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Boot and Reset Overview for nPartitions
Monitoring Partition Boot Activity
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Monitoring Partition Boot Activity
On HP nPartition servers you can monitor the partition boot
process—from power-on or reset to HP-UX start-up—using the Virtual
Front Panel (VFP) view of the partition.
Each partition has its own VFP that displays details about the
partition’s cells and the partition’s boot state and activity.
NOTE After you add or remove cells from the partition, you must exit and
re-enter the partition’s VFP to update the list of cells the VFP displays.
Service Processor
(GSP or MP)
Use the following procedure (service processor Main menu, VFP option) to
access a partition Virtual Front Panel for monitoring the partition’s boot
status.
Step 1. From the Main menu, enter VFP to select the Virtual Front Panel option.
If you are accessing the service processor using a single-partition-user
account, selecting the VFP option takes you directly to the partition’s
Virtual Front Panel.
If accessing the GSP using an operator or administrator account, you can
select the VFP for any single partition, or can select a system VFP that
displays the partition state and activity for all partitions within the
server complex.
Step 2. Select the partition you wish to monitor.
GSP MAIN MENU:
Utility Subsystem FW Revision Level: SR_XXXX_D
CO: Consoles
VFP: Virtual Front Panel
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Logs
SL: Show chassis Logs
HE: Help
X: Exit Connection
GSP> VFP
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