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Introduction to nPartitions
Specifying Cells and I/O Chassis to Commands
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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I/O Format
Use the following I/O hardware location format when specifying an I/O
chassis to the HP-UX nPartition configuration commands:
cabinet/bay/chassis
The cabinet, bay, and chassis fields specify the physical location of the
I/O chassis. The values of these fields are as follows.
• cabinet
specifies the cabinet number where the I/O chassis resides.
On HP rp8400 and rp7410 servers, the cabinet number always is 0.
On HP Superdome servers, the cabinet number can be:
— 0 — the left Compute cabinet.
— 1 — the right Compute cabinet, if present.
— 8 — an I/O Expansion cabinet, if present.
— 9 — an I/O Expansion cabinet, if present.
• bay
specifies the I/O bay (within a cabinet) where the I/O chassis resides.
On HP rp8400 and HP rp7410 servers, the bay number always is 0.
On HP Superdome servers, the bay number can be:
— 0 — the front bay of a Compute cabinet, or the bottom bay of an
I/O Expansion cabinet.
— 1 — the rear bay of a Compute cabinet, or the middle bay of an
I/O Expansion cabinet.
— 2 — the top bay in an I/O Expansion cabinet.
• chassis
specifies the I/O chassis (within a bay).
On HP rp8400 and HP rp7410 servers, the chassis number is:
— 0 — Chassis 0, which connects to cell 0 and is the left chassis as
viewed from the cabinet rear: the left eight PCI card slots.
— 1 — Chassis 1, which connects to cell 1 and is the right chassis as
viewed from the cabinet rear: the right eight PCI card slots.
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DRAFT NOV 2001