Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring and Managing Superdome Partitions
Overview of Partition Management Tools
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Boot Console
Handler (BCH)
interface
Description—The BCH interface is the method for interacting with a
partition before it has booted HP-UX. Each partition’s BCH interface
provides menus for configuring partition settings and booting HP-UX.
Availability—Using a partition’s BCH interface requires accessing
the partition’s console through the GSP console menu.
Unique Features—Allows you to select which device and which
HP-UX kernel is booted, to configure the “boot actions” for devices,
and to software-deallocate CPUs.
Tasks Supported—Configuring and managing the HP-UX boot
process,getting partition-specific information, resetting the partition,
configuring various partition settings.
Detailed BCH Information—See Chapter 2, “Superdome Console and
Service Interface,” on page 33.
HP-UX
Superdome
Configuration
Commands
Description—The HP-UX Superdome configuration commands allow
you to configure, modify, and monitor partitions and hardware within
a Superdome complex.
Availability—Using the HP-UX Superdome configuration commands
requires logging in to HP-UX running on a partition. All users can
issue the parstatus and fruled commands, but all other commands
require root user permissions.
Unique Features—Allows you to manage partitions and hardware
when HP-UX is in single-user mode and when you are logged in with
text-only terminal access.
Tasks Supported—Configuring, modifying, and getting information
about partitions and hardware within a Superdome complex.
Detailed Information—See “HP-UX Superdome Configuration
Commands—An Introduction” on page 135.
Table 4-2 HP Superdome Partition Management Tools
Partition Tool Features and Restrictions