Bull ESCALA E Series Operator's Manual - page 47
3-7
Maintaining the System
Open Firmware Menu Description
The Open Firmware menu options are described below.
System Configuration
•
Set Date and Time
: to display and/or update the date and time of the system.
•
View Hardware Configuration
: to list all the present devices in the system. Each
device is identified by a unique name representing the type of device and its location.
•
Probe SCSI
: to perform the identification of the devices connected to all the SCSI
busses installed in the system unit.
•
Manage NVRAM Variables
: to display and/or update the common user Open
Firmware variables stored in NVRAM.
–
Boot options
: to display and/or modify the system boot options (
auto-boot?
,
boot-device
,
diag-switch?
).
–
Configuration variables
To display and modify the parameters of the configuration variables, such as:
input-device
, identifies the console input device (usually
keyboard
,
com1
or
com2
).
output-device
, identifies the console output device (usually
screen
,
com1
or
com2
).
pci0a-probe-list
, lists which PCI bus device numbers to probe and in what order
(the assumed value is system dependent and includes all available slots).
–
Remote maintenance
To configure the remote maintenance flags, such as:
sp–d–in
, set to
true
gives remote maintenance authorization.
sp–d–out
, set to
true
sends an automatic notification to the Service Center, in case
of system power on failure.
sp–line
, identifies the service line on which the remote connection will be established.
–
Select keyboard
: to adopt the more suitable keyboard language.
•
Manage Operating System
: to display the first available boot device and/or select a
different boot device.
To select a different boot device, position on the device path displayed and edit it
accordingly. The list of all the present devices is shown through
View Hardware
Configuration
menu option.
Select
OK
, to modify the boot device variable permanently.
Select
Cancel
, to cancel the operation.
Select
Boot
(
*
)
, to perform an immediate system boot from the defined boot device.
The modification is valid for the next system initialization only and the first default value is
automatically restored at the next system power on.
Select
Default
, to restore the value of the first available default boot device.
Boot Operating System
(
*
)
This option executes a system boot from the first available default device.
Reset Machine
This option performs a hard reset of the system unit.