Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

Table 6-1 nPartition commands messages
Recommended ActionCauseMessage
1. Make sure the nPar Provider
component is installed. On Windows,
verify the nPar provider service is
running using the Start > Control Panel
> Administrative Tools > Services
applet.2. Verify you have network
connectivity by telnetting to the MP and
successfully logging in.3. Telnet to the
MP. Enter Commands Menu and enable
IPMI LAN access with the SA command,
and set an IPMI password with the SO
command.
1. The nPar Provider you are
attempting to use is not running. If
using the -h option, check your local
management system's nPar provider.
If you are using the -u option, verify
the nPar provider on the remote
target nPartition.2. MP is not
available on the network. 3. MP
settings are incorrect.
Cannot connect.
1. Use the -g and -h options or the -u
and -h options to specify a partitionable
complex as the target of the operation.2.
Specify the hostname or IP address of an
nPartition.
1. Command was run on the local
system, which is not a partitionable
server.2. With -u and -h options,
target host is not a partitionable
server.
Unsupported platform.
This can only occur when using the -u
option. In that case, specify the nPartition
that will be altered as the target in the -h
option.
The MP is set to disallow changes to
the configuration of any nPartition
except the one from which the request
is made.
The nPartition Configuration
Privilege of the target complex is
restricted.
Retry the command, or use a
management PC with more reliable
network communications to the MP.
The command cannot retrieve this
data from the provider. In most cases,
this is caused by excessive lost
packets during data retrieval.
Cannot determine the state of the
nPartition Configuration Privilege.
1. See “Unsupported Platform” above.
2. Retry the command or use a
management PC with more reliable
network communications to the MP.
1. See “Unsupported Platform”
above.2. The command cannot
retrieve this data from the provider.
In most cases, this is caused by
excessive lost packets during data
retrieval.
Cannot determine if the platform
is partitionable.
If the data was left locked, use the
parunlock command to unlock it. See
“parunlock” (page 99), or the on-line
help for the parunlock command.
The referenced data is inaccessible or
was left in a locked state. See the AEL
entry for more information.
Cannot write the Stable Complex
Configuration Data.
Cannot write the Partition
Configuration Data.
Unable to update the Stable
Complex Configuration Data.
First retry the command. The data is
normally locked only for short periods.
If the data remains locked, use the
parunlock command to unlock it. See
“parunlock” (page 99), or the on-line
help for the parunlock command.
The referenced data was locked when
the command attempted to access it.
Cannot lock Stable Complex
Configuration Data.
Unable to read lock for partition.
Cannot lock Partition
Configuration Data.
Cannot lock cell data for cell <n>.
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