HP-UX 11i December 2002 Release Notes

nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems
Partition Manager (parmgr)
Chapter 4
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• Partition Manager is now able to work around certain errors that used to be fatal (for
example, a cell reports a fatal firmware error). Warning messages are displayed, but
you can choose to continue despite the error.
• A
Show Details button was added to the Delete Partition dialog, allowing you to
review, save, or print the partition details prior to deletion.
• Partition Manager now flashes the amber attention LEDs, instead of setting them to
a steady-on state (in accordance with the new PCI standard specification). See “New
Attention Indicator Behavior” on page 60.
• Double-clicking on a cell or I/O chassis in the Create Partition Summary window
now displays details (equivalent to clicking
Show Details).
• CPU Type is now formatted as a hex value in the Cell Details display.
• When attempting to power-on an I/O chassis, the Modify Partition task now
power-cycles the cell connected to the chassis, instead of attempting (and failing) to
power-on the chassis directly.
• A more meaningful error message is displayed when a non-root user attempts to
start Partition Manager.
• When launching Partition Manager from a PC web browser, a graphic displayed in
the initial launch page has been corrected.
• If all cells currently assigned to a partition are removed, and others are added, an
incorrect message is no longer displayed.
• Partition Manager no longer warns about the state of the “Failure Usage” flag when
removing a cell from a partition.
• The Modify Partition dialog now checks for valid partition data and refreshes the
display, ensuring that compatibility checks are accurate.
• The Cell Details dialog now lists DIMMs using the same identification codes that are
printed on the cell board.
• The following have been fixed:
— an error preventing the retrieval of the list of disks attached to an I/O card
— an error preventing the deletion of the local partition
• New problem checkers report:
— active partitions with inactive cells that do not have “Use on Next Boot” set to
“no.”
— any HDCI errors that have occurred
• Messages and online help have been improved for the following:
— deleting a partition
— deleting cells from a partition
— when the GSP is locked or has pending actions
— Confirm Modify Partition dialog
— Online Addition/Replacement of an I/O card