Selecting to install or boot a device

Select the Select Install/Boot a Device option to view and set various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices.

  1. Select Install/Boot a Device
  2. Configure Boot Device Order
  3. Multiboot Startup [OFF]
  4. SAN Zoning Support
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _   

A menu similar to the following example is displayed.

  Select Device Type

 1.  Diskette
 2.  Tape
 3.  CD/DVD
 4.  IDE
 5.  Hard Drive
 6.  Network
 7.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _   

If you select Hard Drive, a menu similar to the following example is displayed.

  Select Hard Drive Type

 1.  SCSI
 2.  SSA
 3.  SAN
 4.  SAS
 5.  SATA
 6.  USB
 7.  IDE
 8.  ISA
 9.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _   

If you select SCSI, for example, all of the SCSI adapters that are in the system, or assigned to the logical partition, are displayed on the next menu. Depending on the devices that are installed in your system, a menu similar to the following is displayed.

Version EM310_024
SMS 1.6 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2005 All rights reserved.
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Select Media Adapter

1.  Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
2.  Un-P1-T12 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
3.  Un-P1-T13 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1
4.  List all devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _   

When you select an adapter, the next menu displays the bootable devices of the requested type that are attached to that adapter. In the following example, all of the bootable SCSI hard files that are attached to the first adapter are listed.

Version EM310_024
SMS 1.6 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2005 All rights reserved.
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Select    Device
Device    Current    Device 
Number    Position   Name

1           1       SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
                     pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _   

You can now select the appropriate device for this installation or boot.

When a device is selected for installing the operating system, or to boot from, the Select Task menu might be used to retrieve more information about the device, or to boot from that device in normal mode or service mode. The following is an example of this menu.

Select Task

SCSI 36401 MB Harddisk, part=2 (AIX 5.3.0)
     (loc=U788D.001.06A0034-P1-T10-L1-L0)

1.  Information
2.  Normal Mode Boot
3.  Service Mode Boot


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen           X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _    

If you select either Normal Mode Boot or Service Mode Boot, the next menu asks, Are you sure? If you answer yes, the device is booted in the appropriate mode. If you answer no, the firmware returns to the Select Task menu.