Windows nPartition Guide v5.5
Table Of Contents
- nPartition Administrator's Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Quick Start
- Getting to know nPartitions
- Choosing a management tool
- Management interface options
- Choosing a management mode
- Setting up the management station
- Performing nPartition management tasks
- 2 Installing nPartition Management Utilities
- 3 Using Partition Manager
- 4 Using Other Tools to Manage nPartitions
- Complex-level tasks
- nPartition-level tasks
- Boot configuration options for nPartition systems
- Find bootable devices
- List nPartition configurations
- List the local (current) nPartition number
- List memory configurations
- Configure boot paths and options
- Configure autoboot options
- Configure boot-time system tests
- Boot Windows Server 2003
- Boot over a network
- Shut down Windows Server 2003
- Reboot and reset
- Reboot for reconfiguration
- Shut down to a shutdown for reconfig (inactive) state
- Boot an inactive nPartition
- Perform a transfer of control reset
- Create a Genesis Partition
- Create a new nPartition
- Remove (delete) an nPartition
- Add cells to an nPartition
- Set core cell choices
- Rename an nPartition
- Cell-level tasks
- Power-, status-, and hardware-level tasks
- List input/output (I/O) configurations
- List cabinets in a server complex
- List power status and power supplies
- List fan and blower status
- Turn attention indicators (LEDs) on and off
- Power server cabinets on and off
- Power cells and I/O chassis on and off
- Configure and deconfigure cells
- Configure and deconfigure processors (CPUs)
- Configure and deconfigure memory (DIMMs)
- 5 nPartition Commands Reference
- 6 Troubleshooting
- Installation problems
- Checking component installation and operation
- Operational problems
- All commands: ordinal not found
- All commands: required data unavailable or locked
- Fruled: LED error messages (mid-range servers only)
- Frupower: cannot power off error
- Parcreate and parmodify: cell local memory warnings
- Parcreate, parmodify, and parremove: failure to update stable complex configuration data (SCCD)
- Parremove: shutdown and reset instructions
- Parstatus -c -V: apparent incorrect output
- Parstatus -p -V: apparent incorrect output
- Parstatus: local partition error
- Parstatus: unable to get read lock error
- Using WMIOP.EXE to pinpoint problems
- Error messages and corrective actions
- Index
rename partition, 72
set core cell choices, 71
shut down for reconfiguration, 59
shut down Windows Server 2003, 55
power-, status-, hardware-level tasks, 78
configure/deconfigure cells, 85
configure/deconfigure memory, 87
configure/deconfigure processors, 86
list cabinets in complex, 79
list fan/blower status, 80
list I/O configurations, 78
list power status/supplies, 79
power cabinets on/off, 82
power cells/chassis on/off, 84
turn LEDs on/off, 80
R
reboot and reset, 56
reboot for reconfiguration, 58
remove cells from partition, 74
rename partition, 72
rename server complex, 43
S
service packs
upgrading after installation, 35
set cell attributes, 76
set core cell choices, 71
setting the ACPI configuration value, 52
shut down for reconfiguration, 59
shut down Windows Server 2003, 55
T
troubleshooting
issues
installation, 107
operation, 111
using WMIOP.EXE to pinpoint problems, 114
verifying component installation and operation, 107
turn LEDs on/off, 80
U
unlock complex profile entries, 44
upgrading service packs, 35
using the nPartition Commands, 89
using the Partition Manager, 37
W
WMIOP.EXE, 114
122 Index