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Introduction to nPartitions
Tools for Managing Partitions
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Use Table 2-1 to select the most appropriate partition management tool
based on the tasks you need to perform and the ways in which you can
access the system.
Table 2-1 HP nPartition Management Tools
Partition Tool Features and Restrictions
Service Processor
(GSP or MP)
menus
The service processor menus provide a complex-wide service interface
that allows access to complex hardware and nPartitions defined
within the complex.
• Availability—Using service processor menus requires logging in to
the service processor. Your service processor login account
determines your level of access to the complex hardware and
nPartitions.
• Features—Service processor commands, access to partition
consoles, Virtual Front Panels (VFPs) for live partition status
details, ability to power cycle hardware, ability to reset and TOC
partitions, ability to view live chassis codes, and access to console
and chassis code log files.
• Tasks Supported—Monitoring and listing status for all
nPartitions and hardware within a server complex. Viewing
chassis codes. Partition console access. Partition reset and complex
hardware power control.
Virtual Front
Panel (VFP)
interfaces
The VFP interface provides a real-time display of nPartition and cell
boot states and activities.
• Availability—Viewing the VFP interface for a partition (or entire
system) requires logging in to the service processor. Your service
processor user account determines which partition VFPs you can
access.
• Features—Real-time text summaries of partition and cell boot
states and activities.
• Tasks Supported—Monitoring nPartition boot progress and
associated cell status.
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DRAFT NOV 2001