Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Using Other Tools for Managing nPartitions

Power-, status-, and hardware-level tasks

Chapter 4

• parstatus -B — List all cabinets in the server complex.

• parstatus -V -b# — View a detailed status for the specified cabinet (-b# where # is

the cabinet number).

NOTE You must include the correct remote administration options when issuing par commands

(-h and -g for IPMI over LAN connections; -h and -u for WBEM/WMI connections). For

a complete explanation of these options, refer to the command description in “nPartition

Commands Reference” on page 109.

List power status and power supplies

Power status and power supply information includes the power status (on or off) for

cabinets, cells, and I/O chassis; the status (ok or failed) for power supplies; and related

details.

List the power status and supplies using the following procedure:

Listing power status and power supplies [par commands]

From the command line, issue the parstatus -B command for a power status summary

for all cabinets, or parstatus -V -b# for detailed power status for the specified cabinet

(-b#, where # is the cabinet number). You also can issue the frupower -d -C command

for cell power status, or the frupower -d -I command for I/O chassis power status.

Step 1. Login to Windows on the Management Station PC.

Step 2. Issue commands to list details about system power status.

• parstatus -B — Power status summary for all cabinets.

• parstatus -V -b# — Detailed power status for the specified cabinet (-b#, where # is

the cabinet number).

• frupower -d -C — Cell power status.

• frupower -d -I — I/O chassis power status.

NOTE You must include the correct remote administration options when issuing par commands

(-h and -g for IPMI over LAN connections; -h and -u for WBEM/WMI connections). For

a complete explanation of these options, refer to the command description in “nPartition

Commands Reference” on page 109.

List fan and blower status

Fan and blower status includes lists of cabinet blowers and I/O fans, and their status

(whether ok or failed).

List fan and blower status using the following procedure:

Listing fan and blower status [par commands]

From the command line, issue the parstatus -B command for a fan and blower status

summary for all cabinets, or parstatus -V -b# for detailed fan and blower status for

the specified cabinet (-b#, where # is the cabinet number).