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Procedures for Managing nPartitions
Creating a New nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Creating a New nPartition
In a server complex you can create multiple nPartitions if the server has
enough cells and core I/O to support the partitions.
You can create a new nPartition by using the following methods:
• HP-UX Commands on page 208
This procedure (using the parstatus, parcreate, and parmodify
commands) creates and configures a new nPartition from HP-UX.
• Partition Manager on page 212
This procedure (Partition —> Create Partition action) creates a new
nPartition using Partition Manager.
At least one cell in each nPartition must be connected to an I/O chassis
that has core I/O attached. To boot HP-UX the nPartition also must have
a boot device and any required PCI cards and devices installed.
When creating an nPartition you should adhere to the HP partition
requirements and guidelines. HP recommends only specific sets of
nPartition configurations.
If no partitions exist in a server complex, you must first establish a
Genesis Partition before creating other partitions.
HP-UX Commands This procedure (using the parstatus, parcreate, and parmodify
commands) creates and configures a new nPartition from HP-UX.
This procedure uses parstatus to find available (unassigned) cells, uses
parcreate to create a partition using the cells, and uses parmodify to
modify the partition’s settings and configure it for use.
One alternative to using this complete procedure is to replace steps 2–5
with a single parcreate command.
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