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Using Console and Service Processor Interfaces

Console Access to nPartitions

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

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Console Access to nPartitions

The service processor Console menu provides access to all nPartition

consoles within the server complex.

Enter CO from the service processor Main menu to access an nPartition’s

console. To exit the nPartition console, type ^b (Control-b) to return to the

Main menu.

Each nPartition in a complex has a single console. However, multiple

connections to the console are supported, allowing multiple users to

simultaneously view the console output. Only one connection per console

permits write-access.

To force (gain) console write access for an nPartition’s console, type ^ecf

(Control-e c f).

Each nPartition console can display a variety of information about the

nPartition, including:

• Partition startup, shutdown, and reset output.

• Boot Console Handler (BCH) menus, if the nPartition has not yet

booted the HP-UX operating system and has completed Power-On

Self Tests (POST).

• The HP-UX login prompt and “console shell access”.

nPartition Console Access versus Direct HP-UX Login

You may need to consider the following factors when deciding whether to

interact with an nPartition through the service processor console

interface or a direct HP-UX login:

• Whether you want to log your activity to the nPartition’s console log

(all console activity is stored at least temporarily).

• Whether HP-UX is installed, booted, and properly conﬁgured on the

nPartition.

If HP-UX is not installed on an nPartition, you should access the

nPartition’s console (through the service processor) in order to install

and conﬁgure HP-UX.