this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

Operating HP-9000 boxes (e.g. HP Visualize workstations) 

 

First start 

Show available commands, 

DIsplay

show available devices for booting, 

PAth

eventualily initialize and restart the box, 

COnfiguration
DEfault
RESET

 

Enable automated boot in the configuration menu and go back to the main menu, 

COnfiguration
AUto
AUto BOot ON

and boot, 

BOot

  Interact with IPL (Y, N, Q)?>

or simply restart to check that it finely boots by itself, 

RESET

 

Troubleshooting 

If you get this error, 

ERROR:  The stop boot flag is set - can't leave the user

eventually initialize the box, 

COnfiguration
DEfault
RESET

 

Take a look at the hardware warnings, 

INformation
WArnings

 

My hardware 

Here's the hardware I got. On vizuali1, 

  Primary boot path:    FWSCSI.6.0
  Alternate boot path:  SCSI.4.0
  Console path:         GRAPHICS(2)
  Keyboard path:        USB

 

vizuali2.fenain 

785/C3000 

512MB 

CDROM 

SEAGATE_ST39102LC 8GB 

 

References 

HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C3600 (http://www.openpa.net/systems/hp-visualize_b1000_c3000_c3600.html)