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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Holding a Partition at a Ready for Reconfig State
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Holding a Partition at a Ready for Reconfig
State
Resetting an nPartition to a ready for reconfig state performs any
changes to the partition’s configuration and holds the partition and all
its cells in a boot-is-blocked (inactive) state.
To boot a partition after you have reset it to a ready for reconfig state,
you must use the service processor (GSP or MP) Command menu’s BO
command.
You can hold an nPartition at a ready for reconfig state by using the
following methods:
• Service Processor (GSP or MP) on page 167
This procedure (Command menu RR command) resets an nPartition
to a ready for reconfig state from the service processor.
• BCH on page 168
This procedure (RECONFIGRESET command) resets an nPartition to
a ready for reconfig state from the partition’s BCH interface.
• HP-UX on page 168
This procedure (shutdown -R -H command) resets an nPartition to a
ready for reconfig state from HP-UX running on the partition.
When you use the above methods to hold an nPartition at a
ready for reconfig state, the commands perform the following tasks:
1. Shut down HP-UX (if using the shutdown -R -H command) and reset
all cells that are assigned to the partition, including any inactive
cells.
2. Reconfigures the partition if necessary (adds or removes cells).
3. Keeps all cells at a boot-is-blocked state; the partition and all cells
assigned to it are inactive.
You should reset an nPartition to ready for reconfig whenever you need
for the partition and its cells to be inactive. This enables you to modify
the partition’s configuration from the GSP or from HP-UX running on a
remote partition in the same system complex.
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DRAFT NOV 2001