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Procedures for Managing nPartitions
Adding Cells to an nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Adding Cells to an nPartition
You can add cells to the local nPartition or to any remote nPartitions in
the same server complex.
Adding cells to an nPartition involves selecting available cells (those not
currently assigned to a partition) and assigning them to an existing
partition. Both the selected cells and any I/O chassis connected to the
cells are assigned to the designated nPartition.
You can add cells to an nPartition by using the following methods:
• HP-UX Commands on page 215
This procedure (using the parstatus and parmodify commands) adds
cells to an nPartition using HP-UX commands.
• Partition Manager on page 216
This procedure (the Partition —> Modify Partition menu,
Add/Remove Cells tab) adds cells to an nPartition from Partition
Manager.
When adding cells to an nPartition you should adhere to HP’s nPartition
requirements and guidelines.
Reboot for Reconfig Guidelines
In some situations you must immediately perform a reboot for reconfig of
a modified nPartition after adding cells to it.
•Youmust immediately perform a reboot for reconfig (shutdown -R)of
an nPartition when you have added a cell to an active nPartition and
you specified the -B option to the parmodify command.
•Youshould perform a reboot for reconfig of an nPartition as soon as
possible after you have added a cell to an active nPartition and have
specified a “y” use-on-next-boot value for the new cell.
• You need not perform a reboot for reconfig of an nPartition in these
situations:
— When you have added a cell to an inactive nPartition.
— When you have added a cell with a “n” use-on-next-boot value and
you did not specify the -B option to the parmodify command.
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