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Booting and Resetting nPartitions

Performing a Transfer-of-Control (TOC) Reset of an nPartition

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Performing a Transfer-of-Control (TOC) Reset

of an nPartition

You can use the service processor Command menu’s TC command to

perform a transfer-of-control (TOC) reset of an nPartition.

If crash dump is conﬁgured for HP-UX on the nPartition, when you TOC

the nPartition while it is running HP-UX the nPartition performs a crash

dump and gives you an opportunity select the type of dump.

Performing a TOC Reset of an nPartition [Service Processor]

This procedure (Command menu TC command) to perform a

transfer-of-control (TOC) reset of an nPartition.

Step 1. Login to the server complex’s service processor and enter CM to access the

Command menu.

GSP> CM

Enter HE to get a list of available commands

GSP:CM>

Step 2. At the Command menu, enter the TC command, specify which nPartition

is to be reset, and conﬁrm whether to TOC the nPartition.

The TC command performs a transfer-of-control reset on the speciﬁed

nPartition.

If you are accessing the service processor using a single-partition-user

account, the TC command selects which nPartition is to be reset: the

nPartition that your account allows you to access.

If using an operator or administrator account, you can select which of the

server complex’s nPartitions you want to TOC.

Be certain to select the correct nPartition to be reset.

GSP:CM> TC

This command TOCs the selected partition.