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HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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6. Procedures for Managing nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Listing the Local (Current) Partition Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Listing All Configured nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Listing Cell nPartition Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Creating a Genesis Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Creating a New nPartition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Adding Cells to an nPartition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Removing Cells from an nPartition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Deleting (Removing) an nPartition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Naming and Renaming nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Setting and Checking Cell Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Setting and Checking nPartition Core Cell Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Moving a Cell to a Different nPartition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Restoring a Complex Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
7. Listing and Managing Server Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tools for Listing and Managing Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Powering Server Cabinets On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Powering Cells and I/O Chassis On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Determining Hardware Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Turning Attention Indicators (LEDs) On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Listing Cell Processor and Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Deconfiguring Cells, Processors, and Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Listing the Server Product Number and Serial Number. . . . . . . . . . . 285
Checking Blower and Fan Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Analyzing a Server Complex’s Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Listing the Cabinets in a Server Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Listing the nPartitions in a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Naming or Renaming a Server Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Checking for Power Supply Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Checking for Memory DIMM Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Checking for Processor Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
8. HP Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) for nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Introduction to iCOD on nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Unique iCOD Features for nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
HP Restricted / DRAFT
DRAFT NOV 2001