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

Planning Superdome Configurations
Building Blocks and Definitions
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• Always-on capability.
The GSP is alive so long as the circuit breakers are closed.
• Access control.
Provides three levels of capabilities.
• Multiple access methods:
❏ Local RS232 port, providing support for directly connected
terminal or laptop computer.
❏ Remote-modem port.
❏ Customer LAN port, providing support for telnet access.
❏ HP private LAN, providing support for telnet access, diagnostics,
and firmware updates from the Support Management Station.
See “The Console and the Support Management System” on page 321
for a diagram.
• Multi-user access to the complex.
Multiple users can log in through the LAN port simultaneously and
manage different partitions or examine the state of the complex.
• Multi-user access to a partition’s console.
Multiple users can telnet simultaneously to a given partition’s
console.
• Virtual Front Panel (VPF).
Displays the boot/run state for a given partition.
• Power on/off, system reset and TOC (Transfer of Control) capabilities.
For information on using the GSP to perform specific
system-management tasks, see chapters 2, 4 and 5 of the manual
Managing Superdome Complexes (you may be reading this paper in the
form of an appendix to that manual).