HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems
New and Modified Hard Partition Commands
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Modified Commands
The commands shutdown and reboot have been modified for systems that support hard
partitions. Two new options, -R and -H, have been added to both these commands.
The -R option is used to shut down the system to a “ready to reconfig” state and reboot
automatically. The -R -H option is used to shut down the system to a “ready to reconfig”
state but without rebooting. A partition must be put into the “ready to reconfig” state
before its newly assigned cells can be activated. (A normal reboot will not activate newly
assigned cells.) The “ready to config” state is also necessary to complete the removal of
active cells that have been unassigned from the partition. The commands’ default
behaviors, or the behaviors of all the other existing options, remain unchanged.
The interpretation of Autoboot and Autosearch in the command setboot has changed
for systems that support hard partitions. The firmware interprets the bits in
combination and not individually as done before.
In order to approximate the traditional behavior of setboot, the user input for the
Autoboot and Autosearch flags is internally mapped to the right combination to achieve
the desired behavior. This mapping should be transparent to the user of setboot, but it
might not be so apparent to those accessing the firmware using other means. For the
primary path, the boot action corresponds to the Autoboot and Autosearch flags in the
following manner:
parremove (1M) Removes an existing partition.
parunlock (1M) Unlocks the Stable Complex Configuration Data or
Partition Configuration Data.
fruled (1) Turns locator LEDs on/off for cells, cabinets and I/O
chassis.
frupower (1M) Enables or disables power to a cell or I/O chassis, or
displays the power status of cells or I/O chassis.
Table 4-2 nPartition Boot Actions
AutoBoot
(setboot -b)
AutoSearch
(setboot -s)
nPartition Boot Action
off off Go to the Boot Console Handler (BCH) and prompt
the user.
on off Attempt the primary path; on failure go to BCH.
on on Attempt to boot the PRI boot path; if fail to boot
PRI, attempt to perform the HAA boot path’s boot
action.
off on Skip the PRI boot path; attempt to perform the HAA
boot path’s boot action.
Command Description