nPartition Administrator's Guide

All cell-based servers support creating a Genesis Partition. See “Creating a Genesis
Partition for a Server Complex” (page 30).
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— Only cell-based servers based on the HP sx1000 or sx2000 chipset support remote
administration using IPMI over LAN.
From a system with the Enhanced nPartition Commands, use the parcreate command
-g... -h... set of options. Or from Partition Manager Version 2.0 use the Switch
Complex es dialog to connect to the complex and use the nPartition→Create nPartition
action.
For remote administration details see “Remote and Local Management of nPartitions”
(page 41).
• Creating a Genesis Partition for a Server Complex Creating a Genesis Partition involves
the service processor (MP or GSP) CC command to specify that an initial, one-cell nPartition
be created within the server complex. To create a Genesis Partition, the complex either must
have no nPartitions defined, or all nPartitions must be shutdown for reconfig (inactive). For
details see “Genesis Partition” (page 30).
• Creating Additional nPartitions in a Server Complex You can use either of two methods to
create additional nPartitions in a complex where one or more nPartitions already are defined:
either use parcreate or Partition Manager from an nPartition running in the complex, or
use the remote administration feature of those tools running on a system outside the complex.
For a detailed procedure see “Creating a New nPartition” (page 172).
— Creating a New nPartition Locally — To create a new nPartition in the same complex
where parcreate or Partition Manager is running at least one nPartition must be
booted with an operating system that has the nPartition tools installed.
Login to HP-UX on the nPartition and issue the parcreate command, or access Partition
Manager running on the nPartition and use its Create nPartition action.
— Creating a New nPartition Remotely — To remotely create a new nPartition in a complex,
do so either by using the Enhanced nPartition Commands version of parcreate, or
by using Partition Manager Version 2.0.
Only cell-based servers based on the HP sx1000 or sx2000 chipset support remote
administration.
Both parcreate and Partition Manager support two methods of remote administration:
WBEM and IPMI over LAN. For remote administration using WBEM the tool remotely
accesses a booted operating system running on an nPartition in the target complex (for
example, by the -u... -h... set of options). For remote administration using IPMI
over LAN the tool remotely accesses the service processor of the target complex (for
example, by the -g... -h... set of options).
For remote administration details see “Remote and Local Management of nPartitions”
(page 41).
For detailed procedures for creating and managing nPartitions see Chapter 6 (page 165).
Genesis Partition
The Genesis Partition is the initial, one-cell nPartition created within a server complex by the
service processor (MP or GSP) CC command. The Genesis Partition is just like any other nPartition
except for how it is created and the fact that its creation wipes out any previous nPartition
configuration data.
For a detailed procedure see “Creating a Genesis Partition” (page 170).
If your server complex has its nPartitions pre-configured by HP, you do not need to create a
Genesis Partition.
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