nPartition Administrator's Guide
HP Part Number: 5991-1247B_ed2Published: February 2009Edition: Second Edition
Page 1: ...nPartition Administrator s Guide HP Part Number 5991 1247B_ed2 Published February 2009 Edition Second Edition ...
Page 2: ...ould be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Linux is a U S registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are U S registered trademarks...
Page 3: ...n Properties 23 Partition Numbers 24 Assigned and Unassigned Cells 24 Base Cells 24 Core Cells 24 Active and Inactive Cells 25 Cell Local Memory 25 Cell Property Details 25 Active and Inactive nPartition Boot States 27 Overview of Managing nPartitions 27 Basics of Listing nPartition and Complex Status 27 Basics of nPartition Creation 29 Genesis Partition 30 Basics of nPartition Modification 30 nPa...
Page 4: ...perdome I O Expansion Cabinet 59 3 Planning nPartitions 61 nPartition Hardware Requirements for Operating Systems 61 Configuration Requirements for nPartitions 62 Recommended nPartition Configurations 63 Recommended HP Superdome nPartition Configurations 64 4 Using Management Interfaces and Tools 67 SMS Support Management Station for HP Superdome Servers 67 Overview of nPartition Service Processor...
Page 5: ...penVMS to the Boot Options List 120 Booting HP OpenVMS 122 Shutting Down HP OpenVMS 123 Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows 124 Microsoft Windows Support for Cell Local Memory 124 Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List 125 Booting Microsoft Windows 126 Shutting Down Microsoft Windows 128 Booting and Shutting Down Linux 129 Linux Support for Cell Local Memory 129 Adding Linux to ...
Page 6: ...ing and Deconfiguring Cells 213 Configuring and Deconfiguring Processors 217 Enabling and Disabling Hyper Threading on Dual Core Intel Itanium 2 Processors 218 Configuring and Deconfiguring Memory DIMMs 220 Complex Health Analysis of a Server 222 8 Listing nPartition and Hardware Status 223 Tools for Listing Status 223 Task Summaries for nPartition and Hardware Status 223 Listing Cell Configuratio...
Page 7: ...parunlock Command 260 fruled Command 262 frupower Command 264 cplxmodify Command 266 Table of Contents 7 ...
Page 8: ...List of Figures 1 1 Partition Manager Version 2 0 Switch Complexes Dialog 46 2 1 Two Cell HP Server Cabinet 55 2 2 Four Cell HP Server Cabinet 56 2 3 HP Superdome Server Cabinet 57 8 List of Figures ...
Page 9: ...1 Windows SAC Commands 73 4 2 Service Processor MP or GSP Command Reference 80 4 3 EFI Shell Command Reference 81 4 4 Boot Console Handler BCH Command Reference 84 5 1 nPartition Boot and Reset Task Summaries 96 6 1 nPartition Configuration Task Summaries 166 7 1 Hardware Management Task Summaries 202 7 2 Attention Indicator LED States and Meanings 209 8 1 Hardware and nPartition Status Task Summa...
Page 10: ...rview of a Service Processor Login Session 75 5 1 Single User HP UX Boot 115 7 1 Turning Attention Indicators On and Off 212 7 2 Checking the Hyper Threading Status for an nPartition 219 7 3 Enabling Hyper Threading for an nPartition 220 A 1 I O Specification Formats for Cabinets Bays and Chassis 247 10 List of Examples ...
Page 11: ...faces and tools available on HP nPartition servers Also described here are the nPartition boot environments management access procedures and detailed command references Chapter 5 Booting and Resetting nPartitions page 87 This chapter introduces nPartition system boot and reset concepts configuration options and procedures for booting and resetting nPartitions Chapter 6 Creating and Configuring nPa...
Page 12: ...unction or other syntax display that you replace with an actual value The contents are optional in syntax If the contents are a list separated by you must choose one of the items The contents are required in syntax If the contents are a list separated by you must choose one of the items The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of times Separates items in a list of choices WARNING ...
Page 13: ... support tools including online and offline diagnostics and event monitoring tools is at the http docs hp com hpux diag Web site This site has manuals tutorials FAQs and other reference material Web Site for HP Technical Support http us support2 external hp com The HP IT resource center Web site at http us support2 external hp com provides comprehensive support information for IT professionals on ...
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Page 15: ...rocedures for creating and reconfiguring nPartitions see Chapter 6 page 165 Operating Systems Supported on nPartitions Table 1 1 lists the operating systems that can run on nPartitions For an overview of the server models that support nPartitions see HP Server Support for nPartitions page 16 For details on operating system boot and reset procedures see Chapter 5 page 87 Table 1 1 nPartition Operat...
Page 16: ... the cell based HP Integrity servers Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not support cell local memory Also see nPartition Hardware Requirements for Operating Systems page 61 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 are supported on HP Integrity servers including the cell based HP...
Page 17: ...P Servers page 49 HP Integrity Superdome servers include the SD16A SD32A and SD64A models These models support up to 16 cells in a server complex The HP Integrity rx8620 model supports up to four cells in a server complex The HP Integrity rx7620 model supports up to two cells in a server complex The following cell based HP Integrity servers use the HP sx2000 chipset for details see sx2000 Chipset ...
Page 18: ...ts and can also include one or two I O expansion cabinets to provide additional I O chassis The two cell HP servers consists of a single server cabinet only The four cell servers consists of a single server cabinet and can optionally include one I O expansion cabinet to provide two additional I O chassis For details on listing and managing nPartition hardware components see Chapter 7 page 201 Admi...
Page 19: ...ing nPartitions page 19 for details Partition Manager opt parmgr bin parmgr Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for configuring modifying and managing nPartitions and hardware within a server complex Two versions of Partition Manager are available Version 1 0 and Version 2 0 Partition Manager Version 1 0 is used only on HP UX 11i v1 B 11 11 releases prior to the December 2004 release ...
Page 20: ...ng system installation prior to the December 2004 release Table 1 4 describes the nPartition configuration commands and lists sections where you can find each command s syntax and details Table 1 4 nPartition Commands Descriptions Description Command Create a new nPartition root or IPMI LAN access is required See parcreate Command page 249 parcreate Modify an existing nPartition root or IPMI LAN a...
Page 21: ... remote management of nPartitions when running on a cell based server with Windows Server 2003 and enable you to perform remote management when running on other HP Integrity servers with Windows Server 2003 The Smart Setup CD has both both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the nPartition Commands You also can download the nPartition Commands bundles for Windows from the http www hp com Web site Pr...
Page 22: ...rs and Workstations heading of the Linux documentation Web site view the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux documentation 7 Record a CD using the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux CD image file The CD image iso file is a complete CD image in one file Copying the file to a CD does not create a usable CD Instead use a software application that supports recording a CD f...
Page 23: ...n Manager bundles for Windows from the http www hp com Web site Procedure 1 3 Downloading Partition Manager Version 2 0 for Windows You can download Partition Manager Version 2 0 for Windows from the http www hp com Web site 1 Go to the http www hp com Web site and choose Software Driver Downloads 2 At the Software Driver Downloads page in the for product box enter the name of a cell based HP Inte...
Page 24: ...ed to any of the existing nPartitions or can be used to create new nPartitions Base Cells On both HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers all cells within an nPartition are base cells The nPartitions administration tools automatically set the cell type to base cell if you do not specify the cell type Core Cells One cell in each nPartition must serve as the active core cell The core cell controls ...
Page 25: ... is non interleaved memory that can be quickly accessed by processors residing on the same cell as the memory CAUTION Memory configured as cell local memory only can be used by operating systems that support it Any memory configured as cell local memory is unusable when an nPartition runs an operating system that does not support it The nPartition management tools enable you to configure CLM for e...
Page 26: ... activate Use On Next Boot yes Partition Number 0 Partition Name Partition 0 CPU Details Type 8820 Speed 900 MHz CPU Status 0 ok 1 ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok 7 ok CPUs OK 8 Deconf 0 Max 8 Memory Details DIMM Size MB Status 0A 2048 ok 4A 2048 ok 0B 2048 ok 4B 2048 ok 1A 2048 ok 5A 2048 ok 1B 2048 ok 5B 2048 ok 2A 2048 ok 6A 2048 ok 2B 2048 ok 6B 2048 ok 3A 2048 ok 7A 2048 ok 3B 2048 ok 7B 2048 ok ...
Page 27: ... be in the shutdown for reconfig state because all cells assigned to the nPartition either remain at a boot is blocked state or are powered off To make an inactive nPartition active use the BO command at the service processor MP or GSP Command menu The BO command clears the boot is blocked flag for all cells assigned to the nPartition thus allowing the cells to rendezvous and enabling the nPartiti...
Page 28: ...duct and serial numbers Configuration menu PD command List the local nPartition number and name nPartition administration tools for listing hardware and nPartition status include the following features Partition Manager Version 1 0 The Complex Show Complex Details action provides complex status information use the Cells tab CPUs Memory tab I O Chassis tab and Cabinet Info tab to display selected d...
Page 29: ...n Create nPartition action For remote administration details see Remote and Local Management of nPartitions page 41 Creating a Genesis Partition for a Server Complex Creating a Genesis Partition involves the service processor MP or GSP CC command to specify that an initial one cell nPartition be created within the server complex To create a Genesis Partition the complex either must have no nPartit...
Page 30: ...ion also should have a bootable disk or a disk onto which you can install an operating system If an operating system is not installed on any disks in the Genesis Partition you can boot the Genesis partition to the system boot interface either BCH or EFI and from that point install an operating system This installation requires either having access to an installation server or to a CD drive or DVD ...
Page 31: ...d nPartition p where is the partition number From Partition Manager select the nPartition and use the nPartition Delete nPartition action Also see Removing Deleting an nPartition page 176 Renaming an nPartition To rename an nPartition use the parmodify p P name command to set the name for a specified nPartition p where is the partition number From Partition Manager select the nPartition use the nP...
Page 32: ...boot paths Also see Configuring Boot Paths and Options page 155 For more details and summaries see Table 6 1 page 166 Basics of nPartition Booting and Resetting This section gives a brief overview of the boot process for cells and nPartitions and lists the main nPartition boot commands and tasks For more details see Chapter 5 page 87 Boot Process for Cells and nPartitions The nPartition boot proce...
Page 33: ...cell boot phase in time The service processor does not release BIB for any cell with a n use on next boot value or for any cell that did not complete the cell boot phase within ten minutes of the first cell to do so Once BIB is release for a cell the cell is considered to be active c nPartition rendezvous begins with the system firmware on each active cell using its copy of complex profile data to...
