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HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 17
Deconfiguring Cells, Processors, and Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Listing the Server Product Number and Serial Number. . . . . . . . . . . 343
Checking Blower and Fan Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Complex Health Analysis of a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Listing the Cabinets in a Server Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Listing the nPartitions in a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Naming or Renaming a Server Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Checking for Power Supply Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Checking for Memory DIMM Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Checking for Processor Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Chapter 8.
Online Add and Replacement (OLAR) of PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Overview of PCI Card Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR). . . 368
nPartition System OLAR Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
OLAR Tools and Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Example Uses of Common rad Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Requirements for OLAR Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
PCI Card OLAR Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Power Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Multi-Function Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
PCI Card Slot Latches and Doorbells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
PCI Card Slot Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
PCI Card Slot “Doorbells” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Determining PCI Card Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Checklist for Preparing for PCI Card OLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Online Addition (OLA) for a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Online Replacement (OLR) for a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Chapter 9.
Processor Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Introduction to Processor iCOD on nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
iCOD Features for nPartitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
iCOD Issues for Managing nPartitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Tools for Managing iCOD Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
iCOD Requirements for nPartition Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406