The Secrets of EFI

OpenVMS Technical Update Days 2012

Martin Vorländer

PDV-Systeme GmbH
Dörntener Straße 2A
D-38644 Goslar

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 HP Integrity Servers and their Consoles

OpenVMS Technical Update Days 2012

Martin Vorländer

PDV-Systeme GmbH
Dörntener Straße 2A
D-38644 Goslar

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 Disambiguation: IA64 – Itanium – IPF – Integrity

IA64 → “Intel Architecture 64 Bit“

processor architecture and EPIC instruction set

Itanium → IA64 processor type by Intel

IPF → “Itanium Processor Family“

if not refering to a specific Itanium processor

Integrity → family of HP systems with an IPF processor

but: HP OpenVMS I64

→ “HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for HP Integrity Servers“

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 Intel Itanium 2
L3 Cache / Core Family,
Code name released CPU (GHz) Cores
(MB) Model

Merced 2001 0.7 – 0.8 1 (4 extern) 7,0 Itanium 1

McKinley 2002 0.9 – 1.0 1 1.5 – 3 31,0

Madison 2003 - 2004 1.3 – 1.6 1 1.5 – 6 31,1

Deerfield 2003 1.0 1 1.5 31,1 LV Madison

Madison 9M 2004 1.6 1 9 31,2

Fanwood 2004 1.3 – 1.6 1 3 31,2 LV Madison 9M

Montecito 2006 1.4 – 1.6 1,2 4 – 12 32,0 Series 90xx

Montvale 2007 1.42 – 1.66 1,2 4 – 12 32,1 Series 91xx

Tukwila 2010 1.33 – 1.73 2,4 4–6 32,2 Series 93xx

Poulson 2012 ? 8 (54 LLC) ? Series 95xx

Kittson 2014? ? ? ? ?

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 HP Integrity Server

Workstation Mid-range Server (cell-based)

i2000 zx2000 zx6000 rx7620 rx7640
rx8620 rx8640
Entry-level Server (2 CPU sockets) rx9610
rx1600 rx1620 BL890c i2
rx2600 rx2620 rx2660 rx2800 i2
rx3600 High-End Server (cell-based)
BL860c BL860c i2 Superdome
Superdome 2
Entry-level Server (4 CPU sockets)
rx4610 rx4640
rx5670
rx6600
BL870c BL870c i2
Color key:
Merced / McKinley
Madison
Montecito / Montvale
Tukwila

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 HP Integrity: Consoles

• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

• works as soon as the mainboard is connected to power
• connectivity: serial
• self tests
• device discovery
• IPMI + HP extensions
• Management Processor (MP)
• works as soon as the system is connected to power
• connectivity: serial, modem, IPv4 (Telnet, SSH, Web)
• manages access to the system console
• concurrent mirrored sessions possible (with one writer)

• (T)FTP (→ firmware updates)

• user administration locally or via LDAP
• iLO (integrated Lights-Out) management
• System Console / EFI Shell
• works when the system is powered on

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 Accessing MP

rx2660

rx2800 i2

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 Connecting to MP

• serial console port (9600 bps, 8N1)

• If the system console is running: Ctrl+B
• MP LAN via Telnet or SSH

*************************************************************************
This is a private system.
Do not attempt to login unless you are an authorized user.
Any authorized or unauthorized access or use may be monitored and can
result in criminal or civil prosecution under applicable law.
*************************************************************************
*************************************************************************
Only default users are configured.
Use one of the following user/password pairs to login:
Admin/Admin
Oper/Oper
*************************************************************************
MP login:

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 MP: Main Menu

MP MAIN MENU:

CO: Console
VFP: Virtual Front Panel
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Log
SL: Show Event Logs
…
HE: Main Help Menu
X: Exit Connection

[nodename] MP>

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 MP: Console

• MP> CO
connects the MP session to the system console
• Switch from system console to MP: Ctrl+B
• If another console session is open already,
upon entering the first character:
[Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]

• Typing Ctrl+E c f results in:

[bumped user - otherUser]
and the session is granted write access
• In the other console session:
[returned to read only mode by user – myUser]
[Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]