Page 34: ...or reconfig command On HP rx7620 rx7640 rx8620 and rx8640 servers with a windows ACPI configuration setting this is the default behavior Available only on HP rx7620 rx7640 rx8620 and rx8640 servers acpiconfig disable softpowerdown When set causes nPartition cells to remain at BIB when the operating system issues a shutdown for reconfig command In this case an OS shutdown for reconfig makes the nPa...
Page 35: ...reboot On HP rx7620 rx7640 rx8620 and rx8640 servers with a default to support HP UX ACPI configuration setting a wait at BIB state is the default behavior but the acpiconfig enable softpowerdown EFI Shell command can be used to instead cause all nPartition hardware to power off HP OpenVMS I64 includes the following commands for shutting down and rebooting the nPartition SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COM Sh...
Page 36: ...nPartition shutdown r time Shuts down Linux and performs a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition All cells are reset and nPartition reconfiguration occurs as needed The nPartition then proceeds with the nPartition boot phase The required time argument specifies when the Linux shutdown is to occur You can specify time in the format hh mm in which hh is the hour one or two digits and mm is the minut...
Page 37: ...n commands See Administration Tools for nPartitions page 18 for details You cannot directly edit the Complex Profile data for a server The service processor maintains a set of locks that are used to ensure that only one set of changes to the Complex Profile occurs at a time When you configure nPartitions the administration tools you use revise the Complex Profile for the server in coordination wit...
Page 38: ...release locks CAUTION You should generally avoid manually unlocking Complex Profile entries because doing so can can result in the loss of configuration changes The locks for Complex Profile entries are managed as described here For the Stable Complex Configuration Data entry there are slight differences in the locking mechanisms on HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers On cell based HP 9000 servers th...
Page 39: ...ice processor has pushed out the revised data for the entry This occurs for example when you have issued a request to change the nPartition assignment of an active cell and then manually unlock the effected Complex Profile entries before performing a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition to which the cell is assigned For details see Canceling Pending Changes to the Complex Profile page 199 Complex...
Page 40: ...manufacturing Current Product Number Originally set by HP manufacturing Creator Serial Number Set by HP manufacturing Cell Assignments User configurable nPartition assignments for all cells in the complex also specifies each cell type e g base Cell Local Memory CLM Per Cell Only on servers based on the HP sx1000 or sx2000 chipset User configurable setting for each cell that determines the amount o...
Page 41: ...f set should be consistent with the IP address assigned to the nPartition when HP UX is booted Not actually used for network configuration but for information only Remote and Local Management of nPartitions You can remotely manage cell based servers using either the Enhanced nPartition Commands or Partition Manager Version 2 0 The Enhanced nPartition Commands and Partition Manager Version 2 0 also...
Page 42: ...n the complex nPartition Configuration Privilege Because it is not always desirable to allow a user on one nPartition to make changes that affect other nPartitions HP provides the nPartition Configuration Privilege on sx1000 based or sx2000 based servers You can control the nPartition Configuration Privilege by using the PARPERM command at the service processor Command menu The nPartition Configur...
Page 43: ...are which is the Microsoft implementation of WBEM To support the Windows release of the Enhanced nPartition Commands HP also provides the WMI Mapper and the WMI nPartition Provider software components for the Windows system The WMI based nPartition tools components for Windows provides a WBEM compliant solution All communication with the service processor whether by way of the IPMI BT path for exa...
Page 44: ...a specific nPartition in the target complex then that nPartition is the target nPartition The target nPartition and the remote nPartition might be the same but don t have to be the same nPartition For example the parmodify command could be used in a way where it sends requests to an nPartition in the target complex but the p option identifies a different nPartition to be modified The following sec...
Page 45: ... username on the remote nPartition For the parstatus and fruled commands any user defined on the remote nPartition can be used but the other commands require the username to be a user with superuser privileges on the remote nPartition h hostname IPaddress The h option specifies either the hostname or IP address of the remote nPartition When you use the u h set of options the specified command send...
Page 46: ...rtition is the target nPartition Note that there is no concept of a remote nPartition in this scenario The following sections explain how to use the nPartition commands and Partition Manager to remotely manage an nPartition complex using IPMI over LAN The system where the tools are used could be an nPartition or other system but where the tools are run is irrelevant when performing remote manageme...
Page 47: ...usr bin getconf _CS_MACHINE_SERIAL and usr sbin parstatus X Server Complex Product Number usr sbin parstatus X Machine Complex Hardware Model usr bin getconf MACHINE_MODEL and usr bin model HP UX Version and Installed Bundles For the HP UX version usr bin uname r For all bundles installed usr sbin swlist l bundle nPartition and Virtual Partition Unique Identifiers NOTE Use the getconf command or t...
Page 48: ...in getconf _CS_MACHINE_IDENT Z3e02955673f9f7c9 usr bin getconf _CS_MACHINE_SERIAL USR2024FP1 Example 1 2 Unique IDs for Virtual Partitions vPars The following example shows the virtual partition unique ID returned by the getconf command as well as the local nPartition number and the current virtual partition name parstatus w The local partition number is 0 vparstatus w The current virtual partitio...
Page 49: ...h bandwidth processor memory and I O busses The HP sx1000 chipset includes interconnecting components such as memory buffers I O bus adapters and host bridges and cell controllers which have built in low level error correction One notable administration feature of HP servers built around the HP sx1000 chipset is management processor MP support for access to the server using IPMI over LAN For detai...
Page 50: ... model Different methods are used to establish the machine hardware model on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity servers For HP 9000 servers the reported machine hardware model is the Model String component of the Stable Complex Configuration Data For HP Integrity servers the machine hardware model is based on the Creator Manufacturer and Creator Product Name complex wide settings On OEM versions of ...
Page 51: ...000 rp7440 server Up to eight Intel Itanium 2 processors Uses the HP sx1000 chipset Runs HP UX B 11 23 HP UX B 11 31 HP OpenVMS I64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server model command output ia64 hp rx7620 server HP Integrity rx7620 server Up to eight HP mx2 dual processor modules with Intel Itanium 2 processors 16 processor cores total Uses the HP...
Page 52: ...x1000 chipset Runs HP UX B 11 23 HP UX B 11 31 HP OpenVMS I64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server model command output ia64 hp rx8620 server HP Integrity rx8620 server Up to 16 HP mx2 dual processor modules with Intel Itanium 2 processors 32 processor cores total Uses the HP sx1000 chipset Runs HP UX B 11 23 HP UX B 11 31 and Microsoft Windows Se...
Page 53: ...cores total Uses the HP sx1000 chipset Runs HP UX B 11 11 Also runs the HP UX B 11 23 September 2004 release and later Runs HP UX B 11 31 HP 9000 Superdome 32 way server model string 9000 800 SD16A HP 9000 Superdome 64 way server model string 9000 800 SD32A HP 9000 Superdome 128 way server model string 9000 800 SD64A HP 9000 Superdome SD16A SD32A SD64A servers Up to 64 dual core PA RISC processors...
Page 54: ...nd output ia64 hp superdome server SD64A HP Integrity Superdome SD16A SD32A SD64A servers HP Integrity Superdome Servers See Superdome Server Models page 57 Up to 64 processor sockets four per cell with each cell having either single Intel Itanium 2 processors or dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors Up to 128 processor cores total when using dual core processors Runs HP UX B 11 23 HP UX B 11 31 an...
Page 55: ...utput is ia64 hp rx7620 server The HP rx7640 server has single core or dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors The model command output is ia64 hp rx7640 server Figure 2 1 shows a two cell HP server cabinet Figure 2 1 Two Cell HP Server Cabinet On the two cell HP servers you can configure a single nPartition using one or both cells or can configure up to two separate nPartitions within the server com...
Page 56: ...hich provide two processor cores per processor socket The model string is 9000 800 rp8440 The HP rx8620 server has Intel Itanium 2 processors either single processor modules or HP mx2 dual processor modules Both HP mx2 dual processor modules and single Itanium 2 processors can exist in the same complex but they cannot be mixed in the same nPartition The model command output is ia64 hp rx8620 serve...
Page 57: ...le up to 16 cells The following types of HP Superdome servers are supported The first generation HP 9000 Superdome SD16000 SD32000 and SD64000 The HP sx1000 chipset based HP 9000 Superdome SD16A SD32A and SD64A The HP sx1000 chipset based HP Integrity Superdome server SD16A SD32A and SD64A The HP sx2000 chipset based HP 9000 Superdome server SD16B SD32B and SD32B and SD64B The HP sx2000 chipset ba...
Page 58: ...l processor modules Both HP mx2 dual processor modules and single Itanium 2 processors can exist in the same complex but they cannot be mixed in the same nPartition The model command output for the HP Integrity SD16A server is ia64 hp superdome server SD16A The HP Integrity Superdome SD16B server has single core or dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors The model command output for the HP Integrity ...
Page 59: ...ocket The model string for the HP 9000 SD64A server is 9000 800 SD64A The HP 9000 Superdome SD64B server has dual core HP PA RISC processors PA 8900 processors which provide two processor cores per processor socket The model string for the HP 9000 SD64B server is 9000 800 SD64B The HP Integrity Superdome SD64A server has Intel Itanium 2 processors either single processor modules or HP mx2 dual pro...
Page 60: ...o 6 chassis with a total of 72 PCI card slots in each I O expansion cabinet The Superdome I O expansion cabinet is a standard size cabinet that space permitting you can mount peripherals in as well as I O chassis Also refer to the book I O Expansion Cabinet Guide for Superdome Servers 60 nPartition Server Hardware Overview ...
Page 61: ...les HP OpenVMS I64 8 2 1 Supports up to 4 cells 16 processors up to 32 cores on servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset supported only in nPartitions that have dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors HP OpenVMS I64 8 3 Supports up to 64 Intel Itanium 2 processor cores Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Supports up to eight Intel Itanium 2 proce...
Page 62: ... does not support PCI I O chassis SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Configuration Requirements for nPartitions The hardware requirements determine which cells are eligible to be assigned to an nPartition For configuration requirements and restrictions for Superdome hybrid servers refer to HP Superdome Hybrid Servers Intel Itanium 2 and PA RISC nPartition Mixing page 17 HP Superdome servers based on ...
Page 63: ...only operating systems that support cell local memory Cell local memory can be configured on servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset CAUTION Memory configured as cell local memory only can be used by operating systems that support it Any memory configured as cell local memory is unusable when an nPartition runs an operating system that does not support it The I O chassis contai...
