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

Booting and Resetting Superdome Partitions
Introduction to Boot and Reset Tasks
Chapter 5224
“Listing Partition Boot
Settings” on page 269
List the current settings that establish
the partition’s boot-time behavior.
BCH
HP-UX:
parmodify
“Configuring Boot Paths for
a Partition” on page 273
Set the primary (PRI) high-availability
(HAA), and alternate (ALT) boot path
variables for a partition.
BCH
HP-UX:
parmodify
“Configuring Boot Actions
for Partition Boot Paths” on
page 275
Set the action that takes place when the
partition’s boot process references each
boot path variable (PRI, HAA, ALT).
BCH
“Configuring Auto Start for
a Partition” on page 276
Set whether or not the partition
automatically attempts to boot HP-UX
after any of the partition’s components
fails self-test.
BCH
“Configuring Fast Boot
Settings for a Partition” on
page 277
Enable or disable boot-time tests
performed by partition hardware.
BCH
“Configuring the Boot Timer
for a Partition” on page 278
Set the time (number of seconds) that
the BCH interface allows for booting a
device.
BCH
“Deconfiguring Cells,
Processors, and Memory” on
page 279
Software-deconfigure cells, processors,
and memory within a partition.
See Chapter 3
“Configuring Automatic
System Restart
for a Partition” on page 280
Set whether the partition automatically
restarts.
GSP
“Powering On and Powering
Off Partition Hardware” on
page 281
Power on or power off cells or I/O
chassis in a partition.
See Chapter 3
Table 5-1 HP Superdome Booting and Resetting Tasks
Task Procedures Description Tools