HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.05 and A.04.05)

Notes on Examples in this Chapter
Syntax of Example Commands
The example commands at the Unix shell level in the following section use the following syntax:
<HP-UX shell prompt><command>
where the shell prompt consists of the hostname of the current virtual partition and the hash
sign (#). For example, if we log into winona1 and run the ls command, the command is shown
as:
winona1# ls
If we are logged into winona1 and run the vparboot command with winona3 as the target
virtual partition, the command is shown as:
winona1# vparboot -p winona3
Example Server
Some examples in this section use the same non-cellular rp7400/N4000 configuration as in the
installation chapter. See “Full ioscan Output of Non-Cellular System Named winona” (page 49).
Note: unlike the rp7400/N4000, on a Superdome and other nPartition servers, the first element
of the hardware path of the ioscan output is the cell number. For example, on the rp7400/N4000
the ioscan output shows:
0/0 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
However, on a cellular (nPartitionable) systems, the first element of the hardware path is the cell
number. So, if the cell number is 4, the ioscan output shows:
4/0/0 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
NOTE: LBA must be explicitly specified when using vPars A.03.01 or earlier. For details read
“Planning, Installing, and Using vPars with an nPartitionable Server” (page 51).
Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity only)
Modes
On an Integrity system, you will need to set the mode in order to boot into a specific mode.
For vPars usage, there are only two modes:
• vPars
sets the next nPartition boot to boot into the vPars environment. This allows you to boot the
vPars Monitor and therefore the virtual partitions in the next nPartition boot. You still need
to boot the vPars Monitor and the virtual partitions, but this mode allows you to do this.
• nPars
sets the next nPartition boot to boot into the standalone environment. In this mode, you
cannot boot the vPars Monitor and therefore the virtual partitions. However, you can boot
any OE instance into standalone mode.
118 Monitor and Shell Commands