Page 64: ... option The PRI and HAA paths should be configured to reference disks that are connected to different cells if possible with HAA being a mirror of the root volume and PRI being the root volume ALT should be the path of a recovery or install device Under this configuration if the cell to which the PRI disk is connected fails or is otherwise inactive and the cell to which the HAA disk is available t...
Page 65: ...r nPartitions those with more cells Any smaller nPartitions with fewer cells are more easily accommodated in the remaining available cells Place each nPartition within an empty cabinet if possible This applies to nPartitions in HP Superdome 64 way servers only If possible assign each nPartition cells from a cabinet whose cells have no nPartition assignments Do this before assigning cells from a ca...
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Page 67: ...nage servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset Remote management using IPMI over LAN is supported for all servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset Remote nPartition management using WBEM is supported for nPartitions running an operating system with the HP nPartition Provider Details on the Windows SMS release of nPartition commands are given in Commands for Con...
Page 68: ...ontrols power reset and TOC capabilities displays and records system events or chassis codes and can display detailed information about the various internal subsystems Service Processor MP or GSP Features The following list describes the primary features available through the service processor on cell based HP servers Command Menu The Command menu provides commands for system service status and ac...
Page 69: ...SL show logs option from the service processor Main Menu to view events chassis codes On cell based HP 9000 servers with HP PA 8700 processors SL provides the Chassis Log Viewer The chassis log viewer includes options for viewing activity level 1 and greater logs error level 2 and greater logs and live logs which optionally may be filtered by cell nPartition or alert level On cell based servers ba...
Page 70: ... the assigned nPartition Cannot execute commands that could potentially affect multiple nPartitions or affect the service processor configuration Each user account can either permit repeated login sessions if it is a multiple use account or restrict the account to only login once for single use accounts nPartition Console Features The service processor Console menu provides access to all nPartitio...
Page 71: ...nPartition you should access the nPartition console through the service processor in order to install and configure the OS You should use the network to login to the OS running on an nPartition when you do not need to use service processor features and do not want to record a log of your activity Before an OS has booted the service processor nPartition consoles are the primary method of interactin...
Page 72: ...lso can configure some settings for the local nPartition get information about the nPartition and its server complex and perform other tasks such as reboot The EFI boot environment has two main components EFI Boot Manager A menu driven interface that enables to you configure and select boot options From the EFI Boot Manager you can load an operating system reset the nPartition and configure variou...
Page 73: ...tiple channels exist typing Esc Tab switches to the next channel and typing Space selects a channel ch List all channels ch Display the channel management command help ch si Switch to a channel by its number ch sn name Switch to a channel by its name ch ci Close a channel by its number ch cn name Close a channel by its name To create a new Windows command prompt that you can interact with through ...
Page 74: ...ice processor MP or GSP for a server complex You can connect to the service processor for a server complex by using the following methods Connecting through the customer LAN port by using telnet if login access through the customer LAN is enabled for the service processor On HP Superdome servers the customer LAN hardware is labeled Customer LAN On HP rp8400 servers it is GSP LAN On HP rp7405 rp741...
Page 75: ...or This procedure connects to and logs in to the service processor MP or GSP for a server complex by using telnet to access the customer LAN If connecting through the local RS 232 port skip Step 1 instead establish a direct cable connection and begin with Step 2 1 Use the telnet command on a remote system to connect to the service processor for the server complex You can connect directly from the ...
Page 76: ...Viewer Menu Allows access to the console logs for nPartitions Chassis Log Viewer Menu or Event Log Viewer Menu Allows access to the server chassis code logs on HP 9000 servers with HP PA 8700 processors or event logs on servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset Chassis logs and event logs are functionally equivalent they record system activities However event logs are more descri...
Page 77: ...mer LAN connection is provided Features of service processor LANs are given in the following list Customer LAN for Service Processor The customer LAN is the connection for login access to the service processor menus consoles commands and other features All cell based servers have a customer LAN On HP Superdome servers the customer LAN port is labeled Customer LAN On HP rp8400 servers it is GSP LAN...
Page 78: ...service processor The service processor takes any appropriate action and then reflects the event logs to all running nPartitions If an nPartition is running event monitoring software it may also take action based on the event logs for example sending notification e mail System administrators of course may have interest in viewing various event logs especially event logs that indicate failures or e...
Page 79: ...ewing event log logs type V to change the display format The viewers can show event logs in text format T keyword format K or raw hex format R Virtual Front Panel VFP nPartition Views The Virtual Front Panel VFP provides ways to monitor the boot or run status of each cell in an nPartition and of the nPartition itself The VFP provides the sort of information typically displayed on the LCD of a non ...
Page 80: ... management Boot an nPartition past Boot is Blocked BIB BO Display FRU information of an entity DF Return to the Main menu MA Modem reset MR Activate deactivate a PCI card PCIOLAD Power entities on or off PE Reset entity RE Reset an nPartition for reconfiguration the nPartition remain inactive in the shutdown for reconfig state RR Reset an nPartition RS Send a TOC signal to an nPartition TC Broadc...
Page 81: ...l Navigation and Other Commands EFI Shell Shell Script Commands Programming Constructs EFI Shell For details on these commands enter help command at the EFI shell prompt Table 4 3 EFI Shell Command Reference Description Command Boot Commands EFI Shell Commands related to nPartition booting Set view autoboot timeout variable autoboot Display modify the driver boot configuration bcfg Set view BootTe...
Page 82: ...er and Handle Commands EFI Shell Commands for managing devices drivers and handles View serial port com settings baud Bind a driver to a device connect Hex dump of BlkIo devices dblk Display devices managed by EFI drivers devices Display tree of devices devtree Dump handle info dh Disconnect driver s from device s disconnect Display list of drivers drivers Invoke the Driver Config Protocol drvcfg ...
Page 83: ...mmands for listing and managing memory EFI variables and NVRAM details Set the default NVRAM values default Dump memory or memory mapped IO dmem Display all EFI variables dmpstore Display the memory map memmap Display modify MEM IO PCI mm View clear nPartition or cell memory page deallocation table PDT pdt Shell Navigation and Other Commands EFI Shell Commands for basic EFI Shell navigation and cu...
Page 84: ...ands Boot Console Handler BCH Service Menu Commands Boot Console Handler BCH For details on these commands use the help HE command At any BCH menu enter HE command for details about the specified command or enter HE for general help Table 4 4 Boot Console Handler BCH Command Reference Description Command General Commands Boot Console Handler BCH These BCH commands are available from all BCH menus ...
Page 85: ... ENABLE DISABLE Set the nPartition to predefined default values DEfault Display or set boot tests execution self tests FastBoot test RUN SKIP Display or set KGMemory requirement KGMemory value Display or set boot path flags boot actions PathFlags PRI HAA ALT value Display or set the nPartition name PD name Set nPartition restart policy ResTart ON OFF Read or set the real time clock the local nPart...
Page 86: ... NVM PIM data for the nPartition CLEARPIM cell Display deallocate or re allocate the DIMM identified by dimm in cell number specified by cell DimmDealloc cell dimm ON OFF Display error log information ErrorLog cell MEMORY IO FABRIC CELL Display Core I O LAN station address LanAddress Read memory locations scope of nPartition MemRead address len Display or clear the memory page deallocation table P...
Page 87: ...d to it and the I O that is connected to those cells An nPartition can boot and reboot independently of any other nPartitions in the same server complex Each nPartition runs its own firmware and has its own system boot environment nPartitions provide hardware and software fault isolation a reset TOC or MCA in one nPartition does not affect any other nPartition in most cases Each nPartition is effe...
Page 88: ...rtition system boot environment is the Extensible Firmware Interface EFI the EFI Boot Manager menu and the EFI Shell The autoboot process is configured by the EFI autoboot setting and the order of items in the boot options list The boot options list can include First boot option configured using the setboot p or parmodify b command Second boot option configured using the setboot h or parmodify s c...
Page 89: ...ls in the nPartition are reset On HP Integrity systems all cells are reset To perform a standard reboot of an nPartition use the HP UX shutdown r command the Windows shutdown r command the Linux shutdown r time command or the OpenVMS SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN with an automatic system reboot Halt A halt shuts down the operating system halts all processing on the nPartition and does not reboot To halt the...
Page 90: ...omplete the cell addition or removal If an nPartition is configured to boot an operating system automatically it can do so immediately following a reboot for reconfig Shutdown for Reconfig State Putting an nPartition into the shutdown for reconfig state involves shutting down the operating system as required resetting all cells assigned to the nPartition performing any nPartition reconfigurations ...
Page 91: ...sed HP 9000 servers the configurable system boot options include boot device paths PRI HAA and ALT and the autoboot setting for the nPartition To set these options from HP UX use the setboot command From the BCH system boot environment use the PATH command at the BCH Main menu to set boot device paths and use the PATHFLAGS command at the BCH Configuration menu to set autoboot options For details i...
Page 92: ...4 Boot Manager BOOT_OPTIONS COM utility is a menu based utility and is easier to use than EFI To configure OpenVMS I64 booting on Fibre Channel devices you must use the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility BOOT_OPTIONS COM For more information on this utility and other restrictions refer to the HP OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Upgrade and Installation Manual For details refer to the following sections...
Page 93: ...nterprise Server ACPI Configuration single pci domain or default On cell based HP Integrity servers to boot or install the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server OS you must set the ACPI configuration value for the nPartition to single pci domain or default On HP rx7620 servers rx8620 servers or Integrity Superdome SD16A SD32A SD64A the ACPI configuration must be set to single pci domain On HP rx7640 server...
Page 94: ...oot the nPartition past the boot is blocked state Boot Modes on HP Integrity nPartitions nPars and vPars Modes On cell based HP Integrity servers each nPartition can be configured in either of two boot modes nPars Boot Mode In nPars boot mode an nPartition is configured to boot any single operating system in the standard environment When an nPartition is in nPars boot mode it cannot boot the vPars...
Page 95: ...s The tools for booting nPartitions and configuring related settings are Service Processor MP or GSP Menus Service processor menus provide a complex wide service interface that can allow access to all hardware and nPartitions See Command Reference for Service Processor Commands page 80 EFI Boot Manager and EFI Shell On HP Integrity servers only the EFI Extensible Firmware Interface Boot Manager an...
Page 96: ... Activity page 104 Monitoring nPartition Boot Activity BCH Menu SEARCH command EFI Shell map command See Finding Bootable Devices page 106 Finding Bootable Devices CAUTION Under normal operation you shut down the operating system before issuing a TOC reset Service Processor MP or GSP TC command See Performing a Transfer of Control Reset page 107 Performing a Transfer of Control Reset BCH Menu BOOT...
