IBM 88743BU - System x3950 E User Manual page 249

Planning, installing, and managing
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Front view:
Scalability LED
Figure 4-29 x3950 M2: Scalability LED and port link LED
The scalability port LED becomes solid
scalability connection has been established.
Reset a partition:
To reset a partition, select the Partition ID you want to reset. Then, click Reset
(under Partition Control). The following events occur:
The Multinode resets.
A running operating system resets also.
Power off a partition
To power off a partition, select the Partition ID you want to power off. Then click
Stop (under Partition Control). The following events occur:
All nodes that are configured in this partition are powered off.
The System state changes back to Stopped.
Swap between stand-alone and multinode mode
Depending on the partition, you can change the scalability modes:
To switch all nodes in the partition to stand-alone mode, select the Partition ID
(PID) and then click Force (under Partition Control). The systems reset
immediately and boot in stand-alone mode.
To switch the system back to multinode mode, select the PID and click Undo.
You can also interrupt nodes after they are merged by pressing the Esc key on
your keyboard in POST. The nodes reset and bypass to merge on next boot. See
Example 4-5 on page 232.
Rear view:
Port Link LED
on
green
in
at the ports where a
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