Superdome Servers - I/O Expansion Cabinet Guide, Fifth Edition

Chapter 7
Testing the IOX
Checking I/O Expansion Cabinet Status
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Checking I/O Expansion Cabinet Status
This section describes the tools and procedures for listing details about I/O Expansion cabinets connected to
an HP Superdome server.
Details are in the following subsections:
• “Tools for Listing I/O Expansion Cabinet Status” on page 170
• “Table of Procedures” on page 172
— “Listing Power and Fan Status for I/O Expansion Cabinets” on page 173
— “Listing Chassis or PCI Slot Populations for I/O Expansion Cabinets” on page 176
— “Listing Cell and Partition Connections for I/O Expansion Cabinets” on page 179
Throughout the commands and procedures, I/O Expansion cabinets are cabinets number 8 and 9.
Tools for Listing I/O Expansion Cabinet Status
Table 7-1 presents the tools for listing status details about I/O Expansion cabinets: the GSP Command menu,
Boot Console Handler (BCH), and HP-UX commands.
Table 7-1 Tools for Listing I/O Expansion Cabinet Status
Tool I/O Expansion Status Features
GSP Command Menu The GSP Command menu has these cabinet listing features.
•The DU command lists all cabinets in the server complex.
•The IO command lists all cells-to-I/O chassis connections.
•The PS command lists detailed power and hardware status for cabinets
(Compute and I/O Expansion cabinets), cells, and other hardware.
Boot Console Handler
(BCH)
The BCH interface allows you to get partition-level information through the
partition’s console before HP-UX has booted on the partition.
The BCH Information menu IO command lists all active I/O chassis, the cells to
which they are connected, and PCI devices and paths.