HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual page 90

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partition rendezvous have completed. For example, when the nPartition is inactive (all cells
are at BIB) or is at EFI.
Boot an nPartition from the Service Processor (GSP or MP)
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processor boots an inactive nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to allow it to
become active.
To boot an inactive nPartition, use the BO command from the service processor Command
menu.
The cells assigned to the nPartition proceed past boot-is-blocked (BIB), rendezvous, and the
nPartition boots to the system boot environment (BCH or EFI).
• Reboot for Reconfig
assigned to the nPartition, performs any nPartition reconfigurations, and boots the nPartition
back to the system boot environment (BCH or EFI).
To perform a reboot for reconfig of the local nPartition, use the HP-UX shutdown -R
command, Windows shutdown /r command, or the Linux shutdown -r time command.
To perform a reboot for reconfig from OpenVMS I64 running on an nPartition, issue
@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM from OpenVMS, and then enter Yes at the "Should an
automatic system reboot be performed" prompt.
All cells—including any inactive cells and all newly added or deleted cells—reset and the
nPartition is reconfigured as needed. All cells with a "y" use-on-next-boot setting participate
in partition rendezvous and synchronize to boot as a single nPartition.
After you assign a cell to an nPartition, or remove an active cell from an nPartition, you can
perform a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition to complete the cell addition or removal.
If an nPartition is configured to boot an operating system automatically, it can do so
immediately following a reboot for reconfig.
• Shutdown for Reconfig State
involves shutting down the operating system (as required), resetting all cells assigned to
the nPartition, performing any nPartition reconfigurations, and keeping all cells at a
boot-is-blocked (BIB) state, thus making the nPartition and all of its cells inactive.
On HP rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, and rx8640 servers, you can configure the OS shutdown for
reconfig behavior for each nPartition to either power off hardware or keep cells at BIB. See
"ACPI Softpowerdown Configuration—OS Shutdown Behavior" (page 93)
To put an nPartition into the shutdown for reconfig state use the shutdown -R -H HP-UX
command, the shutdown /s Windows command, or the Linux shutdown -h time
command. To perform a shutdown for reconfig of an nPartition running OpenVMS I64: first
issue @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM from OpenVMS and enter No at the "Should an
automatic system reboot be performed" prompt, then access the MP and, from the MP
Command Menu, issue the RR command and specify the nPartition that is to be shutdown
for reconfig.
From system firmware, to put an nPartition into the shutdown for reconfig state use the
RECONFIGRESET command from the BCH interface, the reconfigreset command from
the EFI Shell, or the RR command from the service processor Command menu.
To make an nPartition boot past shutdown for reconfig, use either the BO command or the
PE command from the service processor Command menu.
— For an inactive nPartition whose cells are at BIB, use the BO command from the service
processor Command menu. The BO command makes the nPartition active by allowing
90 Booting and Resetting nPartitions
On HP Integrity servers you should reset an nPartition only after all self tests and
A reboot for reconfig shuts down the operating system, resets all cells
Putting an nPartition into the shutdown for reconfig state
A boot initiated from the service
for details.