Selecting to install or boot a device

Applicable for the next boot, select a device from which to boot the operating system or install the operating system. The boot list that is stored in nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) is not changed.

About this task

Select the Select Install/Boot a Device menu to view and set the options for 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.  Tape
 2.  CD/DVD
 3.  Hard Drive
 4.  Network
 5.  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 option, a menu similar to the following example is displayed.

  Select Hard Drive Type

 1.  SCSI
 2.  SAN
 3.  SAS
 4.  SATA
 5.  USB
 6.  NVMe
 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 any option other than the SAN option, all adapters of the chosen option type that are in the system or are assigned to the logical partition are displayed. For example, if you select the SCSI option, a menu similar to Select Media Adapter is displayed. If you select SAN option, a menu similar to the following example is displayed.


Select Fabric Type

1.  FCP
2.  FC NVMe over Fabric
3.  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 the FCP option, the Select Media menu for Fibre Channel adapters is displayed. If you select the FC NVMe over Fabric option, Fibre Channel adapters which support NVMe in the SAN are displayed.


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 the bootable SCSI hard files that are attached to the first adapter are listed.


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. An example is shown in the following display.


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 options, the device is booted in the appropriate mode or the firmware returns to the Select Task menu, depending on the confirmation response.

Selecting media for Fibre Channels
  Select Media Adapter

 1.          U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1   /pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1
 2.          U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T2   /pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1,1
 3.   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 a Fibre Channel adapter, the next menu displays the tasks that are available. In the following example, all the tasks are listed.

 Select Task
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   Specify a boot device using WWPN and LUN
 2.   Scan for available boot 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: _

You can either select to Specify a boot device using WWPN and LUN or Scan for available boot devices.

If you select Specify a boot device using WWPN and LUN, you can specify the device. In the following example, the WWPN and LUN are available for selection.

If you select Scan for available boot devices, you can scan for any available SAN boot devices.

Specifying a SAN device using WWPN and LUN
 Specify device 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   WWPN :  
 2.   LUN  :  

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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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key:

If you select WWPN, you can specify the WWPN and enter the 16 hex digits. In the following example, the Enter WWPN is shown.

 Specify device 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   WWPN :  
 2.   LUN  :  

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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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X to Abort or Enter WWPN: 50017380015b0182

After you enter the WWPN, you can see the hex digits. In the following example, the WWPN hex digits are shown and the LUN is available for selection.

 Specify device 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   WWPN :  50017380015b0182
 2.   LUN  :  

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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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _

If you select LUN, you can specify the LUN and enter the 16 hex digits. In the following example, the Enter LUN is shown.

 Specify device 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   WWPN :  50017380015b0182
 2.   LUN  :  

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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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X to Abort or Enter LUN:  3000000000000

After you enter the LUN, the device is searched for. If no device is found, then the following information message is displayed.




          .----------------------------------------------------------.
          |  THE SELECTED DEVICES WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE SYSTEM !  |
          |  Press any key to continue.                              |
          `----------------------------------------------------------'

The menu stays at specifying the WWPN and LUN, as shown in the following example.

 Specify device 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 1.   WWPN :  50017380015b0182
 2.   LUN  :    3000000000000

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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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _

If a device pointed to by the WWPN and LUN is found, then the device is listed, as shown in the following example.

 Select Device
 Device  Current  Device
 Number  Position  Name
 1.        1      SCSI 15 GB FC Harddisk, part=2 (AIX 7.1.0)
        ( loc=U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1-W50017380015b0182-L3000000000000 )


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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 menu item number and press Enter or select 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 display is shown in the following example.


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 options, the device is booted in the appropriate mode or the firmware returns to the Select Task menu, depending on the confirmation response.

Selecting available boot devices
 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  1
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  11

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  11
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  2  Minutes 12  Seconds

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

The number of available devices for scan is shown.

Select option 1 to specify a start value for the scan range. In the following example, the enter start value is shown.

 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  1
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  11

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  11
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  2  Minutes 12  Seconds

Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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X to Abort or Enter Start value for the scan range: 4

Enter the start value. An example of 4 is shown.

Note: Scan range values must be within the available number of devices. If you enter a scan range value that is outside these values, an information error is shown.


                    .-----------------------------------------------.
                    |  Invalid value for scan range....             |
                    `-----------------------------------------------'

In the following example, you can choose to specify the end value.

 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  4
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  11

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  11
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  2  Minutes 12  Seconds

Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: 2

Select option 2 to specify the end value for the scan range. In the following example, the end value is shown.

 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  4
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  11

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  11
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  2  Minutes 12  Seconds

Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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X to Abort or Enter End value for the scan range:  7

Enter the end value. An example of 7 is shown here.

Note: Scan range values must be within the available number of devices. If you enter a scan range value that is outside these values, an information error is shown.


                    .-----------------------------------------------.
                    |  Invalid value for scan range....             |
                    `-----------------------------------------------'

In the following example, you can specify the start value and end value for the scan.

 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  4
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  7

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  4
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  0  Minutes 48  Seconds


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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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key:

Select option 3 to start a scan for the specified range.

In the following example, the progress of the scan is shown.

 Scan options 
        U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1/pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1

 Number of devices available for scan:  11


 Specify a range for the scan 
 1.   Start value for the scan range :  4
 2.   End value for the scan range   :  7

 3.   Scan 
   -> Number of devices selected for scan :  4
   -> Approximate time for scan           :  0  Minutes 48  Seconds


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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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 check /pci@800000020000202/fibre-channel@1/disk@50017380015b0182,a000000000000

If no devices are found in the specified scan range, an information message is shown.

If devices are found in the specified scan range, they are listed in the Select device.





          .----------------------------------------------------------.
          |  THE SELECTED DEVICES WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE SYSTEM !  |
          |  Press any key to continue.                              |
          `----------------------------------------------------------'

In the following example, you can select the device to boot.

 Select Device
 Device  Current  Device
 Number  Position  Name
 1.        1      SCSI 15 GB FC Harddisk, part=2 (AIX 7.1.0)
        ( loc=U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1-W50017380015b0182-L3000000000000 )



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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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key:

Select option 1 to boot from the first device. More than one device can be shown depending on the available devices.

In the following example, you can select the boot mode.

 Select Task

SCSI 15 GB FC Harddisk, part=2 (AIX 7.1.0)
    ( loc=U78A0.001.DNWGWL9-P1-C4-T1-W50017380015b0182-L3000000000000 )

 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 menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key:

Select option 2 for a normal mode boot.