Page 97: ... reconfigurations see the Reboot for Reconfig and Shutdown for Reconfig details in this table See Shutting Down Microsoft Windows page 128 Shutting Down Microsoft Windows NOTE Only supported on HP Integrity servers EFI Boot Manager select an item from the boot options list EFI Shell access the EFI System Partition for example fs0 for a root device and enter ELILO to invoke the loader See Booting R...
Page 98: ...r See Performing a Reboot for Reconfig page 139 Performing a Reboot for Reconfig NOTE Only supported for cell based HP servers Service Processor MP or GSP RR command under normal operation you first shut down the operating system BCH Menu RECONFIGRESET command EFI Shell reconfigreset command HP UX sbin shutdown R H command OpenVMS SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN command and enter No at the Should an automatic...
Page 99: ...mands NOTE Only supported on HP Integrity servers EFI Shell or EFI Boot Manager start booting Linux and type any key to interrupt the boot process stopping it at the ELILO Linux Loader prompt ELILO boot See Booting to the Linux Loader ELILO EFI page 152 Booting to the Linux Loader ELILO EFI NOTE Only supported on HP Integrity servers EFI Shell or EFI Boot Manager boot to the ELILO Linux Loader pro...
Page 100: ... test on or boottest test off command HP UX B 11 11 setboot t testname value to configure the test for all following boots or setboot T testname value to configure the test for the next boot only setboot v to list settings HP UX B 11 23 and B 11 31 setboot t testname value to configure the test for the next boot only setboot v to list settings See Configuring Boot Time System Tests page 161 Config...
Page 101: ...actions as needed Perform a reboot for reconfig following any changes you make Set the cell use on next boot value to n do not use Power on the cell Unassign remove the cell from the nPartition Problem An nPartition does not boot to its system boot environment BCH or EFI and instead all cells remain at a boot is blocked BIB state Causes The nPartition has been reset to the shutdown for reconfig st...
Page 102: ...ervice processor 2 Select the Console Menu CO from the service processor Main Menu The Console Menu is the method for accessing nPartition consoles GSP MAIN MENU Utility Subsystem FW Revision Level SR_XXXX_D CO Consoles VFP Virtual Front Panel CM Command Menu CL Console Logs SL Show chassis Logs HE Help X Exit Connection GSP CO If you are accessing the service processor using a single partition us...
Page 103: ...play help for menu or command REBOOT Restart Partition RECONFIGRESET Reset to allow Reconfig Complex Profile Main Menu Enter command or menu The console displays the last 10 lines of console output when you connect to it This provides you a view of the most recent console activity Accessing nPartition Console and System Boot Interfaces 103 ...
Page 104: ...cess In the following situations you cannot interact with the nPartition console In these cases you can wait until the console is interactive or can force interactive access When the nPartition is resetting or is booting an operating system you cannot interact with software running on the nPartition Once the nPartition has completed resetting or has completed booting the operating system you can i...
Page 105: ...ition state and activity for all nPartitions within the server complex 3 Select the nPartition you wish to monitor Skip this step if you are accessing the service processor using a single partition user account Partition VFP s available Name 0 jules00 1 jules01 S System all chassis codes Q Quit GSP VFP 1 4 View the VFP details for information about the nPartition and its current boot state To exit...
Page 106: ... path Display or modify a path SEArch ALL path Search for boot devices ScRoll ON OFF Display or change scrolling capability COnfiguration menu Displays or sets boot values INformation menu Displays hardware information SERvice menu Displays service commands DIsplay Redisplay the current menu HElp menu command Display help for menu or command REBOOT Restart Partition RECONFIGRESET Reset to allow Re...
Page 107: ...pe B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Performing a Transfer of Control Reset You can perform a transfer of control TOC reset by using the Service Processor MP or GSP TC command as described in the following procedure If crash dump is configured for the operating system on the nPartition ...
Page 108: ...nge this dump type press any key within 10 seconds Proceeding with selective dump The dump may be aborted at any time by pressing ESC Dumping 7 complete 32 of 457 MB device 64 0x2 Booting and Shutting Down HP UX This section has procedures for booting and shutting down HP UX on cell based HP servers and a procedure for adding HP UX to the boot options list on HP Integrity servers To check whether ...
Page 109: ...CLM configuration use Partition Manager or the parmodify command Adding HP UX to the Boot Options List This section describes how to add an HP UX entry to the system boot options list You can add the EFI HPUX HPUX EFI loader to the boot options list from the EFI Shell or EFI Boot Configuration menu or in some versions of EFI the Boot Option Maintenance menu NOTE On HP Integrity servers the operati...
Page 110: ...UX Typically this results in booting HP UX in multiuser mode Single User Mode HP UX Booting page 114 How to boot HP UX in single user mode LVM Maintenance Mode HP UX Booting page 116 How to boot HP UX in LVM maintenance mode Refer to Shutting Down HP UX page 117 for details on shutting down the HP UX OS CAUTION ACPI Configuration for HP UX Must Be default On cell based HP Integrity servers to boot...
Page 111: ... the device using the BOOT command from the BCH interface You can issue the BOOT command in any of the following ways BOOT Issuing the BOOT command with no arguments boots the device at the primary PRI boot path BOOT bootvariable This command boots the device indicated by the specified boot path where bootvariable is the PRI HAA or ALT boot path For example BOOT PRI boots the primary boot path BOO...
Page 112: ...ocessor MP and enter CO to access the Console list Choose the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If you are at another EFI menu choose the Exit option from the submenus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading 2 At the EFI Boot Manager menu choose an item from the boot options list Each item in t...
Page 113: ... file system number for the device from which you want to boot HP UX For example enter fs2 to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system number 2 The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed The file system number can change each time it is mapped for example when the nPartition boots or when the map r command is issued 5 When accessing the EFI Syste...
Page 114: ...ervers 1 Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition on which you want to boot HP UX in single user mode Log in to the management processor MP and enter CO to access the Console list Choose the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu the Main Menu Enter command or menu prompt If you are at a BCH menu other than the Main Menu then enter MA to return t...
Page 115: ... required configuration details 1 Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition on which you want to boot HP UX in single user mode Log in to the management processor MP and enter CO to access the Console list Choose the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If you are at another EFI menu choose the Exit option from ...
Page 116: ... Main Menu To exit the management processor type X at the Main Menu LVM Maintenance Mode HP UX Booting This section describes how to boot HP UX in LVM maintenance mode on cell based HP 9000 servers and cell based HP Integrity servers On HP 9000 servers to boot HP UX in LVM maintenance mode refer to LVM Maintenance Mode HP UX Booting BCH Menu page 116 On HP Integrity servers to boot HP UX in LVM ma...
Page 117: ...list Choose the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If you are at another EFI menu choose the Exit option from the submenus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu choose the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 Access the EFI System Partition...
Page 118: ...u can configure the nPartition behavior when an OS is shutdown and halted shutdown h or shutdown R H The two options are to have hardware power off when the OS is halted or to have the nPartition be made inactive all cells are in a boot is blocked state The normal behavior for HP UX shutdown and halt is for the nPartition to be made inactive For details refer to ACPI Softpowerdown Configuration OS...
Page 119: ...s the nPartition Reboot the nPartition and put it into the shutdown for reconfig state Use the HP UX shutdown R H command to hold the nPartition in the shutdown for reconfig state This leaves the nPartition and all its cells in an inactive state the nPartition can be reconfigured remotely unless the normal behavior has been modified For details on changing OS halt behavior on rx8620 and rx7620 ser...
Page 120: ...configuration details To set the CLM configuration use Partition Manager or the parmodify command Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List On HP Integrity servers you can use the following procedures to manage boot options list entries for HP OpenVMS You can add the efi vms vms_loader efi loader to the boot options list from the EFI Shell or EFI Boot Configuration menu or in some versions of EFI...
Page 121: ...le device names The bcfg command includes the following options for managing the boot options list bcfg boot dump Display all items in the boot options list for the system bcfg boot rm Remove the item number specified by from the boot options list bcfg boot mv a b Move the item number specified by a to the position specified by b in the boot options list bcfg boot add file efi Description Add a ne...
Page 122: ...it option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading 2 At the EFI Boot Manager menu select an item from the boot options list Each item in the boot options list references a specific boot device and provides a specific set of boot options or arguments to use when booting the device 3 Press Enter to initiate booting using the selected boot option 4 Exit the ...
Page 123: ... PKA0 SCSI Chip is SYM53C1010 66 Operating mode is LVD Ultra3 SCSI SMP I CPUTRN CPU 01 has joined the active set SMP I CPUTRN CPU 02 has joined the active set 5 Exit the console and management processor interfaces when finished using them To exit the EFI environment type B Control B this exits the system console and returns to the management processor Main Menu To exit the management processor typ...
Page 124: ... on an nPartition issue SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COM from OpenVMS and then enter Yes at the Should an automatic system reboot be performed prompt To perform a shutdown for reconfig of an nPartition running OpenVMS I64 first issue SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COM from OpenVMS and enter No at the Should an automatic system reboot be performed prompt then access the MP and from the MP Command Menu issue the RR com...
Page 125: ... NOTE On HP Integrity servers the operating system installer automatically adds an entry to the boot options list Procedure 5 19 Adding a Microsoft Windows Boot Option This procedure adds the Microsoft Windows item to the boot options list 1 Access the EFI Shell environment Login to the management processor and enter CO to access the system console When accessing the console confirm that you are a...
Page 126: ...t i Enter IMPORT file path EFI Microsoft WINNT50 Boot0001 Imported Boot Options from file EFI Microsoft WINNT50 Boot0001 Press enter to continue 6 Type Q to quit the NVRBOOT utility and exit the console and management processor interfaces if you are finished using them To exit the EFI environment press B Control B this exits the system console and returns to the management processor Main Menu To e...
Page 127: ...ailable only on HP Integrity servers Refer to ACPI Configuration for Windows Must Be windows page 127 for required configuration details 1 Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the system on which you want to boot Windows Log in to the management processor and enter CO to access the Console list Choose the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager me...
Page 128: ...command line Refer to the procedure Windows Shutdown from the Command Line page 128 for details You can issue this command from a command prompt through the Special Administration Console SAC or from any other command line The Windows shutdown command includes the following options s Shut down the system This is the equivalent of Start Shut Down Shut down r Shut down and restart the system This is...
Page 129: ...down in one minute This command initiates a Windows system shutdown and reboot after a timeout period of 60 seconds The c option specifies a message that is broadcast to any other users of the system Booting and Shutting Down Linux This section has procedures for booting and shutting down Linux on cell based HP Integrity servers and a procedure for adding Linux to the boot options list To check wh...
