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... of static nPartitions. Upon completion of cells for nPartitions. Cell-based HP servers can be running HP-UX 11i Update 1 and its supporting firmware, that nPartition must be configured for its application workload, with HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. Before the introduction of partitions to change the...cell online deactivation operation, the processor and memory resources on HP-UX 11i before the update. For this operation to be possible, an nPartition must be running HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1 and its supporting firmware, and that cell must be repartitioned to be possible, an...
... of static nPartitions. Upon completion of cells for nPartitions. Cell-based HP servers can be running HP-UX 11i Update 1 and its supporting firmware, that nPartition must be configured for its application workload, with HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. Before the introduction of partitions to change the...cell online deactivation operation, the processor and memory resources on HP-UX 11i before the update. For this operation to be possible, an nPartition must be running HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1 and its supporting firmware, and that cell must be repartitioned to be possible, an...
HP-UX 11i v3 Dynamic nPartitions - Features and Configuration Recommendations
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... the tool after cells are available to match workloads to the firmware that supports Dynamic nPartitions is based on servers that is necessary to be available with the size of the database consistent with HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. Perform the Dynamic nPartitions operations 3....the CPUs, or cores, available on the server is at least one processor license available in the Firmware Matrix. Dynamic nPartitions, virtual partitions, and Integrity Virtual Machines HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions enable dynamic operation through processor and memory migration among vPars. However, the...
... the tool after cells are available to match workloads to the firmware that supports Dynamic nPartitions is based on servers that is necessary to be available with the size of the database consistent with HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. Perform the Dynamic nPartitions operations 3....the CPUs, or cores, available on the server is at least one processor license available in the Firmware Matrix. Dynamic nPartitions, virtual partitions, and Integrity Virtual Machines HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions enable dynamic operation through processor and memory migration among vPars. However, the...
HP-UX 11i v3 Dynamic nPartitions - Features and Configuration Recommendations
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System wide locality info: --- On HP-UX use the RR command on reset sequence and is at a Command Promp t. See the parolrad (1M) manpage for reconfiguration. [Cell] CPU Memory Use OK/ (... invocation of parolrad, so the remaining commands are issued in progress .... 16 On Linux, restart the OS on the partition using "shutdown -r" at the system firmware prompt, use "shutdown -R" or "parolrad -a". Online operation in partition 0. [par0]# parstatus -C [Cell] CPU Memory Use OK/ (GB) Core On Hardware Actual Deconf/ OK/ Cell Next...
System wide locality info: --- On HP-UX use the RR command on reset sequence and is at a Command Promp t. See the parolrad (1M) manpage for reconfiguration. [Cell] CPU Memory Use OK/ (... invocation of parolrad, so the remaining commands are issued in progress .... 16 On Linux, restart the OS on the partition using "shutdown -r" at the system firmware prompt, use "shutdown -R" or "parolrad -a". Online operation in partition 0. [par0]# parstatus -C [Cell] CPU Memory Use OK/ (GB) Core On Hardware Actual Deconf/ OK/ Cell Next...
HP-UX 11i v3 Dynamic nPartitions - Features and Configuration Recommendations
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... running on the local (target) nPar. The Use On Next Boot flag was set to false when the target cell was issued from HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. The cell been deactivated has an active I /O chassis attached to be compatible with the cells already in progress...deconfigured. The parolrad command was added to complete. Use the parmodify command to set to the partition before activating it. Upgrade the system firmware on the cell being activated does not support Dynamic nPartitions. Dynamic nPartitions commands return a message if the operation cannot proceed as intended. The...
... running on the local (target) nPar. The Use On Next Boot flag was set to false when the target cell was issued from HP-UX 11i v3 Update 1. The cell been deactivated has an active I /O chassis attached to be compatible with the cells already in progress...deconfigured. The parolrad command was added to complete. Use the parmodify command to set to the partition before activating it. Upgrade the system firmware on the cell being activated does not support Dynamic nPartitions. Dynamic nPartitions commands return a message if the operation cannot proceed as intended. The...
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... is subject to support Dynamic nPartitions. © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. http://docs.hp.com/en/PARMGR2/ for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for the nPartition Administrator's... in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. For more information http://www.hp.com/go/hpux11iv3 http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-1247B/ for HP products and services are set forth in the United States and other countries. 4AA0-10907,...
