nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

— parconfig EFI shell command
The parconfig command is a built-in EFI shell command. Refer to the help
parconfig command for details.
— \EFI\HPUX\vparconfig EFI shell command
The vparconfig command is delivered in the \EFI\HPUX directory on the EFI system
partition of the disk where HP-UX virtual partitions has been installed on a cell-based
HP Integrity server. For usage details, enter the vparconfig command with no options.
— vparenv HP-UX command
On cell-based HP Integrity servers only, the vparenv HP-UX command is installed on
HP-UX systems that have the HP-UX virtual partitions software. Refer to vparenv(1m)
for details.
NOTE: On HP Integrity servers, nPartitions that do not have the parconfig EFI shell
command do not support virtual partitions and are effectively in nPars boot mode.
HP recommends that you do not use the parconfig EFI shell command and instead use
the \EFI\HPUX\vparconfig EFI shell command to manage the boot mode for nPartitions
on cell-based HP Integrity servers.
Refer to Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars), Sixth Edition, for details.
Tools for Booting nPartitions
The tools for booting nPartitions and configuring related settings are:
• Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus
Service processor menus provide a complex-wide service interface that can allow access to
all hardware and nPartitions.
See “Command Reference for Service Processor Commands” (page 80).
• EFI Boot Manager and EFI Shell
On HP Integrity servers only, the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Boot Manager and
Shell are the methods for interacting with an nPartition before it has booted an operating
system.
See “Command Reference for EFI Shell Commands” (page 81).
• Boot Console Handler (BCH) Menu Commands
On PA-RISC servers, the BCH interface is the method for interacting with an nPartition
before it has booted HP-UX.
See “Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands” (page 84).
• nPartition Commands
HP nPartition commands allow you to configure, manage, and monitor nPartitions and
hardware within a server complex.
The Enhanced nPartition Commands also can remotely manage complexes based on the HP
sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset.
See “Commands for Configuring nPartitions” (page 19) for details.
• Partition Manager (/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr)
Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for managing and monitoring nPartitions
and hardware within a server complex.
See “Partition Manager” (page 22).
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