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

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5 Booting and Resetting Superdome
Partitions
This chapter covers the tasks and concepts involved in booting
HP Superdome partitions.
HP Superdome servers and partitions boot in much the same way as do
other HP 9000 servers, but you can boot, reboot, and reset each partition
independently of the other partitions within a Superdome complex.
This chapter covers the following topics:
• “Introduction to Boot and Reset Tasks” on page 222
• “Overview of Partition Booting Concepts and Issues” on page 225
• “Planning and Configuring Partition Boot Settings” on page 235
• “Tools for Managing Superdome Booting” on page 239
• “Procedures for Booting and Resetting Partitions” on page 241
• “Related Information” on page 282