Planning Superdome Configurations

Planning Superdome Configurations
Rules and Guidelines for Configuring a Complex
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Starting-slots for new partitions. The factory chooses starting slots
in the following order, using the lowest priority-number that corresponds
to an empty slot with enough empty slots to the right of it to build the
partition:
Guidelines for Performance and High Availability
In general, what you do to improve performance will also improve
availability. Exceptions are noted below.
Read the guidelines that follow in conjunction with “Partitions, Cells and
I/O Chassis” on page 60.
When To Add Cells
Use all the possible resources within existing cells before
adding cells to a partition.
Example: If you need eight processors and 32 GB of RAM, configure
a partition containing two cells with four active processors and 16 GB
of RAM each, rather than four cells with two active processors and 8
GB of RAM each.
This guideline will help ensure the best performance; but there may
be cases in which you want to add cells for the sake of high
availability.
Priority Cabinet-Slot Priority Cabinet-Slot
1 0-0 9 0-1
2 1-0 10 1-1
3 0-4 11 05
4 1-4 12 1-5
5 0-2 13 0-3
6 1-2 14 1-3
7 0-6 15 0-7
8 1-6 16 1-7