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 MP: Command Menu

[nodename] MP> CM
[nodename] MP:CM> HE LI

==== MP Help: Command Menu List =============================================

BP : Reset BMC Passwords MS : Modem Status

CA : Configure asynch/serial ports PC : Remote Power Control
DATE: Display Date PG : PaGing parameters setup
DC : Default Configuration PR : Power Restore Policy Config.
DF : Display FRU Information PS : Power management module Status
DI : DIsconnect users RB : Reset BMC
DNS : Configure DHCP and DNS RS : Reset System through RST signal
FW : Upgrade MP firmware SA : Set MP Access
HE : Display Help SNMP: Configure SNMP parameters
ID : System Information SO : Security Options
IT : Modify MP inactivity timeouts SS : System processors Status
LC : Configure LAN, SSH and Web ports SYSREV: Display System firmware Revs.
LDAP: Configure Directory parameters TC : Reset system via INIT
LM : License Management TE : TEll- send a msg. to other users
LOC : Locator LED display UC : User Configuration
LS : LAN Status WHO : Display connected MP users
MR : Modem Reset XD : Diagnostics and reset of MP

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 MP: Command PC – Power Control

[nodename] MP:CM> HE PC
==== MP Help: Server Control ==================================================
PC : Power Control
Command access level: Power Control access.
PC command provides the following options for remote control of the system power:
"ON" - turns system power on (it has no effect if power is already on).
"OFF" - turns system power off.
This command is roughly equivalent to turning the system power off
with the front panel power switch- there is no signal sent to the OS
to bring the software down before power is turned off. For proper
system shutdown, shutdown the OS before issuing this command.
"CYCLE" - turns system power off and on. The delay between off and on
is 30 seconds.
"GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN - BMC send a signal to the OS to shutdown prior to
turning off system power
SEE ALSO: PR, PS (Power Restore policy configuration, Power Status)

[nodename] MP:CM> PC
Current System Power State: On
Power Control Menu:
C - Power Cycle
ON - Power On
OFF - Power Off
G - Graceful Shutdown
Enter menu item or [Q] to Quit: Q

[nodename] MP:CM> PC -OFF

System will be powered off.
You must shut down the OS manually before this command is executed.
Failure to do this can cause problems when the OS is restarted.
Confirm? (Y/[N]): Y

-> System is being powered off.

-> Command successful.

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 MP: Command LC – LAN Configuration

[nodename] MP:CM> HE LC

==== MP Help: Port Configuration ==============================================

LC : LAN Configuration usage (IP address, etc.)

Command access level: MP Configuration access.

This command modifies the LAN Configuration. Configurable parameters: DHCP

enable/disable, MP IP Address, MP host name, subnet mask, gateway, web
access port number, SSH access port number, LAN speed, and autonegotiation.
…
Command line usage:
LC [ -ip <ipaddr> ] [ -subnet <subnet> ] [ -gateway <ipaddr> ]
[ -host <hstname> ] [ -web <port> ] [ -link <auto|T(10baseT)> ]
[ -ssh <port> ] [ -dhcp <e|d> ] [ -nc ]

SEE ALSO: DNS, LS, SA (DNS Configuration, LAN Status, Set Access)

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 MP: Event Logs

[nodename] MP> SL

Event Log Viewer Menu:

Log Name Entries % Full Latest Timestamped Entry
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E - System Event 168 18 % 15 Apr 2011 09:45:52
F - Forward Progress 828 20 % 15 Apr 2011 09:45:52
B - Current Boot 77 25 %
P - Previous Boot 77 25 %
C - Clear All Logs
L - Live Events

Enter menu item or [Ctrl-B] to Quit:

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 MP: System Event Log

Enter menu item or [Ctrl-B] to Quit: E

Log Name Entries % Full Latest Timestamped Entry

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E - System Event 168 18 % 15 Apr 2011 09:45:52

Event Log Navigation Help:

+ View next block (forward in time, e.g. from 3 to 4)
- View previous block (backward in time, e.g. from 3 to 2)
<CR> Continue to the next or previous block
D Dump the entire log
F First entry
L Last entry
J Jump to entry number
H View mode configuration - Hex
K View mode configuration - Keyword
T View mode configuration - Text
A Alert Level Filter options
U Alert Level Unfiltered
? Display this Help menu
Q Quit and return to the Event Log Viewer Menu
Ctrl-B Exit command, and return to the MP Main Menu

MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) >

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 MP: System Event Log (cont.)

MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) > L

# Location|Alert| Encoded Field | Data Field | Keyword / Timestamp

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
167 OS 0 1 0x548016E100E00BF0 0000000000000001 OS_BOOT_COMPLETE
15 Apr 2011 09:45:52
166 BMC 2 0x204DA81324020BE0 FFFF0103FDC00300 Type-02 c00301 12583681
15 Apr 2011 09:43:00
165 BMC 2 0x204DA81321020BD0 FFFF0103FDC00300 Type-02 c00301 12583681
15 Apr 2011 09:42:57
164 SFW 0 1 0x5480020B00E00BB0 0000000000000006 EFI_LAUNCH_BOOT_MANAGER
15 Apr 2011 09:24:45
163 SFW 2 0xC14DA80EDD020BA0 FF8F416F00120300 Type-02 126f01 1208065
15 Apr 2011 09:24:45
162 BMC 2 0x204DA80EC3020B90 FFFF0103FDC00300 Type-02 c00301 12583681
15 Apr 2011 09:24:19
161 SFW 0 1 0x5680006300E00B70 0000000000000000 BOOT_START
15 Apr 2011 09:24:13
160 SFW 2 0xC14DA80EBD020B60 FFFF000A001D0300 Type-02 1d0a00 1903104
15 Apr 2011 09:24:13
159 BMC 2 0x204DA80EBD020B50 FFFF027000120300 Type-02 127002 1208322
15 Apr 2011 09:24:13

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 MP: System Event Log (cont.)

MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) > T

MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) > L

Log Entry 167: 15 Apr 2011 09:45:52

Alert Level 1: Major Forward Progress
Keyword: OS_BOOT_COMPLETE
OS Boot Complete
Logged by: O/S Kernel (Generic) 0
Data: Major change in system state - Boot Complete
0x548016E100E00BF0 0000000000000001

Log Entry 166: 15 Apr 2011 09:43:00

Alert Level 2: Informational
Keyword: Type-02 c00301 12583681
Time Set
Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller;
Sensor: SEL Time Set
Data1: State Asserted
0x204DA81324020BE0 FFFF0103FDC00300

MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) >

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)

• Specification of a software interface that sits

between the platform firmware and the OS
• History
• 1998: “Intel Boot Initiative“
• developed by Intel
for the first HP Itanium systems (among others)
• PC-BIOS was regarded as inadequat

• 2005: Unified EFI Forum

• AMD, American Megatrends, Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Insyde Software, Intel,
Lenovo, Microsoft, Phoenix Technologies
• EFI 1.10
• Renamed to Unified EFI (UEFI)

• current version: 2.3.1C

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 EFI: Characteristics

• platform and OS independant

• 32 and 64 bit
• PC-BIOS: 16 bit, 1MB address space (original design for the Intel 8088)

• modular design
• EFI Byte Code (also for drivers!)
• new partitioning scheme for harddisks
• GPT (GUID Partition Table)
• max. disk/partition size: 9.4 Zettabyte (1 ZB = 1,000,000,000 TB)
• PC-BIOS: MBR, max. disk/partition size 2.2 TB

• Boot Manager
• primary OS bootloader is an EFI Application

• platform independant support for graphical output

• extensions:
• shell
• network support
• support for ACPI and SMBIOS

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 EFI implementations

• HP
• all HP Integrity Server
• “POSSE“ (Pre-OS System Environment)
• includes commands compatible with PA-RISC BCH

• various HP Notebooks and Tablet PCs

• Apple: all Intel based Macs
• graphical Boot Manager
• no shell
• SourceForge project rEFIt

• other PC mainboard manufacturers

• many mainboards with Sandy Bridge processor
• BIOS emulation CSM (Compatibility Support Module)

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 Examples of EFI Boot Managers

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 Booting under EFI

• A bootable disk contains an EFI system partition

• FAT file system
• Directory \EFI
• \startup.nsh is executed automatically
• Subdirectories of \EFI for OS bootloaders and utilities, e.g.
• OpenVMS \EFI\VMS\VMS_LOADER.EFI
• HP-UX \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI
• DVD boot \EFI\BOOT\BOOTIA64.EFI
• Administering Boot Manager selections
• EFI shell command bcfg
• EFI program vms_bcfg (on an OpenVMS boot disk)
• Boot Manager configuration menu
• OS utility
• OpenVMS: SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM

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 GPT formatted bootable disk

