Creating And Configuring Npartitions; Tools For Configuring Npartitions; Task Summaries For Creating And Configuring Npartitions - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

6 Creating and Configuring nPartitions

This chapter has procedures for creating, configuring, and managing nPartitions on
Hewlett-Packard servers that support them.
For an introduction to nPartition features, see
For nPartition configuration requirements and recommendations, see

Tools for Configuring nPartitions

You can configure and manage nPartitions using the tools listed here.
• Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus
Service processor menus provide a complex-wide service interface that can allow access to
all hardware and nPartitions.
See "Command Reference for Service Processor Commands" (page
• EFI Boot Manager and EFI Shell
On HP Integrity servers only, the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Boot Manager and
Shell are the methods for interacting with an nPartition before it has booted an operating
system.
See "Command Reference for EFI Shell Commands" (page
• Boot Console Handler (BCH) Menu Commands
On PA-RISC servers, the BCH interface is the method for interacting with an nPartition
before it has booted an operating system.
See "Command Reference for BCH Menu Commands" (page
• nPartition Commands
HP nPartition commands allow you to configure, manage, and monitor nPartitions and
hardware within a server complex.
The Enhanced nPartition Commands also can remotely manage complexes based on the HP
sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset.
See "Commands for Configuring nPartitions" (page 19)
• Partition Manager (/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr)
Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for managing and monitoring nPartitions
and hardware within a server complex.
See "Partition Manager" (page

Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions

Table 6-1 describes the main nPartition configuration tasks and provides brief summaries and
references for detailed procedures.
You can perform the tasks in
tools, including the service processor (MP or GSP), Boot Console Handler (BCH, available only
on PA-RISC servers), Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI, available only on HP Integrity servers),
nPartition commands, or Partition Manager (/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr).
See "Tools for Configuring nPartitions" (page 165)
Chapter 1 (page
22).
Table 6-1 "nPartition Configuration Task Summaries"
15).
Chapter 3 (page
80).
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for details.
for details.
Tools for Configuring nPartitions
61).
using various
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