Page 130: ... Linux to the Boot Options List This section describes how to add a Linux entry to the system boot options list The processes for adding both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Servers are given here You can add the EFI redhat elilo efi loader or the efi SuSE elilo efi loader to the boot options list from the EFI Shell or EFI Boot Configuration menu or in some versions of EFI the B...
Page 131: ...ion Refer to Shutting Down Linux page 134 for details on shutting down the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS CAUTION ACPI Configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Must Be single pci domain or default On cell based HP Integrity servers to boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS an nPartition must have its ACPI configuration value set to single pci domain or default On HP rx7620 servers rx8620 servers or I...
Page 132: ...inux Must Be single pci domain or default page 131 for required configuration details 1 Access the EFI Shell From the system console choose the EFI Shell entry from the EFI Boot Manager menu to access the shell 2 Access the EFI System Partition for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot device Use the map EFI Shell command to list the file systems fs0 fs1 and so on that are known and have been mapped T...
Page 133: ... To load the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server OS at the EFI Boot Manager menu choose its entry from the list of boot options Choosing a Linux entry from the boot options list boots the OS using ELILO EFI loader and the elilo conf file Initiate the ELILO EFI Linux loader from the EFI Shell Refer to the procedure Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server EFI Shell page 133 for details On a SuSE Linux Enterpr...
Page 134: ...e nPartition into a shutdown for reconfig state Use the PE command at the management processor Command menu to manually power on or power off server hardware as needed r Reboot after shutdown c Cancel an already running shutdown time When to shut down Required You can specify the time option in any of the following ways Absolute time in the format hh mm in which hh is the hour one or two digits an...
Page 135: ...lls in the nPartition reboot and the nPartition returns to the system boot environment BCH or EFI On PA RISC systems any inactive cells in the nPartition are not rebooted in this procedure NOTE If possible shut down the operating system before resetting an nPartition Procedure 5 26 Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions Service Processor From the service processor issue the RS command to reset an nPa...
Page 136: ... REBOOT command to reboot the nPartition The BCH REBOOT command resets all active cells in the nPartition and reboots them past partition rendezvous to BCH or HP UX Main Menu Enter command or menu REBOOT Rebooting the partition 3 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the BCH environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the...
Page 137: ...active cells in the nPartition and reboots them 3 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the EFI environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 5 30 Rebooting and Resetting nPartitions HP UX From the HP UX command line issue the sb...
Page 138: ...u CAUTION Do not shut down Windows using Special Administration Console SAC restart or shutdown commands under normal circumstances Issuing restart or shutdown at the SAC prompt causes the system to restart or shutdown immediately and can result in the loss of data Instead use the Windows Start menu or the shutdown command to shut down gracefully 1 Login to Windows running on the nPartition that y...
Page 139: ...ll other cells can rendezvous to form the nPartition Perform a reboot for reconfig of an nPartition whenever you add cells or remove active cells from the nPartition and whenever you need to allow an inactive cell to join the nPartition such as after changing a cell use on next boot value from n to y Procedure 5 34 Reboot for Reconfig from HP UX sbin shutdown R command From the HP UX command line ...
Page 140: ...Partition CAUTION Do not shut down Windows using Special Administration Console SAC restart or shutdown commands under normal circumstances Issuing restart or shutdown at the SAC prompt causes the system to restart or shutdown immediately and can result in the loss of data Instead use the Windows Start menu or the shutdown command to shut down gracefully 1 Login to Windows running on the nPartitio...
Page 141: ...d state On these servers the normal behavior for HP UX and Linux shutdown for reconfig is for the nPartition be made inactive and the normal Windows shutdown for reconfig shutdown s behavior is for the nPartition hardware to be powered off For details see ACPI Softpowerdown Configuration OS Shutdown Behavior page 93 When you use any of the methods to hold an nPartition at the shutdown for reconfig...
Page 142: ...erver complex you want to reset 3 To exit the service processor Command Menu enter MA to return to the service processor Main Menu At the Main Menu enter X to exit the service processor interface Procedure 5 39 Shutting Down to Shutdown for Reconfig BCH Menu From the BCH Menu issue the RECONFIGRESET command to shut an nPartition down to a shutdown for reconfig inactive state The BCH Menu is availa...
Page 143: ... EFI environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 5 41 Shutting Down to Shutdown for Reconfig HP UX From the HP UX command line issue the sbin shutdown R H command to shut an nPartition down to a shutdown for reconfig inactive state NOTE On Superdome SX1000 PA and SX2000...
Page 144: ...ormation from this boot DISABLE_AUTOSTART Disable autostart queues POWER_OFF Request console to power off the system Shutdown options NONE SHUTDOWN I OPERATOR this terminal is now an operator s console NOTE HP OpenVMS I64 currently does not support the POWER_OFF shutdown option 3 Login to the service processor MP or GSP and enter CM to access the Command Menu 4 At the service processor Command men...
Page 145: ...Issue the shutdown s command to shut down the Windows Server 2003 operating system on the nPartition and reset the nPartition to the shutdown for reconfig state You also can perform this task by selecting the Start Shut Down action and choosing Shut down from the pull down menu For example shutdown s c Shut down for reconfig inactive This command initiates a Windows system shutdown and stop after ...
Page 146: ...g state Procedure 5 45 Booting an Inactive nPartition Service Processor Use the service processor Command menu BO command to boot an nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to make the nPartition active If you use the BO command to attempt to boot an nPartition that already is active the command has no effect 1 Login to the service processor MP or GSP and enter CM to access the Command Men...
Page 147: ...rvice processor MP or GSP and enter CO to access the Console list Select the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu the Main Menu Enter command or menu prompt If at a BCH menu other than the Main Menu then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu 2 Issue the BOOT LAN INSTALL command or the BOOT LAN ip address INSTALL command to boot over a network an...
Page 148: ...egrity servers use the EFI Shell dbprofile command and the lanboot command dn option First use the dbprofile EFI Shell command to list or create direct boot profiles Then use the lanboot select dn profile command to perform a directed lanboot using the specified direct boot profile profile For details use the help dbprofile command and the help lanboot command from the EFI Shell 1 Access the EFI S...
Page 149: ... Menu the Main Menu Enter command or menu prompt If at a BCH menu other than the Main Menu then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu 2 Boot the desired device using the BOOT command at the BCH interface and specify that the nPartition stop at the ISL prompt prior to booting reply y to the stop at the ISL prompt question Main Menu Enter command or menu BOOT 0 0 2 0 0 13 BCH Directed Boot Path 0 ...
Page 150: ...u select the Exit option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 Access the EFI System Partition fsX where X is the filesystem number for the device from which you want to boot HP UX 3 When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device i...
Page 151: ...ting to the HP UX Loader EFI Boot Manager or EFI Shell page 150 for details 2 Issue HP UX Loader commands directly from the HPUX prompt For example to list files in stand enter ls To exit the HP UX Loader interface enter the EXIT command to return to the EFI Shell environment Refer to the help command or the hpux 1M manpage for command details 3 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if...
Page 152: ...nterprise Server On a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server boot device EFI System Partition the full paths to the loader and configuration files are efi SuSE elilo efi and efi SuSE elilo conf NOTE The Linux loader ELILO EFI is available only on HP Integrity servers Intel Itanium based systems See Using Linux Loader ELILO Commands page 154 for details on issuing Linux loader commands Also see Linux Boot Op...
Page 153: ...s kernel boot options This file also can specify the default boot entry to be loaded from the boot device and the amount of time given before automatically loading the default See Linux Loader Configuration File elilo conf page 153 for details Refer to the following Linux manpages for more details but note that specific details may differ on your particular system bootparam 7 Introduction to Linux...
Page 154: ...e image file typically resides on the EFI partition in the same directory as the corresponding Linux kernel file specified by the image option read only Specifies that the root disk partition specified by the root option cannot be modified during the Linux boot process root diskptn Indicates which device diskptn to mount as the root disk partition append options Specifies boot time kernel options ...
Page 155: ...FI Boot Manager page 156 Configuring Boot Paths and Options EFI Shell page 157 Configuring Boot Paths and Options HP UX page 157 Adding an HP UX Boot Option page 109 Adding an HP OpenVMS Boot Option page 120 Adding a Microsoft Windows Boot Option page 125 Adding a Linux Boot Option page 130 CAUTION The nPartition ACPI configuration must be set to the proper value for the operating system when conf...
Page 156: ...tions you want to configure Login to the service processor MP or GSP and enter CO to access the Console list Select the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If at another EFI menu select the Exit option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading 2 Select the Boot Option Maintenance...
Page 157: ...ed by from the boot options list bcfg boot mv a b Move the item number specified by a to the position specified by b in the boot options list bcfg boot add file efi Description Add a new boot option to the position in the boot options list specified by The new boot option references file efi and is listed with the title specified by Description See the help bcfg command for details 3 Exit the cons...
Page 158: ... parmodify or setboot to configure the first PRI or second HAA or third ALT item in the boot options list the new device path that you specify either replaces the original boot option or it is inserted in the original item s place with the original item being shifted toward the end of the boot options list If the boot option currently is not set to an HP UX device the new boot device path is inser...
Page 159: ...mmands PATHFLAGS PRI 2 and PATHFLAGS HAA 1 as shown below Configuration Menu Enter command PATHFLAGS PRI 2 Primary Boot Path Action Boot Actions Boot from this path If unsuccessful go to next path Configuration Menu Enter command PATHFLAGS HAA 1 HA Alternate Boot Path Action Boot Actions Boot from this path If unsuccessful go to BCH Configuration Menu Enter command For other help in setting path f...
Page 160: ... and enter CO to access the Console list Select the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If at another EFI menu select the Exit option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 At...
Page 161: ...A action For example to always stop the local nPartition at BCH when booting issue the setboot b off s off command Configuring Boot Time System Tests You can configure boot time system tests self tests for an nPartition by using any one of the following procedures Configuring Boot Time System Tests BCH Menu page 161 Configuring Boot Time System Tests EFI Shell page 162 Configuring Boot Time System...
Page 162: ... are at the EFI Boot Manager menu the main EFI menu If at another EFI menu select the Exit option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 At the EFI Shell environment use the boottest command to list enable or disable boot time system tests for the local...
Page 163: ...able storage for the nPartition on means the test is normally executed on each boot off means the test is normally omitted on each boot partial means some subtests normally are executed on each boot This may differ from the NEXT BOOT settings SUPPORTED Whether the server supports the test completely yes partially partial or not at all no DEFAULT The default setting for the test either on off or pa...
