Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring and Managing Superdome Partitions
Procedures for Managing Partitions
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Setting and Checking Cell Attributes
Each cell assigned to a partition has several attributes that determine
when the cell is used.
You can list and set each cell’s use-on-next-boot and failure-usage
attribute settings. These settings determine when the cell becomes
active by joining the partition during the boot process.
• Use on Next Boot
The use-on-next-boot setting for each cell indicates whether the cell
will be used (active) the next time the partition is booted.
• Failure Usage
The failure-usage setting (the Failure Mode, in Partition Manager)
for each cell indicates whether the cell will be used, if possible, if any
processors or memory fail during the cell’s self-tests.
NOTE HP-UX Release 11i supports only one cell failure-usage setting:
reactivate with interleave.
The reactivate-with-interleave setting allows a cell to join its
partition following processor or memory failures during the cell’s self
tests. The cell joins its partition if at least one processor and any valid
amount of memory passes self tests. Any of the cell’s components that
fail (processors or memory) are not available to the partition.
HP-UX will support other failure-usage settings in future releases.
The procedures that follow describe how to list and set these cell
attributes.
You can perform this task using the BCH interface,
HP-UX commands, or Partition Manager.
• “BCH” on page 190
• “HP-UX” on page 192
• “Partition Manager” on page 194