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

Conﬁguring and Managing Superdome Partitions

HP-UX Superdome Conﬁguration Commands—Details and Syntax

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parmodify Command

NOTE For the most up-to-date reference information on the parmodify

command, see the parmodify (1M) manpage on your system. The

information here is provided for quick reference.

You can use the parmodify command to modify the following attributes

of an existing partition:

Partition name

Cell assignments (add cells or remove cells)

Attributes of existing cells (such as the “use on next boot” setting)

Core cell and core alternate cells

Boot paths (the primary, alternate, and HA alternate paths)

Partition’s IP address

Root permission is required to use this command.

parmodify Command Syntax

The command-line syntax for parmodify is:

See the parmodify (1M) manpage for additional details.

Synopsis parmodify -p PartitionNumber

-a cell:[cell_type]:[use_on_next_boot]:[failure_usage] [-a...] |

-m cell:[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 | -k s_lock:p_lock

The -p option is required.

For details on specifying cells, cabinets, and I/O chassis, see “Specifying

Cells and I/O Chassis” on page 137.

Options The parmodify command supports the following command-line options.

-p PartitionNumber

Speciﬁes the partition to be modiﬁed. PartitionNumber

speciﬁes the unique number (integer) assigned to the

partition. The -p option is required.