Page 164: ... UX 1 1 31 From the HP UX B 11 23 or HP UX 11 31 command line use the setboot command to configure the self test configuration for an nPartition 1 Login to HP UX running on the nPartition whose boot time tests you want to configure 2 Enter the setboot v command to list the current self test configuration for the local nPartition The self test details listed by setboot v include TEST The keyword na...
Page 165: ...before it has booted an operating system See Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands page 84 nPartition Commands HP nPartition commands allow you to configure manage and monitor nPartitions and hardware within a server complex The Enhanced nPartition Commands also can remotely manage complexes based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset See Commands for Configuring nPartitions page 19 for ...
Page 166: ...pecified nPartition p where is the nPartition number When removing an active nPartition you must specify the F option Partition Manager Version 1 0 Select an nPartition then select the Partition Delete Partition action Version 2 0 Select an nPartition then select the nPartition Delete nPartition action See Removing Deleting an nPartition page 176 Removing Deleting an nPartition NOTE When a cell is...
Page 167: ...rtition action Add Remove Cells tab See Unassigning Removing Cells from an nPartition page 182 Unassigning Removing Cells from an nPartition BCH Menu Configuration menu PD NewName command where NewName specifies the new name for the nPartition Quotation marks are not needed even if the name includes spaces nPartition Commands parmodify p P name command where P name specifies the new name for the n...
Page 168: ... 0 Select the nPartition to which the cell belongs select the Partition Modify Partition action Change Cell Attributes tab select the cell s and click Modify Cell s Version 2 0 Select the nPartition to which the cell belongs select the nPartition Modify nPartition action and then configure attributes using the Set Cell Options tab and the Configure Memory tab See Setting Cell Attributes page 189 S...
Page 169: ...e is set and presented in GMT Greenwich mean time EFI Shell date command and time command configure the local nPartition date and time The EFI time is set and presented in GMT Greenwich mean time HP UX date command configures the local nPartition date and time Use set_parms timezone to set the HP UX system time zone Setting the Date and Time NOTE nPartition Configuration Privilege is supported on ...
Page 170: ... var opt wbem server pem file Contains the PRIVATE KEY and CERTIFICATE entry for the local system The opt parmgr bin parmgr command starts or stops the HP UX Tomcat based Servlet Engine in which Partition Manager runs To start parmgr s start to stop parmgr s stop to check status parmgr s status to restart parmgr s restart Configuring Remote Administration CAUTION These commands should only be used...
Page 171: ...re that all nPartitions within the complex are in the shutdown for reconfig inactive state If an nPartition is running HP UX you can shut down the nPartition to the shutdown for reconfig state by using the shutdown R H command If an nPartition is running Windows you can put it in a shutdown for reconfig state by using the shutdown s command Or you can put an nPartition into the shutdown for reconf...
Page 172: ... will be booted GSP CM 8 Access the console for the Genesis Partition and configure the nPartition as appropriate and necessary From the service processor Command menu enter MA to return to the Main menu then enter CO to access the Console menu The Genesis Partition is partition 0 and by default is named Partition 0 You will need to set the boot paths or options any core cell choices the nPartitio...
Page 173: ...er on 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 cab 0 bay1 chassis1 yes cab0 cell7 absent You can select any of the cells listed to create the new nPartition only the cells that are not absent are present within the server complex All cells that you choose must meet the hardware requirements for nPartitions for example they all must have the same firmware revision The cells also must form an HP recommended nPartition configu...
Page 174: ...ot failure_usage clm This option specifies the cell ID cell to be assigned to the nPartition The cell_type use_on_next_boot and failure_usage attributes are the same as supported with the Original nPartition Commands 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 w...
Page 175: ... 1 cab0 cell6 Cell CPU Memory Use OK GB Core On Hardware Actual Failed OK cell Next Par Location Usage Max Failed Connected To Capable Boot Num cab0 cell4 inactive 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 cab 0 bay0 chassis3 yes yes 1 cab0 cell6 inactive 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 cab 0 bay1 chassis1 yes yes 1 5 Boot your newly created nPartition past boot is blocked to make it active and make its system boot environment available The B...
Page 176: ... Deleting an nPartition Partition Manager page 179 Deleting an nPartition causes all cells and any I O resources connected to the cells that were assigned to the nPartition to be unassigned As a result all of these cells become available resources which can be assigned to any nPartition in the server complex When removing an active nPartition you must complete the procedure by performing a shutdow...
Page 177: ...nPartition and issue the shutdown s command Login to Linux running on the remote nPartition and issue the shutdown h time command Login to OpenVMS running on the remote nPartition first issue SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN from OpenVMS and enter No at the Should an automatic system reboot be performed prompt then access the MP and from the MP Command Menu issue the RR command and specify the nPartition that ...
Page 178: ...completed 3 Perform a shutdown for reconfig of the local nPartition HP UX shutdown R H Windows shutdown s Linux shutdown h time OpenVMS SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN with no automatic system reboot then MP Command menu RR command The shutdown for reconfig command shuts down the nPartition and all cells so that the configuration changes occur and the nPartition is deleted Removing an Active Remote nPartition...
Page 179: ...ual Usage of inactive If using Partition Manager Version 2 0 you also can remove an active remote nPartition either when managing the complex where nPartition resides or when managing the remote nPartition Both remote management features involve using the Tools Switch Complexes action 3 Select the Partition Manager action to request that the nPartition be removed deleted From Partition Manager Ver...
Page 180: ...ption to the parmodify command Procedure 6 6 Adding Cells to an nPartition nPartition Commands From the command line use the parmodify command to add cells to an nPartition You also can use the parstatus command to list nPartition and complex details such as available cells NOTE You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options supported by the Enhanced nPartition Commands or ...
Page 181: ...ut 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 If the clm value is rounded the command reports the final value used For details refer to the parmodify 1M manpage parmodify Command ...
Page 182: ...ls page 180 for details on when to perform a reboot for reconfig Unassigning Removing Cells from an nPartition You can remove cells from an nPartition by using any one of the following procedures Removing Cells from an nPartition nPartition Commands page 183 Removing Cells from an nPartition Partition Manager page 184 Removing a cell from an nPartition involves unassigning the cell from the nParti...
Page 183: ...ed If using remote administration features to modify an nPartition you can login to any system with Enhanced nPartition Commands installed If removing an inactive cell from an nPartition you can use local management from any nPartition in the complex For example you can login to HP UX running on any nPartition in the same server complex If removing an active cell from an nPartition and not using r...
Page 184: ...ition then the cell is immediately removed and the modified nPartition is booted past its inactive shutdown for reconfig state and becomes an active nPartition For example the following command removes cell 2 from partition 0 Because cell 2 is inactive it is immediately unassigned parmodify p0 d2 Command succeeded 4 As needed perform a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition being modified HP UX shu...
Page 185: ...nPartition selecting this option results in the nPartition becoming active after its reconfiguration occurs 7 Either cancel or proceed with the changes the removal of cell Click the Cancel button to cancel the changes To proceed with removing the cells click the Finish button or click the OK button 8 As needed perform a reboot for reconfig on the modified nPartition HP UX shutdown R Windows shutdo...
Page 186: ...cess the BCH Configuration Menu 3 At the BCH Configuration Menu enter the PD NewName command to change the nPartition name to NewName No quotation marks are needed when specifying the name even if it includes spaces To display the nPartition number and its current name enter the PD command PD not followed by any text 4 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exi...
Page 187: ... nPartition action and use the General tab to rename the nPartition 3 Exit Partition Manager From Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the File Exit action From Partition Manager Version 2 0 select Log off parmgr or exit the Web browser when finished Renaming a Server Complex You can rename a server complex by using any one of the following procedures Renaming a Server Complex Service Processor pa...
Page 188: ... processor Main Menu At the Main Menu enter X to exit the service processor interface Procedure 6 14 Renaming a Server Complex nPartition Commands From the command line use the cplxmodify N name command to rename a server complex The cplxmodify command currently only is supported by the Enhanced nPartition Commands NOTE You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options support...
Page 189: ...n an nPartition runs an operating system that does not support it NOTE Changing a cell use on next boot attribute may be restricted on any server complex that is under an Instant Capacity contract NOTE After changing cell attributes in order to use the new settings you must reboot the nPartition to which the cell is assigned HP UX shutdown r Windows shutdown r Linux shutdown r time OpenVMS SYS SYS...
Page 190: ...FIGRESET command at the BCH interface to put the nPartition in the shutdown for reconfig state then use the BO command at the service processor Command menu to boot the nPartition If you have changed any cell from OFF n do not use on next boot to ON y use the cell on next boot then you must perform these two tasks this resets and reconfigures the nPartition and boots it 5 Exit the console and serv...
Page 191: ...econfig state then use the BO command at the service processor Command Menu to boot the nPartition If you have changed any cell from off n do not use on next boot to on y use the cell on next boot then you must perform these two tasks this resets and reconfigures the nPartition and boots it 4 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the EFI environment type ...
Page 192: ...usage ri reactivate with interleave is the only supported failure usage policy and it is the default For details refer to the parmodify 1M manpage For the Enhanced nPartition Commands the parmodify command s m option is as follows m cell type use fail clm where the cell type use and fail attributes are the same as supported by the Original nPartition Commands The clm value specifies the amount of ...
Page 193: ...ve changed any use on next boot values from n do not use on next boot to y use the cell on next boot then you must perform a reboot for reconfig to allow the currently inactive cells to reboot and rendezvous when the nPartition reboots Procedure 6 19 Setting Cell Attributes Partition Manager You can set cell attributes by using Partition Manager When using Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the ...
Page 194: ... settings for the nPartition then reboot the nPartition in either of two ways Perform a standard reboot HP UX shutdown r Windows shutdown r Linux shutdown r time OpenVMS SYS SYSTEM SHUTDOWN with an automatic system reboot If you have only changed use on next boot values from y to n then perform a reboot Any cells set to not be used will still be assigned to the nPartition but will not be used will...
Page 195: ...highest priority core preference to be cell ID 4 Use the HELP COC command for other details about the COC command 4 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the BCH environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 6 21 Setting Core Cel...
Page 196: ... using remote administration features to set core cell choices you can login to any system with Enhanced nPartition Commands installed 2 Issue the parstatus V p command to list the current core cell choices and core cell use for an nPartition The parstatus V p command list detailed status for the specified nPartition p where is the nPartition number The nPartition status includes the current activ...
