Service Processor Accounts And Access Levels - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

Each nPartition console provides access to:
— The nPartition system boot environment: either BCH or EFI.
The BCH or EFI system boot environment is available when the nPartition is active but
has not yet loaded or booted an operating system.
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— HP-UX console for the nPartition.
The nPartition console provides console login access to HP-UX and serves as /dev/
console for the nPartition.
• Console Logs
menu. To exit the console log, type ^b (Control-b).
Each nPartition has its own console log, which stores a history of console output for the
nPartition, including boot output, system boot environment (BCH or EFI) activity, and any
HP-UX console login activity.
See "Viewing Console Logs" (page 77)
The console log provides a limited history; it is a circular log file that overwrites the oldest
information with the most recent.
All console activity is recorded in the console log, regardless of whether any service processor
users are connected to the console.
Chassis Logs and Event Logs
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view real-time (live) system events and can view prior events that have been stored in a log
history. Use the SL ("show logs") option from the service processor Main Menu to view
events/chassis codes.
— On cell-based HP 9000 servers with HP PA-8700 processors, SL provides the Chassis
Log Viewer. The chassis log viewer includes options for viewing: activity (level 1 and
greater) logs, error (level 2 and greater) logs, and live logs (which optionally may be
filtered by cell, nPartition, or alert level).
— On cell-based servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset or HP sx2000 chipset, SL provides
the Event Log Viewer. The event log viewer includes options for viewing: forward
progress (level 1 and greater) logs, system event (level 2 and greater) logs, and live logs
(which optionally may be filtered by cell, nPartition, or alert level).
See "Viewing Chassis Codes or Event Logs" (page 78)
Virtual Front Panel (VFP) for an nPartition
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displays real-time boot activity and details about all cells assigned to the nPartition. The
VFP display automatically updates as cell and nPartition status changes. A system-wide
VFP also is provided.
Enter VFP at the Main menu to access the Virtual Front Panel menu. To exit a Virtual Front
Panel, type ^b (Control-b).
See "Virtual Front Panel (VFP) nPartition Views" (page 79)

Service Processor Accounts and Access Levels

To access the service processor interface for a server complex, you must have a user account that
enables you to login to the service processor.
Each server complex has its own set of service processor user accounts, which are defined for
the server complex and may differ from accounts on other complexes.
The Boot Console Handler (BCH) environment is provided on HP 9000 servers
only (PA-RISC servers).
The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is provided on HP Integrity servers only
(Intel® Itanium®-based servers).
Enter CL from the service processor Main menu to access the console logs
On both HP 9000 systems and HP Integrity systems, you can
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The Virtual Front Panel (VFP) for each nPartition
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