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The default memory setting is also dependent on the boot mode of the nPartition.
System may choose to have a different default memory setting for the nPartition in
virtual partitions mode for ease of virtual partition configuration. However, if user
has specified a value for memory setting, that will be applied independent of the
mode of operation.
-M type:max_value Specifies maximum number of blades or virtual partitions allowed in an nPartition.
The nPartition will not be allowed to have more than the max_value for the type
specified. The valid values for type are case-insensitive
blade and vpar.
By default, platform supported max values for blades per nPartition and virtual
partitions per nPartition are allowed. User specified value cannot be greater than
platform supported max values.
-N next_boot_mode Specifies whether the nPartition has to be booted as a single partition (nPars mode)
capable of running only a single operating system (OS) instance or as one or more
virtual partitions (vPars mode) as defined in the virtual partition database in the
partition specification, each capable of running its own OS instance. The valid
values for next_boot_mode are case-insensitive
nPars and vPars. By default, an
nPartition is booted in nPars mode.
-O os_name Specifies the name of the operating system (OS) that will be booted by the user in
the nPartition after it has been created. This is used to determine the default
values for certain firmware settings and nPartition attributes. The valid string for
os_name is case-insensitive
HPUX_11iV3 (default). Please use the pardefault (1M)
command to see the default settings for each OS type.
Note: Booting a different OS than the one specified could result in the OS failing to
boot or in the OS not behaving properly once booted.
-P partition_name Specifies an optional name for the new nPartition. An nPartition name should at
least have one of the following non-numeric character a-z, A-Z, dash (
-), underscore
(_), or period (.). No other non-numeric character is allowed in an nPartition
name. The nPartition name should not start with a dash (
-). An nPartition name
with the same format as the default name can only be specified if the specified name
matches the nPartition number.
Note: The name for the nPartition should be specified either using
-p name or -P
option. Attempts to specify the nPartition name using both the
-p name and -P
options in the same command line will be considered invalid.
-T hyper_threading_flag
Specifies whether Hyper-Threading should be enabled or not. The valid values for
hyper_threading_flag are:
y enables Hyper-Threading, which allows multiple threads to run concurrently
on each processor.
n disables Hyper-Threading, this is the default value.
-V vga_flag Specifies whether VGA should be enabled or disabled in an nPartition. The valid
values for vga_flag are case-insensitive enable and disable. The default VGA
value would depend on the operating system type specified by the user through -O
option. Depending on the platform and OS type, VGA may always be disabled when
running virtual partitions in an nPartition.
-X parspec: change_policy_flag
Specifies the partition specification (parspec) change policy. The valid values for
change_policy_flag are case-insensitive enable
and disable.
The "parspec change policy" is an attribute of an nPartition which the user can
enable or disable. By default, it is enabled. The parspec change policy
determines whether the OA can automatically modify a parspec in order to enable a
partition operation (such as booting). In some scenarios, it is possible that the sys-
tem cannot meet the customer requested resource or attribute specifications in the
parspec for an nPartition or virtual partition. This could be due to non-existent
resources or degraded resources or other restrictions in hardware architecture.
Under these circumstances, the partition configuration in the parspec may need to
be modified to make forward progress. The parspec change policy attribute of the
nPartition gives the customer the ability to choose the behavior in these cases. If
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