HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide

command. See the vparmodify man page on the OS (or the vparmodify2 help on the OA) for more

information on the attributes.

Examples

• To rename the virtual partition vPar0001 to Bergen:

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p 1 -P Bergen

• To add two processors to the virtual partition Oslo (cpu and core syntax):

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a cpu::2

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a core::2

• To add two socket-local processors from enclosure 1, blade 2, socket 0 to the virtual partition

vPar0001 ((cpu and core syntax):

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a socket:1/2/0:cpu::2

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a socket:3/6/0:core::2

• To delete 1 GB of Socket Local Memory on enclosure 1, blade 2, socket 0 from the same

virtual partition:

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -d socket:1/2/0:mem::1024

• To add the I/O card in IOX 6, I/O bay 2, slot 3 to the virtual partition (io and ioslot

syntax):

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a io:6/2/0/0/2

vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a ioslot:6/2/3

Commands: Displaying vPars Resource Information (vparstatus)

On HP Integrity Superdome 2, the Partition Controller running on the OA maintains all the

information about the virtual partitions, including the current state of the virtual partitions and

their resources. Using the OA command vparstatus, you can display this information. This

section describes the possible virtual partition states and the common usages of the vparstatus

command.

Virtual Partition States

Virtual partitions can either be in active or inactive states. An inactive virtual partition will be

able to boot up as a single operating system. The initiation of the boot operation changes the

state from inactive to active.

Table 8-1 Run-states of an inactive Virtual Partition

DescriptionState

The virtual partition is fully halted. This could be the result of a normal /etc/shutdown -h

command, or after it has been created.

DOWN

This run-state is shown when a boot is initiated on a virtual partition. This normally results in

the virtual partition becoming active with a FWBOOT run-state.

ACTIVATING

This run-state is displayed while a shutdown/reboot of a virtual partition is being processed.

DEACTIVATING

This run-state is displayed while a reset of a virtual partition is being processed.

RESETTING

This run-state is displayed while an MCA of a virtual partition is being processed.

MCA

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