HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide (5900-2540, December 2012)

4 Planning nPartitions..................................................................................30
Recommended HP Superdome 2 nPartition configurations............................................................30
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning choices........................................................................................30
Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support............................................................................33
CPU mixing support.......................................................................................................34
HP Superdome 2 memory support...................................................................................34
Sample procedure for creating nPartitions..................................................................................34
5 Creating and configuring nPartitions...........................................................37
Tools for configuring nPartitions................................................................................................37
Commands to configure nPartitions.......................................................................................37
Granting permission for an OS to manage nPartitions.................................................................37
Task summaries for creating and configuring nPartitions...............................................................38
Partition default attributes.........................................................................................................38
Creating a new nPartition........................................................................................................39
Creating a new nPartition using the OA CLI...........................................................................39
Creating a new nPartition using the OA GUI.........................................................................39
Verifying newly created nPartitions using the CLI.........................................................................40
Verifying newly created nPartitions using the OA GUI..................................................................41
Removing an nPartition............................................................................................................42
Removing an nPartition using the OA CLI..............................................................................42
Removing (Deleting) an nPartition using the OA GUI...............................................................42
Renaming an nPartition...........................................................................................................42
Renaming an nPartition using the OA CLI..............................................................................42
Renaming an nPartition using the OA GUI.............................................................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition.........................................................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition using the OA CLI............................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition using the OA GUI...........................................43
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition......................................................................45
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA CLI.........................................45
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA GUI.......................................46
Renaming a server complex.....................................................................................................47
Setting blade attributes............................................................................................................47
Setting blade attributes using the OA CLI..............................................................................48
Setting blade attributes using the OA GUI.............................................................................48
6 Booting and resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars)...................................50
Overview of Partition system booting.........................................................................................50
Booting to UEFI and preparing for Operating System installation...................................................50
Booting from the CLI ..........................................................................................................51
Booting from the GUI.........................................................................................................52
Getting a Console using the CLI...........................................................................................54
Getting a Console using the GUI.........................................................................................55
UEFI I/O device connection solution.....................................................................................55
Device Connection Policies..................................................................................................56
Confirming the Installed IO cards.........................................................................................57
Getting MAC Addresses for Ignite-UX...................................................................................59
Task Summaries for Rebooting and Resetting Partitions.................................................................59
POWEROFF PARTITION......................................................................................................60
POWERON PARTITION......................................................................................................63
REBOOT PARTITION...........................................................................................................63
SET PARTITION DVD..........................................................................................................64
SHOW PARTITION DVD.....................................................................................................67
SHOW PARTITION INFO....................................................................................................68
Force System Reset and Crash Dump (TOC) PARTITION...........................................................68
UPDATE NPARTITION.........................................................................................................70
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