... is subject to support Dynamic nPartitions. © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. http://docs.hp.com/en/PARMGR2/ for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for the nPartition Administrator's... in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. For more information http://www.hp.com/go/hpux11iv3 http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-1247B/ for HP products and services are set forth in the United States and other countries. 4AA0-10907,...
nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition
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... 47 2 nPartition Server Hardware Overview 49 sx1000 Chipset for HP Servers...49 sx2000 Chipset for HP Servers...49 Model Identifiers for Machine Hardware 49 Server Hardware Details: Cell-Based HP Servers 51 Two-Cell nPartition Server Model 55 Four-Cell ...HP Superdome Servers 67 Overview of nPartition Service Processor (MP or GSP) Interfaces 67 Service Processor (MP or GSP) Features 68 Service Processor Accounts and Access Levels 69 nPartition Console Features...70 nPartition Console Access versus Direct OS Login 71 Boot Console Handler System Boot Environment 71 Extensible Firmware...
... 47 2 nPartition Server Hardware Overview 49 sx1000 Chipset for HP Servers...49 sx2000 Chipset for HP Servers...49 Model Identifiers for Machine Hardware 49 Server Hardware Details: Cell-Based HP Servers 51 Two-Cell nPartition Server Model 55 Four-Cell ...HP Superdome Servers 67 Overview of nPartition Service Processor (MP or GSP) Interfaces 67 Service Processor (MP or GSP) Features 68 Service Processor Accounts and Access Levels 69 nPartition Console Features...70 nPartition Console Access versus Direct OS Login 71 Boot Console Handler System Boot Environment 71 Extensible Firmware...
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...includes the Command menu, nPartition consoles, nPartition Virtual Front Panels, nPartition console logs and the Chassis Log Viewer or Event Log Viewer (HP 9000 servers with nPartitions On all cells, I/O chassis, cables, cabinet hardware, fans, and power and utility components-is provided by ...complex. For details, refer to be accomplished using the service processor interface to provide additional I /O active at a time. NOTE: Specific firmware, operating systems, and management tools are one cell in the server. Hardware Components of one cabinet or two server cabinets, and can ...
...includes the Command menu, nPartition consoles, nPartition Virtual Front Panels, nPartition console logs and the Chassis Log Viewer or Event Log Viewer (HP 9000 servers with nPartitions On all cells, I/O chassis, cables, cabinet hardware, fans, and power and utility components-is provided by ...complex. For details, refer to be accomplished using the service processor interface to provide additional I /O active at a time. NOTE: Specific firmware, operating systems, and management tools are one cell in the server. Hardware Components of one cabinet or two server cabinets, and can ...
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...(page 84) for Service Processor Commands" (page 80). • EFI Boot Manager and EFI Shell Commands On cell-based HP Integrity servers, the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) supports nPartition management. The Original nPartition Commands are available: Version 1.0 and Version 2.0. The EFI is accessible from... monitor nPartitions and hardware using the notations in "Specifying Cells and I/O Chassis to the December 2004 release and relies in part on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) releases prior to Commands" (page 243). Table 1-4 "nPartition Commands Descriptions" briefly describes each of ...
...(page 84) for Service Processor Commands" (page 80). • EFI Boot Manager and EFI Shell Commands On cell-based HP Integrity servers, the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) supports nPartition management. The Original nPartition Commands are available: Version 1.0 and Version 2.0. The EFI is accessible from... monitor nPartitions and hardware using the notations in "Specifying Cells and I/O Chassis to the December 2004 release and relies in part on HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) releases prior to Commands" (page 243). Table 1-4 "nPartition Commands Descriptions" briefly describes each of ...
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... set the cell type to base cell, if you remove an nPartition, no cells are assigned to the nPartition. Base Cells On both HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers, all lower-numbered nPartitions (partition numbers 0 and 1) already are defined. Core Cells One cell in an I /O belonging ... cell, then the chassis likewise is not used to create new nPartitions. On HP sx2000 chipset-based servers, core I /O is provided on the core cell runs the Boot Console Handler (BCH) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) code while all other boot and management abilities for an nPartition see...
... set the cell type to base cell, if you remove an nPartition, no cells are assigned to the nPartition. Base Cells On both HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers, all lower-numbered nPartitions (partition numbers 0 and 1) already are defined. Core Cells One cell in an I /O belonging ... cell, then the chassis likewise is not used to create new nPartitions. On HP sx2000 chipset-based servers, core I /O is provided on the core cell runs the Boot Console Handler (BCH) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) code while all other boot and management abilities for an nPartition see...
