Technical data

Managing nPartitions

Setting and Checking Cell Attributes

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

288

Setting and Checking Cell Attributes

Each cell assigned to an nPartition has use-on-next-boot and failure

usage attributes that determine how the cell is used within the

nPartition.

You can list and set cell attributes by using these procedures:

• Setting Cell Attributes [BCH] on page 289

This procedure (Conﬁguration menu, CELLCONFIG command) lists

and sets a cell’s use-on-next-boot setting from the BCH interface for

the cell’s nPartition.

• Setting Cell Attributes [HP-UX] on page 291

This procedure (parmodify -p# -m#...) lists and sets the

use-on-next-boot and failure usage settings for cells using HP-UX

commands.

• Setting Cell Attributes [Partition Manager] on page 294

This procedure (Partition —> Modify Partition action, Change Cell

Attributes tab) lists and sets the conﬁgurable cell attributes using

Partition Manager.

Each cell’s use-on-next-boot and failure usage attribute settings

establish the following behaviors for the cell:

• Use-on-Next-Boot

The use-on-next-boot setting for each cell indicates whether the cell

will be used (active) the next time the cell’s nPartition is booted.

• Failure Usage

The failure usage setting (called the “Failure Mode” in Partition

Manager) for each cell indicates whether the cell will be used, if

possible, if any processors or memory fail during the cell’s self-tests.

NOTE Currently, only one failure usage setting is supported: reactivate with

interleave (ri).