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 Accessing the EFI Shell

• Power on Integrity - MP:CM> PC -ON

• Connect to system console - MP> CO
↓ self test
↓ configures devices
↓ loads drivers
↓ Boot Manager
• Selection „Built-In Shell“ or „s/S“

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 EFI Shell: General

• Many (all?) commands support the option –b for paging output

• Command help

• Commands are grouped into classes:

• boot
• Booting options and disk-related commands

• configuration
• Changing and retrieving system information

• device
• Getting device, driver and handle information

• memory
• Memory related commands

• shell
• Basic shell navigation and customization

• scripts
• EFI shell-script commands

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 EFI Shell – Command help

Shell> help
List of classes of commands:
boot -- Booting options and disk-related commands
configuration -- Changing and retrieving system information
device -- Getting device, driver and handle information
memory -- Memory related commands
shell -- Basic shell navigation and customization
scripts -- EFI shell-script commands
Use 'help <class>' for a list of commands in that class
Use 'help <command>' for full documentation of a command
Use 'help -a' to display list of all commands

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 EFI Shell – Command class boot

Shell> help boot

autoboot -- View or set autoboot timeout variable
bcfg -- Displays/modifies the driver/boot configuration
boottest -- Set/View BootTest bits
clearlogs -- Clears FPL and SEL logs
dblk -- Displays the contents of blocks from a block
device
lanboot -- Performs boot over lan from EFI Shell
mount -- Mounts a file system on a block device
reset -- Resets the system
tftp -- Tftp to a bootp/dhcp enabled unix boot server
vol -- Displays volume information of the file system

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 EFI Shell – Command class configuration

Shell> help configuration

cpuconfig -- Deconfigure or reconfigure cpus
date -- Displays the current date or sets the systemdate
err -- Displays or changes the error level
esiproc -- Make an ESI call
errdump -- View/Clear logs
info -- Display hardware information
monarch -- View or set the monarch processor
palproc -- Make a PAL call
salproc -- Make a SAL call
time -- Displays the current time or sets the system time
ver -- Displays the version information

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 EFI Shell – Command class device

Shell> help device

baud -- Set serial port com settings
connect -- Binds an EFI driver to a device and starts the driver
devices -- Displays the devices being managed by EFI drivers
devtree -- Displays the tree of devices of the EFI Driver Model
disconnect -- Disconnects one or more drivers from a device
dh -- Displays the handles in the EFI environment
drivers -- Displays the list of drivers of the EFI Driver Model
drvcfg -- Invokes the Driver Configuration Protocol
drvdiag -- Invokes the Driver Diagnostics Protocol
guid -- Displays all the GUIDs in the EFI environment
lanaddress -- Display LAN MAC addresses
load -- Loads and optionally connected EFI drivers
loadpcirom -- Loads a PCI Option ROM
map -- Displays or defines mappings
openinfo -- Displays the protocols on a handle and the agents
optload -- Lists all optional ROM-based efi drivers and apps
pci -- Displays PCI devices or PCI function config space
reconnect -- Reconnects one or more drivers from a device
unload -- Unloads a protocol image

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 EFI Shell – Command class memory

Shell> help memory

default -- Sets, Resets, or Clears default NVM values
dmpstore -- Displays all NVRAM variables
dmem -- Displays the contents of memory
memmap -- Displays the memory map
mm -- Displays or modifies MEM/IO/PCI
pdt -- View or set page deallocation table

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 EFI Shell – Command class shell

Shell> help shell

alias -- Displays, creates, or deletes aliases in the EFI shell
attrib -- Displays or changes the attributes of files or directories
cd -- Displays or changes the current directory
cls -- Clears the standard output with an optional background color
comp -- Compares the contents of two files
cp -- Copies one or more files/directories to another location
edit -- Edits an ASCII or UNICODE file in full screen
eficompress -- Compress a file
efidecompress -- Compress a file
exit -- Exits the EFI Shell
help -- Displays help menus, command list, or verbose help of a command
hexedit -- Edits with hex mode in full screen
ls -- Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory
mkdir -- Creates one or more directories
mode -- Displays or changes the mode of the console output device
mv -- Moves one or more files/directories to destination
rm -- Deletes one or more files or directories
set -- Displays, creates, changes or deletes EFI environment variables
setsize -- Sets the size of the file
touch -- Updates time with current time
type -- Displays the contents of a file
xchar -- Turn on/off extended character features

