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Chapter 4
Verifying and Booting Superdome
Booting Superdome Partitions
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Booting Superdome Partitions
Booting Superdome partitions includes the steps listed below. Following this section are detailed procedures
for each of these tasks.
• Listing the partitions you want to boot
• Listing the path to each boot device
• Listing the cell number associated with the core I/O adapter card for the partition
• Listing the core I/O adapter location for each partition
• Installing the boot device for the partition (if required)
• Powering down the cell associated with the core I/O adapter card for the partition
• Connecting the boot device cable
• Powering up the cell associated with the core I/O adapter card for the partition
• Booting UNIX on the partition
• Booting the other partitions (if there are others)
NOTE You can boot as many as eight partitions for each Superdome cabinet. It is easy to lose track of
the partitions you have and have not booted. You need to be organized to boot all of the
partitions in an efficient way. To help you keep track of the partitions you have booted, use the
table on the next page.
In order to boot the partitions on the Superdome, you need specific values from the boot path for each
Superdome partition. You will use the values you enter in the table to match boot devices to partitions. Refer
to “Determining and Documenting Boot Information” on page 88 to fill in the table. (Feel free to remove the
table from this guide.)
WARNING Do not mix original cell or Caribe cell boards with within the same partition.
WARNING Do not mix CPU ASICs (PA8600 vs. PA8700) on either the original or Caribe cell
boards.
Table 4-1 Boot Information
Partition
Primary
Boot Path
Logical
Cell #
Physical
Cabinet #
of Cell
Physical Cell
Slot # within
Cabinet
Boot Device Adapter Physical Location
Within the PCI Card Cage
Slot # Cabinet # I/O Bay # I/O Chassis #