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Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Booting an Inactive nPartition past Boot-Is-Blocked (BIB)
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 226
Booting an Inactive nPartition past
Boot-Is-Blocked (BIB)
When all cells in an nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is
inactive. This is the case, for example, when an nPartition is held at the
ready for reconfig state.
You can boot an nPartition past the ready for reconfig state to make it
active by using the service processor Command menu’s BO (boot)
command.
To determine whether an nPartition is in a boot-is-blocked
(ready for reconfig) state, use the nPartition’s Virtual Front Panel to
monitor the nPartition’s boot activity. If all of the nPartition’s cells are at
boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is halted at the ready for reconfig state.
Booting an Inactive nPartition past BIB [Service Processor]
This procedure (Command menu BO command) boots an nPartition past
the ready for reconfig state to make the nPartition active.
If you use the Command menu’s BO command to attempt to boot an
nPartition that already is active, the command has no effect.
Step 1. Login to the server complex’s service processor and enter CM to select the
Command menu.
# telnet sdome-s
Trying...
Connected to sdome-s.rsn.hp.com.
Escape character is ’^]’.
Local flow control off
GSP login:
Accountname
GSP password: Password
....
GSP> CM
Enter HE to get a list of available commands
GSP:CM>