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 EFI Shell – Command class script

Shell> help script

echo -- Displays messages or turns command echoing on/off
for/endfor -- Executes commands for each item in a set of items
goto -- Makes batch file execution jump to another
location
if/endif -- Executes commands in specified conditions
pause -- Prints a message and suspends for keyboard input
stall -- Stalls the processor for some microseconds

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 EFI Shell – BCH Commands

Shell> help bch

COnfiguration help bch co
INformation help bch in
PAth help bch pa
ScRool help bch sr
SEArch help bch sea
SERvice help bch ser
BOot help bch bo
HElp help bch he
RESET help bch reset
MAin help bch ma
For more help on one of the commands above, at the prompt type:
help bch COMMAND

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 Agenda

• Intel Itanium and HP Integrity Server

• Consoles of HP Integrity Servers
• The Management Processor
• The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
• The EFI Shell
• Examples of EFI Commands

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 EFI: System Information

Shell> help info

Display hardware information
INFO [target]
target : all, boot, cache, chiprev, cpu, fw, io, mem, sys, warning
Examples:
* To display all info:
Shell> info all
* To display cpu info:
Shell> info cpu
* To display fw and boot info:
Shell> info fw boot
Shell> info fw
FIRMWARE INFORMATION
Firmware Revision: 2.31 [4411]
PAL_A Revision: 7.31/5.37
PAL_B Revision: 5.65
SAL Spec Revision: 3.01
SAL_A Revision: 2.00
SAL_B Revision: 2.31
EFI Spec Revision: 1.10
EFI Intel Drop Revision: 14.61
EFI Build Revision: 1.22
POSSE Revision: 0.10
ACPI Revision: 7.00
BMC Revision 1.53
IPMI Revision: 1.00
SMBIOS Revision: 2.3.2a
Management Processor Revision: E.03.32

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 EFI: Configuring CPUs

Shell> help cpuconfig

Deconfigure or reconfigure cpus

CPUCONFIG [module [on|off]]

CPUCONFIG [threads [on|off]]
CPUCONFIG [pstates [on|off]]

module : Specifies which cpu module to configure

threads : Use to display info or configure threads
pstates : Use to display info or configure Power/Performance States (P-states)
on : Specifies to reconfigure a cpu module, cpu threads, or enable P-states
off : Specifies to deconfigure a cpu module, cpu threads, or disable P-states

Note:
1. Cpu status will not change until next boot.
2. Specifying a cpu number without a state will display
configuration status.
…
Shell> cpuconfig

PROCESSOR MODULE INFORMATION

# of L3 L4 Family/
CPU Logical Cache Cache Model Processor
Module CPUs Speed Size Size (hex.) Rev State
------ ------- -------- ------ ------ ------- --- ------------
0 2 1.6 GHz 9 MB None 20/00 C2 Active
1 2 1.6 GHz 9 MB None 20/00 C2 Active

CPU threads are turned off.

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 EFI: Configuring the system console(s)

Shell> help conconfig

Configure console devices
CONCONFIG [index] [on | off | primary]
index Specifies index of console to set as primary
on Enables the specified console as a secondary console
off Puts console into "Not Configured" (NC) state
primary Sets the specified console as primary
Note:
1. Primary console setting will take effect after reboot
2. P in status column indicates console is primary
3. S in status column indicates console is secondary
4. NC in status column indicates console is not configured
5. If a disabled console is set to primary it will be enbled
Shell> conconfig
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
----- ------- ----- ----------
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)

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 EFI Devices & Mappings

Shell> map
fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig8E89981A-0B97-11D7-9C4C-AF87605217DA)
blk1: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk2: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig8E89981A-0B97-11D7-9C4C-AF87605217DA)
blk3: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part3,SigC9D7945C-0BA7-11D7-9B31-FBA1AECDAF7E)

Acpi(HWP0002,100)
Device type HWP0002 (= Logical Block Address (LBA) device)
PCI host number 100 ("ROPE“ = circuitry handling I/O for PCI; defines I/O card slot)
Pci(1|0)
device/slot number 1
function number 0
Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
Pun: Physical Unit (SCSI address)
Lun: Logical Unit
HD(PartX,SigY)
Partition X on a disk with signature Y
fsX:
→ EFI has found a FAT partition