Page 197: ...nPartitions page 165 2 Select the nPartition whose core cell choices you want to configure 3 Initiate the nPartition modify action If using Partition Manager Version 1 0 the Partition Modify Partition action If using Partition Manager Version 2 0 select the nPartition Modify nPartition action 4 Access the Partition Manager area for setting core cell choices and then make any changes to the core ch...
Page 198: ...vice processor MP or GSP and enter CM to access the Command menu 2 At the service processor Command menu issue the RL command 3 Select the Complex Profile entry you want to unlock feshd4 u MP CM rl WARNING This command should only be used to recover from a hung complex reconfiguration Random breaking of locks will cause unpredictable results and could cause your system to crash A Stable complex co...
Page 199: ...te lock for the Stable Complex Configuration Data Canceling Pending Changes to the Complex Profile You can cancel a pending change to the Stable Complex Configuration Data for a cell based server by unlocking the the Stable Complex Configuration Data before the service processor has pushed out the revised data for the entry For example you can abort a cell assignment change when you have issued a ...
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Page 201: ... before it has booted an operating system See Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands page 84 nPartition Commands HP nPartition commands allow you to configure manage and monitor nPartitions and hardware within a server complex The Enhanced nPartition Commands also can remotely manage complexes based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset See Commands for Configuring nPartitions page 19 for...
Page 202: ... or a similar Power On action Version 2 0 Select an inactive cell or I O chassis and use the Cell Power Off Cell or I O Power Off I O Chassis action or a similar Power On action See Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and Off page 206 Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and Off nPartition Commands fruled command and specify o or f and a cabinet cell or I O chassis o option to blink the LED f option to...
Page 203: ... the cell The clm parameter specifies the amount of cell local memory Partition Manager Version 1 0 Select the nPartition to which the cell belongs select the Partition Modify Partition action Change Cell Attributes tab select the cell s and click Modify Cell s Version 2 0 Select the nPartition to which the cell belongs select the nPartition Modify nPartition action Set Cell Options tab and config...
Page 204: ...nabling and Disabling Hyper Threading on Dual Core Intel Itanium 2 Processors NOTE DIMMs operate either in ranks of four or echelons of two depending on the memory architecture of the server When you deallocate a DIMM all other DIMMs in the rank or echelon also will not be used the next time the nPartition boots Each rank or echelon is numbered 0 1 2 and so on up to hexadecimal number F as needed ...
Page 205: ...8 volt power for a cabinet with the cabinet hardware 1 Login to the service processor for the server complex and access the Virtual Front Panel for the system From the service processor Main menu enter VFP to access the Virtual Front Panel menu then enter S to access the system VFP that displays the current status for all nPartitions 2 Check the VFP status to see whether any cabinet hardware is ru...
Page 206: ... 1 The power state is ON for Cabinet 1 In what state do you want the power ON OFF Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and Off You can power on or power off cells and I O chassis by using any one of the following procedures Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and Off Service Processor page 207 Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and Off nPartition Commands page 208 Powering Cells and I O Chassis On and O...
Page 207: ...ets 3 Specify the hardware device to power on or power off The service processor does not check whether the specified component is currently being used Cabinets When you power on or off a cabinet the firmware also powers on or off all cells and I O chassis in the cabinet Cells When you power on or off a cell the firmware also powers on or off any I O chassis attached to the cell When specifying a ...
Page 208: ...nd to power on a cell c This also powers on any I O chassis connected to the cell The following example shows several sample frupower commands and their results frupower f c0 Error Can not power off active cell 0 frupower f c2 frupower o c2 frupower f c6 Error Cell 6 belongs to partition 1 Can not power off cell frupower f i0 1 1 Error I O chassis 0 1 1 is attached to a powered on free cell 4 Plea...
Page 209: ... finished Turning Attention Indicators LEDs On and Off You can turn hardware attention indicators LEDs on or off by using any one of the following procedures Turning Attention Indicators On and Off nPartition Commands page 210 Turning Attention Indicators On and Off Partition Manager page 212 HP s nPartition systems provide attention indicators LEDs to help you to visually select and confirm which...
Page 210: ... logs or event logs viewer Procedure 7 6 Turning Attention Indicators On and Off nPartition Commands From the command line you can turn attention indicators on or off by using the fruled command the rad command HP UX B 11 11 only and the olrad command HP UX B 11 23 and HP UX B 11 31 You can use the fruled command and specify o or f and a cabinet cell or I O chassis o option to blink the LED f opti...
Page 211: ...eps it lit the cabinet number LCD for the specified cabinet b Blink The fruled o b command blinks the cabinet number LCD for the specified cabinet b PCI Card Slots Managing the attention indicator for a PCI card slot is supported from HP UX only Use the rad command HP UX B 11 11 only or olrad command HP UX B 11 23 and HP UX B 11 31 to turn on off or blink the attention indicator for a PCI card slo...
Page 212: ...ED or I O Light I O Chassis LED action To turn off all LEDs use the Complex Clear All LEDs action When using Partition Manager Version 2 0 select a cell or I O chassis and use the Cell Turn On Cell LED or I O Turn On Chassis LED action or a similar Turn Off action To turn off all LEDs use the Complex Clear All LEDs action 1 Access Partition Manager For details on accessing Partition Manager or oth...
Page 213: ...figure cells assigned to the local nPartition The BCH Menu is available only on HP 9000 systems 1 Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition whose cells you want to configure or deconfigure Login to the service processor MP or GSP and enter CO to access the Console list Select the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the BCH Main Menu the Main Menu Enter command o...
Page 214: ... HP Integrity systems NOTE Use of the cellconfig command at the EFI Shell is restricted See the help cellconfig command for details 1 Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition whose cells you want to configure or deconfigure Login to the service processor MP or GSP and enter CO to access the Console list Select the nPartition console When accessing the console confirm that you are at the...
Page 215: ...its use on next boot attribute value You also can use the parstatus V c command to list attribute details for a specific cell c where is the cell number NOTE You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options supported by the Enhanced nPartition Commands or Partition Manager Version 2 0 Remote administration is supported by the Partition Manager Tools Switch Complexes action an...
Page 216: ...nge Cell Attributes tab select the cell s and click Modify Cell s When using Partition Manager Version 2 0 select the nPartition to which the cell belongs select the nPartition Modify nPartition action and then configure attributes using the Set Cell Options tab 1 Access Partition Manager For details on accessing Partition Manager or other tools see Tools for Managing Hardware page 201 2 Select th...
Page 217: ...es it to not be available for use by the cell or its nPartition Whenever you configure or deconfigure processors you must reboot the corresponding nPartition for the configuration change to take effect NOTE Configuring and deconfiguring processors may be restricted based on any Instant Capacity contract for the server complex Procedure 7 12 Configuring and Deconfiguring Processors BCH Menu From th...
Page 218: ...rom the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 Enter the cpuconfig command with no arguments to list the current processor configurations for all cells assigned to the local nPartition 3 Use the cpuconfig command to change processor configurations for any of the cells assigned to the local nPartition cpuconfig cell cpu off deconfigures the spec...
Page 219: ...or an nPartition setboot Primary bootpath 0 0 1 1 0 12 0 HA Alternate bootpath 0 0 0 1 0 Alternate bootpath 0 0 0 1 1 Autoboot is ON enabled Hyperthreading ON 1 OFF next boot 2 1 The HP UX setboot command indicates that Hyper Threading currently is enabled ON for the nPartition 2 The next time the nPartition is booted after it is reset Hyper Threading will be disabled OFF for the nPartition Enabli...
Page 220: ...igure memory by using any one of the following procedures Configuring and Deconfiguring Memory BCH Menu page 220 Configuring and Deconfiguring Memory EFI Shell page 221 You can configure and deconfigure memory modules DIMMs from any cell that is assigned to an nPartition Deconfiguring memory causes it to not be available for use by the cell or its nPartition Whenever you configure or deconfigure m...
Page 221: ...memory configurations you must reboot the corresponding nPartition to allow the configuration changes to take place 5 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the BCH environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 7 15 Configuring an...
Page 222: ...on status of a cell based server by using the Partition Manager Complex Analyze Complex Health action as described in the following procedure This feature scans the server complex and uses problem detectors to check the operating status of cells I O chassis fans and blowers and power supplies Procedure 7 16 Complex Health Analysis of a Server Partition Manager Use the Complex Analyze Complex Healt...
Page 223: ... Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands page 84 nPartition Commands HP nPartition commands allow you to configure manage and monitor nPartitions and hardware within a server complex The Enhanced nPartition Commands also can remotely manage complexes based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset See Commands for Configuring nPartitions page 19 for details Partition Manager opt parmgr bin par...
Page 224: ...hose memory configuration you wish to view BCH Menu Information menu ME command EFI Shell info mem command and the dimmconfig command where is the cell number for memory module DIMM details for a specific cell nPartition Commands parstatus C for memory summaries for all cells parstatus V c for detailed memory information for the specified cell c where is the cell number Includes cell local memory ...
Page 225: ...mand nPartition Commands parstatus X command Partition Manager Version 1 0 Complex Show Complex Details General tab Version 2 0 General tab See Listing Product and Serial Numbers page 235 Listing Product and Serial Numbers Service Processor MP or GSP CP command nPartition Commands parstatus P command or the parstatus V p command for details about specific nPartition p where is the nPartition numbe...
Page 226: ...t the cell configurations in a cell based server by using any one of the following procedures Listing Cell Configurations Service Processor page 226 Listing Cell Configurations nPartition Commands page 226 Listing Cell Configurations Partition Manager page 227 Cell configuration details include the list of the cells installed in the server and cell assignments to nPartitions Procedure 8 1 Listing ...
Page 227: ...st processor configurations by using any one of the following procedures Listing Processor Configurations Service Processor page 227 Listing Processor Configurations BCH Menu page 227 Listing Processor Configurations EFI Shell page 228 Listing Processor Configurations nPartition Commands page 228 Listing Processor Configurations Partition Manager page 229 Processor CPU configuration details includ...
Page 228: ...anager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 Enter the info cpu command to list processor details for all active cells in the local nPartition 3 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the EFI environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service proc...
Page 229: ...tions by using any one of the following procedures Listing Memory Configurations Service Processor page 229 Listing Memory Configurations BCH Menu page 229 Listing Memory Configurations EFI Shell page 230 Listing Memory Configurations nPartition Commands page 230 Listing Memory Configurations Partition Manager page 231 Memory configuration details include summaries of the total memory in a cell or...
Page 230: ...at another EFI menu select the Exit option from the sub menus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading From the EFI Boot Manager menu select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment 2 Enter the info mem command to list memory details for all active cells in the local nPartition For additional details about memory modules DIMMs in an individual cell use ...
