Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

Procedure 4-38 Setting cell attributes [nPartition commands]
From the command line, use the parmodify -p# -m#... command to configure cell attributes.
You also can use the parstatus -V -c# command to list attribute details for a specific cell
(-c# where # is the cell number).
1. Log in to Windows on the management station PC.
2. To list current cell attribute settings, use the parstatus -C command to list the
use-on-next-boot values for all cells, or use the parstatus -V -c# command to list all
attribute values for a specific cell (-c# where # is the cell number)
NOTE: You must include the correct remote administration options when issuing par
commands (-h and -g for IPMI over LAN connections; -h and -u for WBEM/WMI
connections). For a complete explanation of these options, see the command description in
“nPartition Commands Reference” (page 89).
3. To modify cell attribute values, use the parmodify -p# -m#... command and specify
the new attributes for a cell as part of the -m option.
You must specify both the nPartition (-p# where # is the nPartition number) and the cell
(-m#... where # is the cell number).
To modify multiple cells, you can specify the -m option multiple times in the same command.
parmodify command: -m attribute explanation The parmodify command’s -m...
option specifies a cell number and attributes, which are used to modify the configuration
of the specified cell.
• For Windows Server 2003, the parmodify command’s -m... option is as follows:
-m cell:[type]:[use]:[fail][:clm]
where:
cell The cell to be added to the nPartition. You can specify the cell in global (cell)
format or in hardware location (cabinet/slot) format.
type The cell type: base is the only supported cell type and it is the default.
use The cell use-on-next-boot value: y or n. Use y (the default) if the cell is to be an
active member of the nPartition, or use n if the cell is to remain an inactive
member.
fail The cell failure usage: ri (reactivate with interleave) is the only supported
failure usage policy and it is the default.
The clm value specifies the amount of memory that will be configured as cell local
memory for the cell.
Cell local memory specification You can specify the clm value in either of two forms:
percentage or absolute amount of memory.
— Percentage cell-local memory (CLM).
The percent number can be any number in the range 0–100 with a suffix of %.
This number is rounded to 12.5%, 25%, 37.5%, 50%, 62.5%, 75%, 87.5% or 100%. If
the cell contains less than 4 GBytes of memory, then the percentage is rounded to
25%, 50%, 75% or 100%. Percentages are rounded up or down to the nearest value,
but are not rounded up to 100%.
— Absolute CLM specification. (The default.)
The absolute number is interpreted as an absolute number of gigabytes of memory
and can optionally have a suffix of GB.
As needed, an absolute CLM specification is rounded up to the nearest 0.5 GBytes.
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