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Boot and Reset Overview for nPartitions
Boot States and Activities for Partitions and Cells
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Boot States and Activities for Partitions and
Cells
On HP nPartition servers, the cell and nPartition boot process proceeds
from one boot state to the next; cells and partitions complete various boot
activities within each boot state before proceeding to the next boot state.
You can view current details about partition and cells boot states and
activities by viewing the partition’s Virtual Front Panel. From the
service processor (GSP or MP) Main menu enter VFP to access the VFPs
that are available for the server complex.
Table 4-1 on page 142 presents the partition and cell states and activities
that you can observe from a partition’s Virtual Front Panel.
You can view a Virtual Front Panel for a specific partition that includes
details for all cells in the partition, as shown below.
You also can view a system-wide VFP, which shows a summary of each
partition’s current state and its activity.
E indicates error since last boot
Partition 0 state Activity
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Cell(s) Booting: 904 Logs
# Cell state Activity
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0 Late CPU selftest Processor test 299 Logs
2 Late CPU selftest Processor test 299 Logs
4 Memory discovery Physical memory test 304 Logs
GSP:VFP (^B to Quit) >
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DRAFT NOV 2001