nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Table 6-1 nPartition Configuration Task Summaries
SummaryTask
• Creating a Genesis Partition overwrites all nPartition-related complex profile data for
the server and establishes one single-cell nPartition.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): CC command.
See “Creating a Genesis Partition” (page 170).
“Creating a Genesis
Partition”
• nPartition Commands: parcreate command.
• Partition Manager:
— Version 1.0 — Partition→Create Partition action.
— Version 2.0 — nPartition→Create nPartition action.
See “Creating a New nPartition” (page 172).
“Creating a New
nPartition”
• NOTE: When an inactive nPartition is specified to be removed, its removal occurs
immediately. When an active nPartition is specified to be removed, for the nPartition
removal (deletion) to occur, the nPartition must be put into a shutdown for reconfig
state (HP-UX: shutdown -R -H; Windows: shutdown /s; Linux: shutdown -h
time; OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN with no automatic system reboot then
MP Command menu RR command).
• nPartition Commands: parremove -p# command removes the specified nPartition
(-p#, where # is the nPartition number).
When removing an active nPartition you must specify the -F option.
• Partition Manager:
— Version 1.0 — Select an nPartition, then select the Partition→Delete Partition
action.
— Version 2.0 — Select an nPartition, then select the nPartition→Delete nPartition
action.
See “Removing (Deleting) an nPartition” (page 176).
“Removing (Deleting) an
nPartition”
• NOTE: When a cell is assigned to an inactive nPartition the assignment completes
immediately. To complete new cell assignments to an active nPartition, you must
perform a reboot for reconfig (HP-UX: shutdown -R; Windows: shutdown /r;
Linux: shutdown -r time; OpenVMS: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN with an automatic
system reboot).
• nPartition Commands: parmodify -p# -a#....command, which adds a cell (-a#,
where # is the cell number) to the specified nPartition (-p#, where # is the nPartition
number).
• Partition Manager:
— Version 1.0 — Select an nPartition, and use the Partition→Modify Partition action,
Add/Remove Cells tab.
— Version 2.0 — Select an nPartition, and use the nPartition→Modify nPartition
action, Add/Remove Cells tab.
See “Assigning (Adding) Cells to an nPartition” (page 179).
“Assigning (Adding)
Cells to an nPartition”
166 Creating and Configuring nPartitions