nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Table 6-1 nPartition Configuration Task Summaries (continued)
SummaryTask
• NOTE: On HP Integrity servers, nPartition boot paths can be listed and configured
only from the local nPartition.
See Chapter 5 (page 87) for detailed nPartition boot configuration tasks and related
information.
• BCH Menu: BCH Main menu, PATH command.
• EFI Boot Manager: Boot Option Maintenance menu.
• EFI Shell: bcfg command.
• HP-UX: setboot command, or parmodify -p# -b... -s... -t... command.
Setting nPartition Boot
Paths
• NOTE: The Service Processor (MP or GSP) date and time is stored and managed
separately from nPartition times, and each nPartition has independently stored and
managed date and time settings. Changes to the date and time for an nPartition do
not affect other nPartitions or the MP.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): DATE command configures the MP date and time.
• BCH Menu: Configuration menu, TIME command configures the local nPartitions
date and time. The BCH time is set and presented in GMT (Greenwich mean time).
• EFI Shell: date command and time command configure the local nPartition date and
time. The EFI time is set and presented in GMT (Greenwich mean time).
• HP-UX: date command configures the local nPartition date and time. Use set_parms
timezone to set the HP-UX system time zone.
Setting the Date and Time
• NOTE: nPartition Configuration Privilege is supported on servers based on the HP
sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset.
When the nPartition Configuration Privilege for a complex is restricted the following
nPartition configuration actions are prohibited (except when using the MP IMPI LAN
access):
— Changes to the complex name, cell assignments, and cell local memory parameters.
— Powering on/off non-local cells.
— Changes to Partition Configuration Data for non-local nPartitions.
When nPartition Configuration Privilege is unrestricted the above actions are permitted.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP): the PARPERM command restricts and unrestricts
nPartition Configuration Privilege.
Restricting nPartition
Configuration Privilege
Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions 169