HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide

Assigning (Adding) Blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition
This section describes the procedure to assign blades and I/O bays.
Assigning (Adding) Blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition Using the OA CLI
The syntax for adding a blade is:
parmodify -p <nParId/nPar_name> -a <resource_path>
For more information, see help parcreate and help parmodify.
The following command adds the blade in enclosure 1, slot 3 to the existing nPartition 2.
parmodify -p 2 -a blade:1/3:base:y:ri:50%
The syntax for adding an I/O bay is:
parmodify -p <nParId/nPar_name> -a io:iobay_path
:[use_on_next_boot][:failure_usage]
For more information, see the OA help, help parcreate and help parmodify .
The following command adds I/O bay 1 in enclosure 6 to the existing nPartition 2.
parmodify -p 2 -a io:6/1:
Assigning (Adding) Blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition Using the OA GUI
To assign blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition using the OA GUI, complete the following steps:
1. Select the nPartition from the left navigation pane and click modify nPartition.
2. Expand the Blade Resources option. Figure 5-3 “Blade Resources Option” shows the blade
resource screen.
Figure 5-3 Blade Resources Option
3. Select the blade resources that you want to assign to the nPartition.
4. Expand the IOX Resources option. Figure 5-4 “IOX Resources Option” shows the IOX
Resources screen.
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