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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Configuring Fast Boot Settings (Self Tests) for a nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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The self test details listed by setboot -v include:
TEST—The keyword names of self tests that you can enable or disable.
CURRENT—The nPartition’s setting for the test in stable storage: on means
the test is normally executed on each boot, off means the test is normally
omitted on each boot, partial means some subtests normally are executed
on each boot. This may differ from the NEXT BOOT settings.
SUPPORTED—Whether the server supports the test completely (yes),
partially (partial), or not at all (no).
DEFAULT—The default setting for the test, either on, off, or partial.
NEXT BOOT—The nPartition’s self test behavior for the next boot only. If
these settings differ from CURRENT, then the CURRENT settings are
reestablished after the next boot.
The following example shows setboot -v output for an nPartition.
Step 3. Use the setboot... command to enable or disable boot-time self tests
for the local nPartition.
You can use the following commands to configure tests:
setboot -t test_name =[on|off|default]
setboot -T
test_name =[on|off|default]
test_name is the name of the self test (“PDH”, “early_cpu”, “late_cpu”) or
is “all” (for all tests).
The setboot command’s -t option changes the test setting in stable
storage and affects all following boots. The -T option changes the test
setting for the next boot only.
# setboot -v
Primary bootpath : 0/0/6/0/0.6.0
Alternate bootpath : 0/0/1/0/0.8.0
Autoboot is OFF (disabled)
Autosearch is OFF (disabled)
Note: The interpretation of Autoboot and Autosearch has changed for
systems that support hardware partitions. Please refer to the manpage.
TEST CURRENT SUPPORTED DEFAULT NEXT BOOT
---- ------- --------- ------- ---------
all partial partial partial partial
SELFTESTS on yes on on
early_cpu on yes on on
late_cpu on yes on on
FASTBOOT partial partial partial partial
full_memory off no off off
PDH on yes on on
CEC off no off off
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