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Managing nPartitions
Creating a New nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 263
Creating a New nPartition
In a server complex, you can create multiple nPartitions if the server has
enough cells and core I/O to support the nPartitions.
You can create a new nPartition by using the following procedures:
• Creating a New nPartition [HP-UX] on page 263
This procedure (using the parstatus, parcreate, and parmodify
commands) creates and configures a new nPartition from HP-UX.
• Creating a New nPartition [Partition Manager] on page 267
This procedure (Partition —> Create Partition action) creates a new
nPartition using Partition Manager.
At least one cell in each nPartition must be connected to an I/O chassis
that has core I/O attached. To boot HP-UX the nPartition also must have
a boot device and any required PCI cards and devices installed.
When creating an nPartition, you should adhere to the HP nPartition
requirements and guidelines. HP recommends only specific sets of
nPartition configurations.
If no nPartitions exist in a server complex, you must first establish a
Genesis Partition before creating other nPartitions.
Creating a New nPartition [HP-UX]
This procedure (using the parstatus, parcreate, and parmodify
commands) creates and configures a new nPartition from HP-UX.
This procedure uses parstatus to find available (unassigned) cells, uses
parcreate to create an nPartition using the cells, and uses parmodify to
modify the nPartition’s settings and configure it for use.
One alternative to using this complete procedure is to replace steps 2–5
with a single parcreate command.
For example, the commands performed in steps 2–5 could be replaced
with the following parcreate command line.