Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.02)

Monitor and Shell Commands
Monitor: Accessing the Monitor Prompt
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Monitor: Accessing the Monitor Prompt
You can reach the Monitor prompt in the following ways:
• From the ISL or EFI prompt, you can boot the Monitor into interactive mode (see “Monitor: Booting the
vPars Monitor” on page 103).
• After shutting down all virtual partitions, you will arrive at the Monitor prompt on the console (see
“Boot||Shut: Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (OR Rebooting the vPars Monitor)” on
page 135).
• A.03.xx and earlier: When the system monarch CPU is not owned by any virtual partition, you will also
see the Monitor prompt MON> while toggling among the virtual consoles.
A monarch CPU exists in both non-vPars and vPars servers. After a server is powered-on, the monarch
CPU determines what other CPUs are configured in the server and then launches the other CPUs to
create a multi-CPU server. Typically, the CPU with the lowest numbered hardware path address
(belonging to the core cell for nPartitionable systems) is the monarch CPU. To see the lowest numbered
hardware path, on a non-vPars server use ioscan, or on a vPars server use the Monitor command scan.
A.04: When any CPU is available, you will see the MON> prompt.