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An Overview of nPartition Boot and Reset
Boot States and Activities for nPartitions and Cells
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 194
Boot States and Activities for nPartitions
and Cells
On HP nPartition servers, the cell and nPartition boot process proceeds
from one boot state to the next; cells and nPartitions complete various
boot activities within each boot state before proceeding to the next boot
state.
You can view current details about nPartition and cells boot states and
activities by viewing the nPartition’s Virtual Front Panel. From the
service processor (GSP or MP) Main menu enter VFP to access the VFPs
that are available for the server complex.
Table 4-4 on page 195 presents the nPartition and cell states and
activities that you can observe from an nPartition’s Virtual Front Panel.
You can view a Virtual Front Panel for a specific nPartition that includes
details for all cells in the nPartition, as shown below.
E indicates error since last boot
Partition 0 state Activity
------------------ --------
Cell(s) Booting: 904 Logs
# Cell state Activity
- ---------- --------
0 Late CPU selftest Processor test 299 Logs
2 Late CPU selftest Processor test 299 Logs
4 Memory discovery Physical memory test 304 Logs
GSP:VFP (^B to Quit) >
You also can view a system-wide VFP, which shows a summary of each
nPartition’s current state and its activity.