Hitachi COMPUTE BLADE 500 SERIES Management Module Setup Manual page 99

Server blade in LP mode
When switching N+M cold standby in LP mode, the standby server blade
inherits the information of
the following LPAR manager information from the active server blade.
LPAR information
LPAR manager system
information
Note:
1 Logical UEFI boot path, order, boot timer, and driver path are in the logical NVRAM.
.
For driver path, the item that added from UEFI shell cannot be inherited.
Failover time for N+M cold standby
The time required for the N+M cold standby failover shows as follows.
Server blade in basic mode
Failover time for N+M cold standby =
[Waiting time until starting to switch] + [Time for switching] + [OS booting
time]
Server blade in LP mode
Failover time for N+M cold standby =
[Waiting time until starting to switch] + [Time for switching] + [LPAR
manager booting time*] + [OS booting time in LPAR]
*5 – 10 minutes
Tip: In N+M cold standby using HCSM, HCSM monitors if the OS on the
standby server blade starts up within the maximum allotted time for "Host OS
Startup" specified by the user after switching server blades.
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Management Module Setup Guide
Server blade in basic mode on page 2-71
Table 2-82 Inheriting items
Division
LPAR configuration information
Logical NVRAM information
Logical schedule data
information
System configuration
information
PCI device configuration
information
Virtual NIC configuration
information
Common FC information
Virtual FC WWN seed
information
Functional detail
Item
adding
Remarks
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1
-
-
-
-
-
-
2-75