nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Configuring Boot-Time System Tests..................................................................................................161
6 Creating and Configuring nPartitions......................................................................165
Tools for Configuring nPartitions.......................................................................................................165
Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions...............................................................165
Creating a Genesis Partition................................................................................................................170
Creating a New nPartition..................................................................................................................172
Removing (Deleting) an nPartition.....................................................................................................176
Assigning (Adding) Cells to an nPartition..........................................................................................179
Unassigning (Removing) Cells from an nPartition.............................................................................182
Renaming an nPartition......................................................................................................................185
Renaming a Server Complex...............................................................................................................187
Setting Cell Attributes.........................................................................................................................189
Setting nPartition Core Cell Choices...................................................................................................194
Unlocking Complex Profile Entries....................................................................................................198
Canceling Pending Changes to the Complex Profile..........................................................................199
7 Managing Hardware Resources..............................................................................201
Tools for Managing Hardware............................................................................................................201
Task Summaries for Hardware Resource Management.....................................................................201
Powering Server Cabinets On and Off................................................................................................205
Powering Cells and I/O Chassis On and Off.......................................................................................206
Turning Attention Indicators (LEDs) On and Off...............................................................................209
Configuring and Deconfiguring Cells................................................................................................213
Configuring and Deconfiguring Processors.......................................................................................217
Enabling and Disabling Hyper-Threading on Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processors..................218
Configuring and Deconfiguring Memory (DIMMs)...........................................................................220
Complex Health Analysis of a Server.................................................................................................222
8 Listing nPartition and Hardware Status....................................................................223
Tools for Listing Status........................................................................................................................223
Task Summaries for nPartition and Hardware Status........................................................................223
Listing Cell Configurations.................................................................................................................226
Listing Processor Configurations........................................................................................................227
Listing Memory Configurations.........................................................................................................229
Listing Input/Output (I/O) Configurations.........................................................................................231
Listing Cabinets in a Server Complex.................................................................................................234
Listing Product and Serial Numbers..................................................................................................235
Listing nPartition Configurations.......................................................................................................236
Listing the Local nPartition Number..................................................................................................237
Listing Power Status and Power Supplies..........................................................................................238
Listing Fan and Blower Status............................................................................................................240
A nPartition Commands................................................................................................243
Specifying Cells and I/O Chassis to Commands.................................................................................243
Cell Specification Formats.............................................................................................................243
I/O Specification Format................................................................................................................244
Specifying Remote Management Options to Commands..................................................................247
parcreate Command............................................................................................................................249
parmodify Command.........................................................................................................................252
parremove Command.........................................................................................................................256
parstatus Command............................................................................................................................258
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