Technical data

Booting and Resetting nPartitions

Holding an nPartition at the Ready for Reconﬁg State

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

219

Holding an nPartition at the

Ready for Reconﬁg State

Resetting an nPartition to the ready for reconﬁg state performs any

changes to the nPartition’s conﬁguration and holds the nPartition and all

its cells in a boot-is-blocked (inactive) state.

To boot an nPartition after you have reset it to the ready for reconﬁg

state, you must use the service processor (GSP or MP) Command menu’s

BO command.

You can hold an nPartition at the ready for reconﬁg state by using the

following procedures:

• Holding an nPartition at the Ready for Reconﬁg State [Service

Processor] on page 221

This procedure (Command menu RR command) resets an nPartition

to the ready for reconﬁg state from the service processor.

• Holding an nPartition at the Ready for Reconﬁg State [BCH] on

page 222

This procedure (RECONFIGRESET command) resets an nPartition

to the ready for reconﬁg state from the nPartition’s BCH interface.

• Holding an nPartition at the Ready for Reconﬁg State [HP-UX] on

page 222

This procedure (shutdown -R -H command) resets an nPartition to the

ready for reconﬁg state from HP-UX running on the nPartition.

When you use the above methods to hold an nPartition at the

ready for reconﬁg state, the commands perform the following tasks:

1. Shut down HP-UX (if using the shutdown -R -H command) and

reset all cells that are assigned to the nPartition, including any

inactive cells.

2. Reconﬁgures the nPartition if necessary (adds or removes cells).

3. Keeps all cells at a boot-is-blocked state; the nPartition and all cells

assigned to it are inactive.