HP Integrity rx7640 and HP 9000 rp7440 Servers User Service Guide

Enabled means that Hyper-Threading will be active on the next reboot of the nPartition. Active
means that each processor core in the nPartition has a second virtual core that enables
simultaneously running multiple threads.
• Autoboot Setting
You can configure the autoboot setting for each nPartition either by using the autoboot
command at the EFI Shell, or by using the Set Auto Boot TimeOut menu item at the EFI Boot
Option Maintenance menu.
To set autoboot from HP-UX, use the setboot command.
• ACPI Configuration Value—HP Integrity Server OS Boot
On cell-based HP Integrity servers you must set the proper ACPI configuration for the OS that
will be booted on the nPartition.
To check the ACPI configuration value, issue the acpiconfig command with no arguments
at the EFI Shell.
To set the ACPI configuration value, issue the acpiconfig value command at the EFI Shell,
where value is either default or windows. Then reset the nPartition by issuing the reset
EFI Shell command for the setting to take effect.
The ACPI configuration settings for the supported OSes are in the following list.
◦ HP-UX ACPI Configuration: default
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot or install the HP-UX OS, you must set the ACPI
configuration value for the nPartition to default.
For details, see “ACPI Configuration for HP-UX Must Be default” (page 83).
◦ HP OpenVMS I64 ACPI Configuration: default
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot or install the HP OpenVMS I64 OS, you must
set the ACPI configuration value for the nPartition to default.
For details, see “ACPI Configuration for HP OpenVMS I64 Must Be default” (page 93).
◦ Windows ACPI Configuration: windows
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot or install the Windows OS, you must set the
ACPI configuration value for the nPartition to windows.
For details, see “ACPI Configuration for Windows Must Be windows” (page 98).
◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ACPI Configuration: default
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot or install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS, you
must set the ACPI configuration value for the nPartition to default.
For details, see “ACPI Configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Must Be default”
(page 102).
◦ SuSE Linux Enterprise Server ACPI Configuration: default
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot or install the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server OS,
you must set the ACPI configuration value for the nPartition to default.
For details, see “ACPI Configuration for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Must Be default”
(page 103).
• ACPI Softpowerdown Configuration—OS Shutdown Behavior
On HP rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, and rx8640 servers, you can configure the nPartition
behavior when an OS is shut down and halted. The two options are to have hardware power
off when the OS is halted, or to have the nPartition be made inactive (all cells are in a
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