Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

1) to open a command prompt on the management station. The management station must have
the Telnet service installed and started.
To execute nPartition commands using a telnet connection to the management station, do the
following:
1. Invoke telnet on the remote terminal, providing the host name or IP address of the
management station.
2. Log in to the telnet server with a valid user name and password.
3. From the command prompt, execute nPartition commands as usual.
NOTE: The operating system might limit the number of telnet connections permitted into the
management station. Also, you cannot use nPartition management tools with a GUI such as
Partition Manager using this method.
Performing nPartition management tasks
This section provides an overview of common nPartition management tasks.
Listing the status of an nPartition or complex
Use the Partition Manager or the nPartition commands to list server complex hardware details
and nPartition configuration details:
Using the Partition Manager
You can view nearly every aspect of the complex — the status of its nPartitions, cells, and other
hardware — on a single page from within Partition Manager. To access this information, do the
following:
1. Open a web browser and enter the URL for the web server supporting the target system.
2. At the login page, enter a user name and password and click Login to access the System
Management Homepage (SMH). It might take several minutes to load information about
the complex.
3. Go to the SMH Tools tab and click the Partition Manager link in the nPartition Management
box.
4. On the Partition Manager Home tab, select Complex > Show Complex Details to produce
a summary of the status and configuration of the complex, its nPartitions, cells, and hardware.
Using the nPartition commands
The nPartition commands for listing hardware and nPartition status are as follows:
parstatus -C
List cell configurations.
parstatus -V -c#
List detailed cell information.
parstatus -I
List I/O chassis and card slot details.
parstatus -B
List server cabinet summaries for the complex.
parstatus -V -b#
List detailed server cabinet status.
parstatus -X
List product and serial numbers.
parstatus -P
List a configuration summary for all nPartitions.
parstatus -V -p#
List detailed nPartition configuration information.
parstatus -w
List the local nPartition number.
frupower -d -C or frupower
-d -I
List power status for all cells (-C) or all I/O chassis (-I).
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