Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring and Managing Superdome Partitions
Procedures for Managing Partitions
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Determining the Local (Current) Partition Number
On a single HP Superdome complex you can potentially access many
partitions. Use the procedures here to determine the local partition you
currently are using.
BCH Use this procedure to determine the local partition number from the
BCH interface.
Step 1. Access the Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface for the partition, and
access the BCH configuration menu.
Enter CO from the BCH main menu to access the configuration menu. If
you are at a BCH menu other than the main menu, enter MA to access
the main menu.
Step 2. From the BCH configuration menu, enter the PD command to list the
local partition’s name and partition number.
You can perform this task using the BCH interface or
HP-UX commands.
• “BCH” on page 159
• “HP-UX Commands” on page 160
Configuration Menu: Enter command > PD
Partition Number: 1
Partition Name: jules01
Configuration Menu: Enter command >