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 EFI Devices (cont.)
Shell> map fs*
Device mapping table
fs0 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjo281474976710656b blk0
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x5001438011374778,0x1000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,3BA4B191-F8D0-11E0-83D0-AA000400FEFF)
fs1 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjo562949953421312b blk1
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x5001438011374778,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,88D32451-FA3E-11E0-BFE5-AA000400FEFF)
fs2 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjo562949953421312d blk2
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x5001438011374778,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(3,GPT,88D32450-FA3E-11E0-BFE6-AA000400FEFF)
fs3 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjs281474976710656b blk3
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x500143801137477C,0x1000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,3BA4B191-F8D0-11E0-83D0-AA000400FEFF)
fs4 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjs562949953421312b blk4
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x500143801137477C,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,88D32451-FA3E-11E0-BFE5-AA000400FEFF)
fs5 :HardDisk - Alias hd39dvsaamxfagryjs562949953421312d blk5
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Fibre(0x500143801137477C,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(3,GPT,88D32450-FA3E-11E0-BFE6-AA000400FEFF)
fs6 :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryjq281474976710656b blk6
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477A,0x1000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,3BA4B191-F8D0-11E0-83D0-AA000400FEFF)
fs7 :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryjq562949953421312b blk7
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477A,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,88D32451-FA3E-11E0-BFE5-AA000400FEFF)
fs8 :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryjq562949953421312d blk8
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477A,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(3,GPT,88D32450-FA3E-11E0-BFE6-AA000400FEFF)
fs9 :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryju281474976710656b blk9
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477E,0x1000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,3BA4B191-F8D0-11E0-83D0-AA000400FEFF)
fsA :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryju562949953421312b blkA
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477E,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(1,GPT,88D32451-FA3E-11E0-BFE5-AA000400FEFF)
fsB :HardDisk - Alias hd40dvsaamxfagryju562949953421312d blkB
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/Fibre(0x500143801137477E,0x2000000000000)/-
HD(3,GPT,88D32450-FA3E-11E0-BFE6-AA000400FEFF)
fsC :Removable HardDisk - Alias hd16a0b blkC
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Scsi(0x0,0x0)/-
HD(1,GPT,06936371-FA38-11E0-84EF-AA000400FEFF)
fsD :Removable CDRom - Alias cd66d0a blkD
PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x1D,0x7)/USB(0x3,0x0)/CDROM(0x0)
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 EFI: Booting OpenVMS

Shell> map -fs

Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|1)/Usb(0,0)/CDROM(Entry0)
fs1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E113495222,Lun0)/-
HD(Part1,Sig6800E111-0A13-11E1-9878-001A4B064BF0)
fs2 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E113495222,Lun0)/-
HD(Part3,Sig6800E110-0A13-11E1-9879-001A4B064BF0)
fs3 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000CCA00B2001A1,Lun0)/-
HD(Part1,Sig55AE9AF1-1695-11E1-99A7-001A4B064BF0)
Shell> fs1:
fs1:\> cd efi\vms
fs1:\efi\vms> vms_loader -flags 0,0
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.3-1H1
© Copyright 1976-2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
…

• EFI partitions within an OpenVMS system disk:

SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$EFI.SYS
SYS$MAINTENANCE:SYS$DIAGNOSTICS.SYS
• Beware of HBVS and shared system disks!

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 EFI: Configuring devices

Shell> drivers
lists drivers loaded
column DRV: “Driver Handle“
column CFG has an X
→ driver supports the configuration protocol
column #D: number of devices managed
Shell> drvcfg drv_hdl
lists devices/controllers managed by drv_hdl
→ controller handle
Shell> drvcfg -s drv_hdl [ctl_hdl]
configures the device drv_hdl / ctl_hdl

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 Example: Switching a USB keyboard to german layout

Shell> drivers
T D
D Y C I
R P F A
V VERSION E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== ===================
…
23 00001010 ? X - 1 1 Usb Keyboard Driver UsbKb
…
Shell> drvcfg -s 23
Set Configuration Options
===========================================
USB Keyboard Language Configuration
===========================================
0. U.S. English
1. Europe - English w/ Euro
2. German
…
Current language selection = 0
Please enter a number followed by a <CR> : 2
New Keyboard Language = 2
Drv[23] Ctrl[ALL] Lang[eng] - Options set. Action Required is none

