Technical data

nPartition System Overviews

Complex Proﬁles

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

The Partition Conﬁguration Data includes the following details for

each nPartition in the server complex:

— The nPartition’s name, number, and IP address

— The PRI, HAA, and ALT boot paths and boot actions (path ﬂags)

— The use-on-next-boot setting for each cell

This determines whether the cell is allowed to become active and

join (rendezvous) the rest of the cells in the nPartition.

— The core cell choices

This is a list of any cells that are preferred to be selected as the

nPartition’s active core cell.

Each nPartition has its own Partition Conﬁguration Data, a copy of

which is stored on each cell in the nPartition. The server’s service

processor also stores copies of this data for all nPartitions.

The server’s service processor manages all Complex Proﬁle data and

keeps all copies of the data coherent.

Complex Proﬁle Locks

Locking and unlocking Complex Proﬁles is automatically managed

by the commands and utilities that you use to conﬁgure and modify

nPartitions. Portions of the Complex Proﬁle data are updated when you

modify nPartition conﬁgurations or server complex conﬁgurations. For

more details on nPartition reconﬁguration, including procedures for

manually unlocking complex proﬁles, refer to the chapter Managing

nPartitions on page 245.