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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Booting an Inactive nPartition Past Boot-Is-Blocked (BIB)
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Booting an Inactive nPartition Past
Boot-Is-Blocked (BIB)
When all cells in an nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the partition is
inactive. This is the case, for example, when an nPartition is held at a
ready for reconfig state.
You can boot an nPartition past the ready for reconfig state to make it
active by using the service processor Command menu’s BO (boot)
command.
To determine whether a partition is in a boot-is-blocked
(ready for reconfig) state, use the partition’s Virtual Front Panel to
monitor the partition’s boot activity. If all of the partition’s cells are at
boot-is-blocked, the partition is halted at a ready for reconfig state.
Service Processor
(GSP or MP)
This procedure (Command menu BO command) boots an nPartition past
the ready for reconfig state to make the partition active.
If you use the Command menu’s BO command to attempt to boot a
partition that already is active, the command has no effect.
Step 1. Log in to the server complex’s service processor and enter CM to select the
Command menu.
# telnet sdome-s
Trying...
Connected to sdome-s.rsn.hp.com.
Escape character is ’^]’.
Local flow control off
GSP login: Accountname
GSP password:
CO: Consoles
VFP: Virtual Front Panel
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Logs
SL: Show chassis Logs
HE: Help
X: Exit Connection
GSP> CM
Enter HE to get a list of available commands
GSP:CM>
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