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RX2600 consoles
Future bootstrap options
• Fibre Channel
– Similar to SCSI boot, but new vendor-specific setup
program to replaces the common SRM WIDMGR tool
• Network boot
– Uses PXE (pixie) instead of MOP
– LAD/LAST booting scheduled for 8.2
– Cluster NISCS boot is post 8.2
• Partition system support for Superdome
– VMS demo on Hard partition, Galaxy support in the
future
• Memory disk boot under investigation
– Use container file to eliminate boot drivers
– Used by HP-UX and Linux and VAX/VMS to boot TK50
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RX2600 consoles
Links
• Handout: “Console Commands for the HP
Integrity Server systems”-
CONSOLE_INTERFACE.DOC
• RX2600 Firmware updates:
– http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupp
ort/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=88839&locale=
en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesI
d=88837&submit.y=5&submit.x=8&cc=us&swEnvOID=
54
• RX2600 support Manual
– http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportMa
nual/lpn04096/lpn04096.pdf
