Safe Mode - Hitachi CB 520H A1 User Manual

Safe mode

When the LPAR manager fulfills the following conditions, the LPAR manager
starts in safe mode that temporarily disables LPAR activation and saving
configuration.
When the LPAR manager starts in safe mode, LPAR manager log messages
and system logs (SEL) are output. Take measures according to their log
messages.
Note that, when the LPAR manager starts in safe mode, the LPAR migration
functionality is also disabled.
The conditions under which the LPAR manager starts in safe mode, and the
operations that are disabled in safe mode are as follows.
The NIC ports in dedicated mode
assigned to an LPAR have been changed
to shared mode since some of the NIC
ports have been specified as LPAR
manager management NIC ports.
NIC ports in shared mode assigned to
LPARs have been changed to dedicated
mode since some NIC ports in dedicated
mode not assigned to any LPARs have
been specified as LPAR manager
management NIC ports and the number
of NIC ports in shared mode exceeds the
maximum number of NIC ports whose
scheduling modes can be set to shared
mode.
The KeepConfig option is enabled and the
LPAR manager cannot detect the physical
processors, memory, or PCI devices that
have been recorded in the LPAR manager
configuration.
You can display the safe mode status or release the safe mode by the
following operations:
Displaying safe
mode status
Exing safe mode
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's Guide
Condition
Table 4-5 Web Console
Item
Resources tab > Modules > All Modules > Server Blades > Server
Blades x > LPAR Manager tab
Resources tab > Modules > All Modules > Server Blades > Server
Blades x > LPAR Manager tab > Exit safe mode
Maintenance Functions
Operation
LPAR Saving
activation configuration
Disabled Disabled
Disabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Operation
Supported
version
02-20 or
higher
02-20 or
higher
02-56 or
higher
4-17