Managing Hardware Resources; Tools For Managing Hardware; Task Summaries For Hardware Resource Management - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

7 Managing Hardware Resources

This chapter covers the procedures for managing the hardware resources in nPartitions and their
server complexes.
The topics covered include power and LED (attention indicator) management, hardware
configuration and deconfiguration, and analysis of the current complex status.

Tools for Managing Hardware

You can list and manage server hardware using the following tools.
• 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 Hardware Resource Management

Table 7-1 describes the main hardware management tasks and provides brief summaries and
references for detailed procedures.
You can perform the hardware tasks in
using various 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 Managing Hardware" (page 201)
22).
Table 7-1 "Hardware Management Task Summaries"
for details.
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for details.
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