OpenVMS Integrity Differences

Course Description

This 2-day course teaches students about the installation, operation, maintenance, and booting of OpenVMS on Integrity Servers. It covers the differences in OpenVMS between Alpha and Integrity along with the differences of the consoles of between the two systems.

Who Should Attend

• OpenVMS system managers who are moving from Alpha Servers to Integrity Servers

Prerequisites

Students taking this course should have 2 to 3 years experience managing an OpenVMS on Alpha Servers.

Benefits of Attending this Class

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to install and manage OpenVMS on an HP Integrity Server.

Course Contents

Integrity Console

• HP Integrity Server Console Overview
• EFI
• HP Value Added Interfaces
• Connections to the Management Processor
• Location of the MP and connections
• rx2620
• rx3600 / rx6600
• rx4640
• rx7620
• rx8620 Core I/O card
• Superdome
• Connecting to the MP via Serial Port
• MP Main Menu
• MP Help
• Configuring the MP LAN
• Understanding the Integrity Boot
• EFI Components
• Console Comparisons

iLO - Integrated Lights Out

• Web Access to the Integrity Console
• iLO Login
• Active Users of Console Subsystem
• iLO Server Status
• iLO System Event Log
• CLI System Event Log
• iLO Administration
• iLO Virtual Media
• iLO Power and Reset
• Changing LAN Configuration via iLO
• Installing MP Licenses via iLO

Integrity Firmware

• Updating MP Firmware
• Updating IO Firmware

Installing OpenVMS on Integrity Server

• OpenVMS System Disk /EFI FAT32
• Installing OpenVMS on Integrity Systems
• Installing OpenVMS from Virtual Media
• Backing up the NVRAM (MP/System Board Configuration)

Operational Differences

• Types of License for the OpenVMS Integrity Server
• Examining the Error Log
• Conversational Boots on an Integrity
• Forcing a Crash on the Integrity System

If you have any questions about this or any other class, ask us and we'll be happy to help.