Page 231: ...rom Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the Details Show Complex Details action then select the CPUs Memory tab to view memory details about all cells in the complex For additional details on any cell use the Show Details button From Partition Manager Version 2 0 select the Cells tab to view details about all cells in the complex including memory details 3 Exit Partition Manager From Partition Ma...
Page 232: ...chassis information I O module PCI card slot details and information about PCI devices installed PCI cards 4 Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them To exit the BCH environment type B Control B this exits the nPartition console and returns to the service processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 8 16 Listing Input Output Co...
Page 233: ... about each PCI card slot HP UX Hardware Paths and power and driver status Procedure 8 18 Listing Input Output I O Configurations Partition Manager You can list the I O configuration for a server complex or any nPartition in the complex by using Partition Manager When using Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the Details Show Complex Details action then select the I O Chassis tab When using Parti...
Page 234: ...s in a Server Complex nPartition Commands From the command line use the parstatus B command to list all cabinets in the server complex or use the parstatus V b command to view a detailed status for the specified cabinet b where is the cabinet number 1 Login to a system with the nPartition commands installed If using remote administration features to list cabinet details you can login to any system...
Page 235: ...ant to modify any of this information prompt type n or type q to not modify the server complex information that was displayed 3 To exit the service processor Command Menu enter MA to return to the service processor Main Menu At the Main Menu enter X to exit the service processor interface Procedure 8 23 Listing Product and Serial Numbers BCH Menu From the BCH Information Menu use the CID command t...
Page 236: ...owing procedures Listing nPartition Configurations Service Processor page 236 Listing nPartition Configurations nPartition Commands page 236 Listing nPartition Configurations Partition Manager page 237 nPartition configuration information includes a list of which cells are assigned to which nPartitions and additional details such as the core cell choices boot device paths and nPartition names Proc...
Page 237: ...s action From Partition Manager Version 2 0 use the nPartitions tab to view details about all nPartitions in the complex 3 Exit Partition Manager From Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the File Exit action From Partition Manager Version 2 0 select Log off parmgr or exit the Web browser when finished Listing the Local nPartition Number You can list the local nPartition number by using any one of...
Page 238: ...vice processor Main Menu To exit the service processor type X at the Main Menu Procedure 8 31 Listing the Local nPartition Number nPartition Commands From the command line issue the parstatus w command to list the local nPartition number 1 Login to a system with the nPartition commands installed If using remote administration features to list a local nPartition number you can login to any system w...
Page 239: ...wer status summary for all cabinets parstatus V b Detailed power status for the specified cabinet b where is the cabinet number frupower d C Cell power status frupower d I I O chassis power status Procedure 8 34 Listing Power Status and Power Supplies Partition Manager You can list power status and power supply details by using Partition Manager When using Partition Manager Version 1 0 use the Det...
Page 240: ...ummary for all cabinets or parstatus V b for detailed fan and blower status for the specified cabinet b where is the cabinet number 1 Login to a system with the nPartition commands installed If using remote administration features to list fan and blower status you can login to any system with Enhanced nPartition Commands installed 2 Issue commands to list details about fan and blower status parsta...
Page 241: ...Partition Manager From Partition Manager Version 1 0 select the File Exit action From Partition Manager Version 2 0 select Log off parmgr or exit the Web browser when finished Listing Fan and Blower Status 241 ...
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Page 243: ...Only supported by the Enhanced nPartition Commands NOTE For the most current information for these commands refer to the online manpages parcreate 1M parmodify 1M parremove 1M parstatus 1 parunlock 1M fruled 1M frupower 1M and cplxmodify 1M On a Windows system refer to Start Programs Hewlett Packard nPar Management nPar Commands Manual Specifying Cells and I O Chassis to Commands Use the cell and ...
Page 244: ...nd rx8640 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 Superdome Cabinet 0 Hardware Location Format 1 7 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 Superdome Cabinet 1 Hardware Location Format Both cell ID formats specify the location of a cell in a complex For example parstatus c9 and parstatus c1 1 specify the same cell parstatus c9 Cell CPU Memory Use OK GB Core On Hardware Actual Deconf OK Cell Next Par Location Usage Max...
Page 245: ...of an I O Expansion cabinet 2 the top bay in an I O Expansion cabinet chassis specifies the I O chassis within a bay On HP rp7405 rp7410 rp7420 rx7620 rp8400 rp8420 and rx8620 servers the chassis number is 0 Chassis 0 which connects to cell 0 and is the left chassis as viewed from the cabinet rear the left eight PCI card slots 1 Chassis 1 which connects to cell 1 and is the right chassis as viewed...
Page 246: ...q command or olrad q command to list the currently available PCI I O slots in the local nPartition and their status The rad command is available with HP UX B 11 11 and olrad is available with HP UX B 11 23 and HP UX B 11 31 In Example A 1 both the parstatus and rad commands show details for various chassis and slots including chassis 0 1 3 246 nPartition Commands ...
Page 247: ...0 8 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 16 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 24 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 4 0 0 4 0 32 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 5 0 0 6 0 48 33 On Yes No Yes 0 1 3 6 0 0 14 0 112 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 7 0 0 12 0 96 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 8 0 0 11 0 88 33 On Yes No Yes 0 1 3 9 0 0 10 0 80 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 10 0 0 9 0 72 33 On No N A N A 0 1 3 11 0 0 8 0 64 33 On No N A N A 8 0 3 0 2 0 ...
Page 248: ...Remote Management Using WBEM page 44 for details The g h options may be specified to cause the command to send its management request using IPMI over LAN to a service processor in another server complex but can also be used as a loopback access to the service processor in the local complex NOTE When specifying the g h options the host specified by h must have IPMI LAN access enabled Also the user ...
Page 249: ...o cause the command to send its management request using WBEM to an nPartition other than the local nPartition but can also be used as a loopback access to the local nPartition The g h options may be specified to cause the command to send its management request using IPMI over LAN to a service processor in another server complex but can also be used as a loopback access to the service processor in...
Page 250: ... a suffix of GB As needed an absolute CLM specification is rounded up to the nearest 0 5 GBytes If the clm value is rounded the command reports the final value used b path Specifies the primary boot path For HP 9000 servers this is the PRI boot path For HP Integrity servers only boot options for the local nPartition can be modified therefore boot paths for a newly created nPartition cannot be set ...
Page 251: ...ed nPartition Commands only Specifies the account and authorization to access an nPartition other than the local nPartition The h option is required if this option is used username specifies a configured user name on the target nPartition g Enhanced nPartition Commands only Allows access to the complex specified by the h option The accessed complex is then considered the target complex Access is t...
Page 252: ...ightly different options for the Original nPartition Commands and Enhanced nPartition Commands Original nPartition Commands parmodify p PartitionNumber a cell type use_on_next_boot failure_usage a m cell type use_on_next_boot failure_usage m I IPaddress r cell r d cell d b path t path s path P PartitionName B Enhanced nPartition Commands parmodify p PartitionNumber a cell type use_on_next_boot fai...
Page 253: ... 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 a...
Page 254: ...diately after it is modified When you modify an active nPartition and specify the B option you must perform a reboot for reconfig of the modified nPartition You must perform this reboot for reconfig before any other cell assignments can take place in the server complex T flag Specifies whether Hyper Threading should be enabled or not only if cells support this feature If this option is not specifi...
Page 255: ...IPaddress hostname specifies the IP address or hostname of the target nPartition u or service processor g parmodify Command 255 ...
Page 256: ...rremove p PartitionNumber F Enhanced nPartition Commands Notes The u h set of options may be specified to cause the command to send its management request using WBEM to an nPartition other than the local nPartition but can also be used as a loopback access to the local nPartition The g h options may be specified to cause the command to send its management request using IPMI over LAN to a service p...
Page 257: ...nced nPartition Commands only This option is only used in combination with either the u or g option IPaddress hostname specifies the IP address or hostname of the target nPartition u or service processor g parremove Command 257 ...
Page 258: ...quest using IPMI over LAN to a service processor in another server complex but can also be used as a loopback access to the service processor in the local complex The u and g options are mutually exclusive Options s Indicate through parstatus exit status whether the system is an HP server that supports nPartitions Not supported with the g h options w Display the nPartition number for the local nPa...
Page 259: ...the local nPartition The h option is required if this option is used username specifies a configured user name on the target nPartition g Enhanced nPartition Commands only Allows access to the complex specified by the h option The accessed complex is then considered the target complex Access is through the service processor LAN port The h option is required if this option is used h IPaddress hostn...
Page 260: ... for details Synopsis parunlock p PartitionNumber s parunlock A Enhanced nPartition Commands only parunlock d c cell P Enhanced nPartition Commands Notes The u h set of options may be specified to cause the command to send its management request using WBEM to an nPartition other than the local nPartition but can also be used as a loopback access to the local nPartition The g h options may be speci...
Page 261: ...mands only Specifies the account and authorization to access an nPartition other than the local nPartition The h option is required if this option is used username specifies a configured user name on the target nPartition g Enhanced nPartition Commands only Allows access to the complex specified by the h option The accessed complex is then considered the target complex Access is through the servic...
Page 262: ...usive Options f Turn off specified attention LED s This is the default The f and o options are mutually exclusive o Start blinking the specified attention LED s The o option is unavailable with C or I B Start or stop blinking the cabinet number LCD of the cabinet that contains the cell or I O chassis The B option is only available with c and i c cell Blink or turn off the specified cell attention ...
Page 263: ...hanced nPartition Commands only This option is only used in combination with either the u or g option IPaddress hostname specifies the IP address or hostname of the target nPartition u or service processor g fruled Command 263 ...
Page 264: ...s on all cells and I O chassis in the target complex even if this results in turning power off for a component of an active nPartition NOTE On servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset you cannot turn cell or I O chassis power on or off for free cells or I O chassis when nPartition Configuration Privilege is restricted and when not using the g h options The nPartition Configurati...
Page 265: ...ecified cabinet u username Enhanced nPartition Commands only Specifies the account and authorization to access an nPartition other than the local nPartition The h option is required if this option is used username specifies a configured user name on the target nPartition g Enhanced nPartition Commands only Allows access to the complex specified by the h option The accessed complex is then consider...
Page 266: ...o a service processor in another server complex but can also be used as a loopback access to the service processor in the local complex The u and g options are mutually exclusive Options N ComplexName Changes the name of the target complex to ComplexName u username Specifies the account and authorization to access an nPartition other than the local nPartition The h option is required if this optio...
