Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Using Other Tools for Managing nPartitions
Cell-level tasks
Chapter 4
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• Guidelines for removing an inactive cell
When removing an inactive cell from an nPartition you do not need to specify the -B
option to parmodify and do not need to perform a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition
to which the cell is assigned.
When you use parmodify to remove an inactive cell, the cell is immediately
unassigned from its nPartition.
If you specify the -B option when removing an inactive cell from an inactive
nPartition, then the cell is immediately removed and the modified nPartition is
booted past its inactive shutdown for reconfig state and becomes an active nPartition.
For example, the following command removes cell 2 from partition 0. Because cell 2 is
inactive, it is immediately unassigned.
# parmodify -p0 -d2
Command succeeded.
#
Step 4. As needed, perform a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition being modified.
You must perform a reboot for reconfig if you have removed an active cell or have
specified the -B option when modifying an active nPartition.
See the “Reboot for reconfig guidelines for removing cells” on page 93 for details on
when to perform a reboot for reconfig.
This reboot for reconfig enables the cell removal to complete and the Complex Profile to
be unlocked.
If you have removed an active cell and you did not specify the -B option to parmodify,
then the nPartition will remain inactive in the shutdown for reconfig state after you
perform the reboot for reconfig. To make the inactive nPartition active, use the BO (boot)
command at the management processor Command menu.
Set cell attributes
Each cell assigned to an nPartition has attributes including use-on-next-boot that
determine how the cell is used within the nPartition. On nPartition-capable HP Integrity
servers, each cell also has a cell local memory attribute that determines the amount of
memory on the cell that is not interleaved.
NOTE After changing cell attributes you must reboot the nPartition to which the cell is
assigned in order to use the new settings. If modifying an inactive cell to be active,
perform a reboot for reconfig.
Set the attributes for a cell using any one of the following procedures:
Setting cell attributes [par commands]
From the command line, use the parmodify -p# -m#... command to configure cell
attributes. You also can use the parstatus -V -c# command to list attribute details for
a specific cell (-c# where # is the cell number).