C Npartitioning; Quick Start; System Overview; C-1 System Overview - HP Integrity rx7620 Installation Manual

C nPartitioning

This appendix introduces node partitions (nPartitions) on cell-based HP Integrity servers running
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 and describes the tools to manage them.
A cell-based HP Integrity server (such as the rx7620, the rx7640, the rx8620, the rx8640, or
Superdome) can be configured as a single system or partitioned into several independent systems.
Partitioning provides hardware and software isolation, in which each partition is assigned
memory, processors, and I/O resources for its exclusive use, and executes its own operating
system image.
For a description of nPartitioning on HP Integrity servers, see the nPartition Administrator's Guide:
• http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1247B/
• http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1247B/5991-1247B.pdf

Quick Start

This section provides an overview of the installation and configuration steps needed to get you
up and running as quickly as possible.
Figure C-1 shows the hardware, software, and most commonly used connection method. All
components are described later in this chapter.
Figure C-1 System overview
The most common setup for nPartition management of HP Integrity servers running Windows
involves a remote management station. This dedicated management station hosts the management
tools and issues commands over a network connection to the server's management processor,
enabling you to manage the complex even if no nPartitions exist on the complex yet.
To set up and configure the management station:
1. Establish a dedicated management station for the HP Integrity server. See:
Management Station" (page
2. Install the nPartition tools using the HP Smart Update Manager utility on your Smart Setup
media.
3. Verify installation of the nPartition tools. See:
Management Tools" (page
Partition Manager
nPartition Commands
MP Commands
management station
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