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Booting and Resetting nPartitions

Accessing an nPartition Console and BCH Interface

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

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Accessing an nPartition Console and

BCH Interface

Each nPartition has its own Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface that

provides you a method for interacting with the nPartition before HP-UX

has booted on it.

You must access an nPartition’s console and BCH interfaces through the

server complex’s service processor (GSP or MP). See Accessing nPartition

Console and BCH Interfaces [Service Processor] below for a detailed

procedure.

On nPartition servers, each nPartition’s BCH interface is available

through the nPartition’s console before HP-UX has booted. The BCH

interface enables you to manage the nPartition’s HP-UX boot process

and to conﬁgure various boot-related settings.

NOTE Always login to a server complex’s service processor from a tty (not

console) login session. You can check your current login terminal using

the who -m command.

Do not login to a service processor from an nPartition console connection.

Any use of the ^b (Control-b) console exit sequence would exit the original

console login—not the subsequent console-based login to the service

processor—thus potentially stranding the console-based login (for

example, if it too were accessing a console).

Accessing nPartition Console

and BCH Interfaces [Service Processor]

The following procedure (login to service processor, select Console menu,

select an nPartition) accesses an nPartition’s console and BCH interface

using the server complex’s service processor.

Step 1. Login to the service processor (the GSP or MP) for the nPartition’s server

complex.

You can connect to the service processor using a direct physical

connection, or using telnet for a remote connection.