Booting the System [ MPE/iX HP Series 9X7 Software Startup Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
MPE/iX HP Series 9X7 Software Startup Manual
Booting the System
1. Turn the system on. After 1 to 2 minutes of system activity, you
should see a screen similar to the following. Respond to the
prompts as shown.
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| Processor Dependent Code (PDC) revision !!nn.nn!! |
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| Console path = 56.0.0.0.0.0.0 (dec) |
| 38.0.0.0.0.0.0 (hex) |
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| Primary boot path = 52.6.0.0.0.0.0 (dec) |
| 34.00000006.0.0.0.0.0 (hex) |
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| Alternate boot path = 52.0.0.0.0.0.0 (dec) |
| 2c.0.00000003.0.0.0.0 (hex) |
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| !!nn!! of memory configured and tested. |
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Boot from primary boot path (Y or N)? Y
Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> Y
Booting...
Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 1
HARD Booted
ISL Revision !!v.uu.ff!! Month Day, Year
MMSAVE Version !!n.nn!!
DUMPAREA found, save main memory to disc
ISL loaded
ISL>
When you see the ISL> prompt, the Initial Program Load (IPL)
software has been loaded from the internal disk drive to the
computer memory.
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NOTE If the above screen does not appear within 1 to 2 minutes,
reset your system. Press the ^control and B keys at the
same time. When you see the CM prompt, restart your system
as shown below. The system will restart, and display the
boot screen above.
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control B
CM>B
Execution of this . . . halts all system processing
and I/O activity and restarts the computer system.
Type Y to confirm . . . restart . . . (Y/N): Y
Record or print the I/O configuration table displayed on the
screen (a sample of this table follows).
This display shows all path names of the I/O components on your
system. These path names will be needed later to add to the
SYSGEN I/O configuration.
Identify: Loop 1: All I/O components are being.....
Processor Identification:
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Type HW SW Revisions Tests
Path Component Names ID Mod Mod Hdwr Firm Avail
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52 HP-PB SCSI Card 8H 14H 39H 0 0 ST LB
Resetting SCSI Bus (Approx. 10 seconds) . . .
52.0.0 HPC1512A DOS tape drive - - - C60
52.4.0 HPC1512A disc drive - - - - 0B00 ST
52.5.0 HPC2474D disc drive - - - - 0B00 ST
52.6.0 HPC2474S disc drive - - - - 0B00 ST
56 HP-PB Console/LAN Card 2H 4H 60H 0 0 ST LB
System Console is connected to this card
62 Native Processor 0H
63 Memory Controller 9 192 (m bytes) 9H 0 0 LB
Slot 0A - 16M
Slot 0B - 16M
Slot 1A - 16M
Slot 1B - 16M
Slot 2A - 16M
Slot 2B - 16M
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Identify Loop 1 (1H) complete
Do you want to exit this program and return to ISL? Y
ISL>
2. Start the system from the disk. The configuration for your system
was preloaded at the factory and is configured for the number of
internal disks that you purchased with your system.
ISL>START NORECOVERY
The system displays a series of startup messages and you are
prompted to confirm the date and time, as shown below.
If the date and time displayed are accurate, enter Y. If not,
enter N, and enter the correct date and time when prompted. Time
must be entered in a 24-hour format (e.g., 5:00 p.m. is entered
as 17:00). Seconds default to 00 if not specified.
MPE/XL launch facility
Initialize_genesis - Version ; 870204.1552
TUE, AUG 11, 1991, 10:20:03 AM (y/n)? Y or N
[CMUX_DAM] !!n n n n!!
Initialize genesis completed
For the next 5-6 minutes, startup and initialization messages are
displayed similar to the screen shown below.
Initialize genesis completed.
Create Console Messages kso completed.
Initialize memory manager completed.
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SESSION Scheduling Initialized
Initiate Operator Logon
JOB Scheduling Initialized
Successfully launched diagnostic monitor process.
3. Log on to the system.
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS
:STREAMS !!streams device!!
:SPOOLER LP;START
4. If you have any external disks, or other devices, use SYSGEN to
configure them into your system. Your system configuration should
be the same as that shown in the table generated by running IOMAP.
If you are not making any changes, continue with section 2.2,
"Configuring System Disks Using VOLUTIL"; otherwise follow the
steps below.
:SYSGEN
sysgen>io
5. After you have completed the configuration changes, hold the new
configuration and exit:
io>HOLD
io>EXIT
6. Save this new configuration.
sysgen>KEEP CONFIG
Purge old config? YES
sysgen>E
7. Shut down the system by pressing the control and A keys at the
same time, then typing SHUTDOWN as follows:
control A
=SHUTDOWN
Shutdown of user process begins. (Shut 1)
Shutdown of user process begins. (Shut 2)
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Shutdown of operating system complete. (Shut 6)
There will be several shutdown messages similar to those shown
above.
8. After the last shutdown message, (Shut 6), restart the system by
pressing the control and B keys at the same time. Respond to the
prompts as shown.
control B
CM>RS
Execution of this . . . halts all system processing
and I/O activity and restarts the computer system.
Type Y to confirm . . . restart . . . (Y/N):Y
If the system does not respond to the control B within ten seconds
power the system off and then back on again, and repeat step 9.
9. Confirm that you want to boot the system from the Primary boot
path.
10. Start the system from the disk at the ISL> prompt.
ISL>START NORECOVERY
11. Log on to your system.
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI
:STREAMS !!streams device!!
:SPOOLER LP;START
A welcome message appears. After the welcome message, you see the
session prompt (:).
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