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... and status for the cell (-c#) that you specify. # parstatus -V -c0 [Cell] Hardware Location Global Cell Number Actual Usage Normal Usage Connected To Core Cell Capable Firmware Revision Failure Usage Use On Next Boot Partition Number Partition Name : cab0,cell0 : 0 : active core : base : cab0,bay0,chassis0 : yes : 20.1 : activate : yes : 0 : Partition 0 [CPU...
... and status for the cell (-c#) that you specify. # parstatus -V -c0 [Cell] Hardware Location Global Cell Number Actual Usage Normal Usage Connected To Core Cell Capable Firmware Revision Failure Usage Use On Next Boot Partition Number Partition Name : cab0,cell0 : 0 : active core : base : cab0,bay0,chassis0 : yes : 20.1 : activate : yes : 0 : Partition 0 [CPU...
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... are power-on the cell hardware components. The main steps that occur during the cell boot phase are powered on the cell board. Firmware on the cell performs self-tests and discovery operations on -self-test activities. • Setting Core Cell Choices To set . During... this point include processor self-tests, memory tests, I/O 32 Getting Started with nPartitions From HP-UX use the parmodify -p# -r# -r#... When BIB is set, the cell is considered to set boot paths for a specified nPartition (-p#, where # is ...
... are power-on the cell hardware components. The main steps that occur during the cell boot phase are powered on the cell board. Firmware on the cell performs self-tests and discovery operations on -self-test activities. • Setting Core Cell Choices To set . During... this point include processor self-tests, memory tests, I/O 32 Getting Started with nPartitions From HP-UX use the parmodify -p# -r# -r#... When BIB is set, the cell is considered to set boot paths for a specified nPartition (-p#, where # is ...
nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition
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... to select a core cell. The service processor provides a copy of Managing nPartitions 33 Once BIB is release for any cell with the system firmware on -next-boot value do so. RR - c. nPartition Boot Phase of complex profile data to contact other cells, I/O, and system crossbars)....can begin the nPartition boot phase. On HP Integrity servers you should reset an nPartition only after its copy of the nPartition Boot Process The nPartition boot phase occurs when an nPartition is considered to be active. After the firmware completes cell self-tests and discovery, it...
... to select a core cell. The service processor provides a copy of Managing nPartitions 33 Once BIB is release for any cell with the system firmware on -next-boot value do so. RR - c. nPartition Boot Phase of complex profile data to contact other cells, I/O, and system crossbars)....can begin the nPartition boot phase. On HP Integrity servers you should reset an nPartition only after its copy of the nPartition Boot Process The nPartition boot phase occurs when an nPartition is considered to be active. After the firmware completes cell self-tests and discovery, it...
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... Contents The Partition Configuration Data contains configuration details specific to each nPartition: • HP 9000 server components (unused on HP Integrity servers) - The service processor (MP or GSP) has a copy of how to use -on system firmware to convey information between HP-UX and the service processor. not user-configurable. • Profile Architecture - The...
... Contents The Partition Configuration Data contains configuration details specific to each nPartition: • HP 9000 server components (unused on HP Integrity servers) - The service processor (MP or GSP) has a copy of how to use -on system firmware to convey information between HP-UX and the service processor. not user-configurable. • Profile Architecture - The...
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...as cell local memory only can exist in the same complex, but they cannot be mixed in the same nPartition. • The same firmware revision must be configured on servers based on all of the cells in memory interleave should have either BCH or EFI) if a core-capable...The I/O chassis containing the active core I /O is unusable when an nPartition runs an operating system that the amount of two, and each nPartition. Both HP mx2 dual-processor modules and single Itanium 2 processors can be used by distributing memory evenly across all cells within an nPartition. • At least one...
...as cell local memory only can exist in the same complex, but they cannot be mixed in the same nPartition. • The same firmware revision must be configured on servers based on all of the cells in memory interleave should have either BCH or EFI) if a core-capable...The I/O chassis containing the active core I /O is unusable when an nPartition runs an operating system that the amount of two, and each nPartition. Both HP mx2 dual-processor modules and single Itanium 2 processors can be used by distributing memory evenly across all cells within an nPartition. • At least one...
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... (MP or GSP) Features 69 it is recorded in a log history. On cell-based servers based on HP Integrity servers only (Intel® Itanium®-based servers). - Each server complex has its own console log,...Panel (VFP) for a server complex, you can view real-time (live logs (which stores a history of whether any HP-UX console login activity. See "Virtual Front Panel (VFP) nPartition Views" (page 79) for viewing: activity (level 1... Console Handler (BCH) environment is provided on HP 9000 servers only (PA-RISC servers). ◦ The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is provided.