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 Example: Accessing a FC boot device

Shell> drivers
T D
D Y C I
R P F A
V VERSION E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== ===================
…
28 00000109 B X X 1 8 HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver PciROM:06:00:01:003
29 00000109 B X X 1 8 HP 4 Gb Fibre Channel Driver PciROM:06:00:00:003
…
Shell> drvcfg 28
Configurable Components
Drv[28] Ctrl[2C] Lang[eng]
Shell> drvcfg -s 28 2c
Set Configuration Options
Drv[28] Ctrl[2C] Lang[eng]
Fibre Channel Driver Configuration Utility
NOTE: Do not redirect console output to a file.
Main Menu
NVRAM Parameters
1. Edit Adapter Settings
2. Edit Advanced Settings
3. Edit Database
4. Edit Boot Settings
Information
5. Show Database
6. Show Translation
7. Show NVRAM Buffer
8. Info
9. Help
Operation
10. Abandon
11. Write
12. Quit
Enter a Selection:
…

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 Example: Accessing a FC boot device (cont.)

Enter a Selection: 4
Edit Boot Settings
0. Previous Menu
1. Help
2. Enable Alternate Boot Device [n]
3. Enable Selective Login [n]
4. Enable Selective Lun Logins [n]
5. OS Mode [HP-UX/OpenVMS]
6. EFI Variable EFIFCScanLevel [?]
7. Enable World Login [n]
Enter a Selection: 6
EFI Variable EFIFCScanLevel [?]? 1
Edit Boot Settings
0. Previous Menu
1. Help
2. Enable Alternate Boot Device [n]
3. Enable Selective Login [n]
4. Enable Selective Lun Logins [n]
5. OS Mode [HP-UX/OpenVMS]
6. EFI Variable EFIFCScanLevel [1]
7. Enable World Login [n]
Enter a Selection: 0
Main Menu
…
Enter a Selection: 12
Exiting...
Drv[28] Ctrl[2C] Lang[eng] - Options set. Action Required is None
Shell> reconnect -r
Shell> map –r –fs

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 Example: Accessing a FC boot device (cont.)

• After entering the FC boot device(s) into the Boot

Manager, reset EFIFCScanLevel to 0

• With access to an OpenVMS EFI system partition

(e.g. the installation DVD) the same can be
accomplished using:
Shell> fsX:\efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi boot fibre 1
Shell> reconnect -r
Shell> map -r –fs

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 VMS EFI Command vms_bfg

Shell> fsX:\efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi
vms_bcfg driver|boot [add # device-name "desc"] [dump] –
[rm #] [mv # #] [fibre #] [-v]
driver selects boot driver list
boot selects boot option list
dump [show] dumps selected list
add [set] add device-name with 'desc' at position #
addp [set] add 'file' with 'desc' at position #.
Use hard drive path
addh [set] add 'handle' with 'desc' at position #. Use Handle
addv [set] add 'D***:' with 'desc' at position #.
Use VMS device Name
rm [del] remove #
mv [ren] move # to #
fibre modifies EfiScanLevel to # (Default 0)
-v verbose

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 Example: Listing Boot Manager entries

Shell> fsX:\efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi boot dump

The boot option list is:
01. Acpi(HPQ0002,400,PNP0A08)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|1)/-
Fibre(WWN50001FE1500F90AF,Lun1000000000000)/-
HD(Part1,Sig…)/\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi –
"OpenVMS I64 V8.3-1H1 DGA11 FGB0.5000-1FE1-500F-90AF" OPT
…
08. Acpi(HPQ0002,400,PNP0A08)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|0)/-
Fibre(WWN50001FE1500F90A8,Lun1000000000000)/-
HD(Part1,Sig…)/\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi –
"OpenVMS I64 V8.3-1H1 DGA11 FGA0.5000-1FE1-500F-90A8" OPT
09. VenHw(D65A6B8C-71E5-4DF0-A909-F0D2992B5AA9) "EFI Shell [Built-in]"
0A. Acpi(HWP0002,0,PNP0A03)/Pci(2|0)/Usb(0, 2) "iLO Virtual Media"
0B. Acpi(HWP0002,100,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(001E0B5C06BE) "Core LAN Port 1"
0C. Acpi(HWP0002,100,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(001E0B5C06BF) "Core LAN Port 2"
0D. Acpi(HWP0002,200,PNP0A03)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(001E0B5C06BC) "Core LAN Port 3"
0E. Acpi(HWP0002,200,PNP0A03)/Pci(2|1)/Mac(001E0B5C06BD) "Core LAN Port 4"
0F. Acpi(HWP0002,0,PNP0A03)/Pci(2|0)/Usb(0, 2)/CDROM(Entry0) –
"Internal Bootable DVD"

