nPartition Administrator's Guide

Configuring Boot Paths and Options..................................................................................................155
Configuring Autoboot Options...........................................................................................................158
Configuring Boot-Time System Tests..................................................................................................161
6 Creating and Configuring nPartitions......................................................................165
Tools for Configuring nPartitions.......................................................................................................165
Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions...............................................................165
Creating a Genesis Partition................................................................................................................170
Creating a New nPartition..................................................................................................................172
Removing (Deleting) an nPartition.....................................................................................................176
Assigning (Adding) Cells to an nPartition..........................................................................................179
Unassigning (Removing) Cells from an nPartition.............................................................................183
Renaming an nPartition......................................................................................................................187
Renaming a Server Complex...............................................................................................................188
Setting Cell Attributes.........................................................................................................................190
Setting nPartition Core Cell Choices...................................................................................................196
Unlocking Complex Profile Entries....................................................................................................199
Canceling Pending Changes to the Complex Profile..........................................................................201
7 Managing Hardware Resources..............................................................................203
Tools for Managing Hardware............................................................................................................203
Task Summaries for Hardware Resource Management.....................................................................203
Powering Server Cabinets On and Off................................................................................................207
Powering Cells and I/O Chassis On and Off.......................................................................................208
Turning Attention Indicators (LEDs) On and Off...............................................................................211
Configuring and Deconfiguring Cells................................................................................................215
Configuring and Deconfiguring Processors.......................................................................................219
Enabling and Disabling Hyper-Threading on Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processors..................220
Configuring and Deconfiguring Memory (DIMMs)...........................................................................222
Complex Health Analysis of a Server.................................................................................................224
8 Listing nPartition and Hardware Status....................................................................225
Tools for Listing Status........................................................................................................................225
Task Summaries for nPartition and Hardware Status........................................................................225
Listing Cell Configurations.................................................................................................................228
Listing Processor Configurations........................................................................................................229
Listing Memory Configurations.........................................................................................................231
Listing Input/Output (I/O) Configurations.........................................................................................233
Listing Cabinets in a Server Complex.................................................................................................236
Listing Product and Serial Numbers..................................................................................................237
Listing nPartition Configurations.......................................................................................................238
Listing the Local nPartition Number..................................................................................................239
Listing Power Status and Power Supplies..........................................................................................240
Listing Fan and Blower Status............................................................................................................242
A nPartition Commands................................................................................................245
Specifying Cells and I/O Chassis to Commands.................................................................................245
Cell Specification Formats.............................................................................................................245
I/O Specification Format................................................................................................................247
Specifying Remote Management Options to Commands..................................................................249
parconfig Command...........................................................................................................................251
Mapping of Global Cell Numbers to Local Cell Numbers............................................................257
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