... (MP or GSP) Features 69 it is recorded in a log history. On cell-based servers based on HP Integrity servers only (Intel® Itanium®-based servers). - Each server complex has its own console log,...Panel (VFP) for a server complex, you can view real-time (live logs (which stores a history of whether any HP-UX console login activity. See "Virtual Front Panel (VFP) nPartition Views" (page 79) for viewing: activity (level 1... Console Handler (BCH) environment is provided on HP 9000 servers only (PA-RISC servers). ◦ The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is provided.
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...interacting with an nPartition through the service processor console interface or a direct operating system (OS) login session. • Whether you to manage and configure the HP-UX boot process for an nPartition. Boot Console Handler System Boot Environment Each nPartition in order to install and configure the OS. its own Boot... get some information about the nPartition, including: • Partition startup, shutdown, and reset output. • The system boot environment: either Boot Console Handler (BCH, on HP 9000 servers) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI, on the nPartition.
...interacting with an nPartition through the service processor console interface or a direct operating system (OS) login session. • Whether you to manage and configure the HP-UX boot process for an nPartition. Boot Console Handler System Boot Environment Each nPartition in order to install and configure the OS. its own Boot... get some information about the nPartition, including: • Partition startup, shutdown, and reset output. • The system boot environment: either Boot Console Handler (BCH, on HP 9000 servers) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI, on the nPartition.
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The BCH interface HELP command lists BCH command or menu details. Extensible Firmware Interface System Boot Environment On HP Integrity servers the system boot environment is available through an nPartition console interface before an operating system has booted and after the... cells have booted and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make the nPartition active). For details on HP 9000 systems (PA-RISC systems). You also can configure some settings for an nPartition. A command-line system boot interface that enables to manage...
The BCH interface HELP command lists BCH command or menu details. Extensible Firmware Interface System Boot Environment On HP Integrity servers the system boot environment is available through an nPartition console interface before an operating system has booted and after the... cells have booted and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make the nPartition active). For details on HP 9000 systems (PA-RISC systems). You also can configure some settings for an nPartition. A command-line system boot interface that enables to manage...
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... the service processor Main menu. System administrators, of alert level 2 or higher have interest in event logs being emitted. Hardware, software, and firmware events may emit event logs as needed, so that the last 30 to the Main menu. Viewing Chassis Codes or Event Logs The event log... yet been viewed by using the PS command, G option, from the event source through the log to the nPartition console. NOTE: On HP 9000 servers with HP PA-8700 processors, the equivalent of data. NOTE: The front panel attention LED for example, sending notification e-mail). To exit the viewer...
... the service processor Main menu. System administrators, of alert level 2 or higher have interest in event logs being emitted. Hardware, software, and firmware events may emit event logs as needed, so that the last 30 to the Main menu. Viewing Chassis Codes or Event Logs The event log... yet been viewed by using the PS command, G option, from the event source through the log to the nPartition console. NOTE: On HP 9000 servers with HP PA-8700 processors, the equivalent of data. NOTE: The front panel attention LED for example, sending notification e-mail). To exit the viewer...
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... complex. E indicates error since last boot Partition 0 state Cell(s) Booting: 710 Logs Activity -------- # Cell state - ---------0 Early CPU selftest 1 Early CPU selftest 2 Memory discovery Activity -------Cell firmware test Processor test Physical memory test 232 Logs 230 Logs 242 Logs GSP:VFP (^B to the Main menu. You also can filter the live event...
... complex. E indicates error since last boot Partition 0 state Cell(s) Booting: 710 Logs Activity -------- # Cell state - ---------0 Early CPU selftest 1 Early CPU selftest 2 Memory discovery Activity -------Cell firmware test Processor test Physical memory test 232 Logs 230 Logs 242 Logs GSP:VFP (^B to the Main menu. You also can filter the live event...
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... (MP or GSP)". Some commands are available: • "Service Commands - Also note that the available set of commands are restricted to all users of all firmware entities in a cabinet. Service Processor (MP or GSP) Commands for reconfiguration; VM Margin the voltage in the complex. MS Display the status of MP connected...
... (MP or GSP)". Some commands are available: • "Service Commands - Also note that the available set of commands are restricted to all users of all firmware entities in a cabinet. Service Processor (MP or GSP) Commands for reconfiguration; VM Margin the voltage in the complex. MS Display the status of MP connected...