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 Example: Creating Boot Manager entries

Shell> fsX:\efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi boot addv 2 $1$dga3730 –

-fl 1,0 "DGA3730 Root 1"
VMS: DGA3730 Fibre Device
EFI: fs1: Acpi(000222F0,200)/Pci(1|1)/Fibre(…),Lun(D)
vms_bcfg: Add boot option as 2
vms_bcfg: Add the next available VMS path? (Yes/No) [YES]
VMS: DGA3730 Fibre Device
EFI: fs9: Acpi(000222F0,300)/Pci(1|0)/Fibre(…),Lun(D)
vms_bcfg: Add boot option as 3
vms_bcfg: Add the next available VMS path? (Yes/No) [YES]

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 Example: Listing OpenVMS device names

Shell> fsX:\efi\vms\vms_show.efi device

VMS: EWA0 00-1E-0B-5C-06-BE
EFI: Acpi(HWP0002,100,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(001E0B5C06BE)
VMS: EWB0 00-1E-0B-5C-06-BF
EFI: Acpi(HWP0002,100,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(001E0B5C06BF)
VMS: DKA-1 HP DG072BABCE HPD6
EFI: Acpi(HWP0002,200,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E01C6E7B52)
VMS: DKA-1 HP DG072BABCE HPD6 V8_3_1H1
EFI: fs0: Acpi(HWP0002,200,PNP0A03)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E01C6EF042)
VMS: $1$DGA11 HP HSV210 6220 V8_3_1H1
EFI: fs2: Acpi(HPQ0002,400,PNP0A08)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|0)/-
Fibre(WWN50001FE1500F90AA,Lun1000000000000)
VMS: $1$DGA12 HP HSV210 6220
EFI: Acpi(HPQ0002,400,PNP0A08)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|0)/-
Fibre(WWN50001FE1500F90A8,Lun2000000000000)
…

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 EFI: Configuring TCP/IP (on an OpenVMS disk)

Shell> fs0:
fs0:\> cd \efi\vms\tools
fs0:\efi\vms\tools> type startup_net.nsh
File: fs0:\efi\vms\tools\startup_net.nsh, Size 702

load \efi\vms\tools\tcpipv4.efi
\efi\vms\tools\ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 up
\efi\vms\tools\ifconfig sni0 inet <a.b.c.d> netmask <a.b.c.d> up
\efi\vms\tools\route add default <a.b.c.d>

fs0:\efi\vms\tools> edit startup_net.nsh

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 EFI: NVRAM backup

• HP EFI tool to save and restore the EFI NVRAM

(boot configuration etc.)
• Download from HP‘s web site
• Google search:
“Integrity Non-Volatile RAM Configuration Back-up site:hp.com“
• Transfer nvrambkp.efi to the Integrity:
• USB device
• Configure and start TCP/IP, then use FTP
• OpenVMS: SYS$SYSTEM:EFI$CP.EXE
• OpenVMS Release Notes (since V8.2):

Using EFI$CP Utility not Recommended

The OpenVMS EFI$CP utility is presently considered undocumented and unsupported.

HP recommends against using this utility. Certain privileged operations within this utility
could render OpenVMS Integrity servers unbootable.

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 References

HP Integrity:
www.hp.com/go/integrity
www.hp.com/go/integrity_servers-docs
www.hp.com/go/blades-docs

VMS EFI Utilities:

HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
Chapter 10: EFI Utilities for OpenVMS

MP Documentation:
HP Integrity iLO 2 MP Operations Guide
HP Integrity iLO 3 Operations Guide

POSSE Documentation:
<Integrity System> User Service Guide, Appendix “Utilities“

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 References

Intel Itanium:
www.intel.com/itcenter/products/itanium/

UEFI:
www.uefi.org
tianocore.org (OpenSource components)

Overview of MP commands:
h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/attachments/hpeb/hpsc-46/2037/1/MP.pdf

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