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
NOTE: You must include the correct remote administration options when issuing par
commands (-h and -g for IPMI over LAN connections; -h and -u for WBEM/WMI
connections). For a complete explanation of these options, see the command description in
“nPartition Commands Reference” (page 89).
3. To modify cell attribute values, use the parmodify -p# -m#... command and specify
the new cell attributes as part of the -m option.
You must specify both the nPartition (-p# where # is the nPartition number) and the cell
(-m#... where # is the cell number).
4. Reboot the nPartition to use the cells’ new configuration (the new use-on-next-boot values).
If you have changed any cell use-on-next-boot settings for the nPartition then reboot the
nPartition in either of two ways:
• Use the Windows shutdown /r command to perform a standard reboot.
If you have only changed use-on-next-boot values from y to n, then perform a reboot.
Any cells set to not be used will still be assigned to the nPartition but will not be used
(will not rendezvous) in the nPartition.
• Use the Windows shutdown /r command to perform a reboot for reconfig.
If you have changed any use-on-next-boot values from n (do not use on next boot) to y
(use the cell on next boot), then you must perform a reboot for reconfig to allow the
currently inactive cells to reboot and rendezvous when the nPartition reboots.
Configure and deconfigure processors (CPUs)
You can configure and deconfigure processors from any cell that is assigned to an nPartition.
Deconfiguring a processor causes it to not be available for use by the cell or its nPartition.
Whenever you configure or deconfigure processors, you must reboot the corresponding nPartition
for the configuration change to take effect.
NOTE: Configuring and deconfiguring processors can be restricted based on any capacity on
demand (iCOD) or pay per use (PPU) contracts for the server complex.
Configure and deconfigure processors using the following procedure:
Procedure 4-48 Configuring and deconfiguring processors (CPUs) [EFI shell]
From the EFI Shell environment, use the cpuconfig command to configure or deconfigure
processors in the local nPartition.
1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition whose processors you want to configure
or deconfigure.
Log in to the MP and enter CO to access the Console list. Select the nPartition console.
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main
EFI menu). If at another EFI menu, select Exit from the sub-menus until you return to the
screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.
2. Enter the cpuconfig command with no arguments to list the current processor
configurations for all cells assigned to the local nPartition.
3. Use the cpuconfig command to change processor configurations for any of the cells assigned
to the local nPartition.
cpuconfig cell cpu off deconfigures the specified processor (cpu) on the specified
cell (cell).
86 Using Other Tools to Manage nPartitions