SHOW DEVICE
 
   dva0.0.0.1000.0    DVA0                     RX23
   dka200.2.0.5.0     DKA200                   RZ28M  1004
   dka300.3.0.5.0     DKA300                   RZ29B  0016
   dka400.4.0.5.0     DKA400                   RRD42  442E
   ewa0.0.0.3.0       EWA0         00-00-F8-1F-70-3D

For additional information, see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.3 for Alpha and Integrity Servers Software Product Description (SPD 82.35.xx) and the hardware manuals that you received with your Alpha computer.

Make sure that your operating system CD is being served from either the InfoServer hardware or the InfoServer utility. If you are using the InfoServer utility, certain configuration steps are required (one time only); see Appendix C “Setting Up and Performing Network Booting”.

At the console prompt, enter the boot command in the following format:

   >>> BOOT -FLAGS 0,0 -FILE APB_083 lan-device-name
 

Substitute the name of the local area network device for lan-device-name, such as EWA0, as listed in the SHOW DEVICE display example in “Determining the Boot Device”.

The APB file name is the unique file name that was assigned to the APB.EXE file when it was copied from the operating system CD to the InfoServer. This file is the name of the APB program used for the initial system load (ISL) boot program.

	NOTE: If you are using a DEC 3000 or 4000 series system, note the following: On DEC 3000 series systems, you can boot through the InfoServer using an alternate TURBOchannel device, such as a PMAD (Ethernet) or DEFTA (FDDI), by specifying the device name as “n/ESA0”. The value for n is the TURBOchannel slot number, which you can obtain by entering the SHOW CONFIGURATION command at the console prompt (>>>) and examining the display. For more information, see “Booting over the Network with an Alternate TURBOchannel Adapter”. On DEC 4000 series systems, you must specify the ISL file name in uppercase (APB_083).

The InfoServer ISL program then displays the following menu:

   
   Network Initial System Load Function
   Version 1.2
 
 
     FUNCTION         FUNCTION
       ID
       1     -        Display Menu
       2     -        Help
       3     -        Choose Service
       4     -        Select Options
       5     -        Stop
 
   Enter a function ID value:

Respond to the prompts as follows, pressing Enter after each entry:

1. Enter 3 for the function ID.

2. Enter 2 for the option ID.

3. Enter the service name (ALPHA083 is the default service name for the InfoServer hardware; for the InfoServer utility, ask your system or network manager for the service name).

A sample display follows:

   Enter a function ID value: 3 
   OPTION          OPTION
      ID
      1     -       Find Services
      2     -       Enter known Service Name
 
   Enter an Option ID value: 2 
   Enter a Known Service Name: ALPHA083 

Make sure your Integrity server is powered on. If your system has an attached external device, make sure it is turned on and operational.

Insert the DVD into the drive.

Cycle power.

From the main EFI boot menu (for cell-based servers, this must be the EFI boot menu for the nPartition on which OpenVMS is to be booted), select the appropriate item from the boot options list. Note that the EFI boot menu is timed; press any key to stop the countdown timer.

For some systems, the boot option to select is the Internal Bootable DVD option. If that option is not listed in your EFI boot menu, move to the Boot From a File menu and select the Removable Media Boot option, if present.

Alternatively (and this method is recommended for cell-based servers), boot the DVD drive from the EFI Shell prompt by entering the command shown in the following example, where fsn: corresponds to the Integrity server DVD drive (such as fs0:). Note that if you have navigated to a particular file system, the EFI Shell prompt reflects that file system; for example, if the current file system is fs0:, the EFI Shell prompt is fs0:>. Shell>fsn:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi

To determine which device is the bootable DVD drive, examine the list of mapped devices and look for an fs device listing that includes the letters “CDROM”, as in the following line. In this line, fsn is the file system associated with the drive, which is usually fs0: (instead of "fsn", you might see something similar to "V8.3"; instead of Ata, you might see Scsi, depending on the server model):

fsn : Acpi(HWP0002,400)/Pci(4|1)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)

You can use the following command to display the mapping of various EFI device names to OpenVMS device names, where fsn is the device you want to check (such as fs0:):

Shell>fsn:\efi\vms\vms_show dev -fs

On most Integrity servers, the DVD drive is DQA0:. On systems that include a SCSI bus, such as the Superdome server, the DVD drive is DKA0:. For more information about the vms_show command, see the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual.

	NOTE: Remember that by default EFI interprets the Delete (or Backspace) key differently than do OpenVMS Alpha systems or Microsoft Windows computers. Use Ctrl/H to delete the last character entered. For more information, see “Using the Delete or Backspace Key with Integrity Server Utilities”.