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1 Introduction...................................................................................................................11
Quick Start............................................................................................................................................11
Getting to know nPartitions..................................................................................................................12
Partitioning continuum...................................................................................................................12
Properties of nPartitions..................................................................................................................13
Cell boot phase ..........................................................................................................................14
nPartition boot phase.................................................................................................................15
Choosing a management tool...............................................................................................................15
IPMI over LAN...........................................................................................................................16
Choosing a management mode............................................................................................................19
Local management...........................................................................................................................20
Local management.....................................................................................................................21
Remote Control..........................................................................................................................23
Terminal Services.......................................................................................................................23
Remote Desktop.........................................................................................................................23
Telnet..........................................................................................................................................23
Using the EFI Shell.....................................................................................................................25
Creating nPartitions.........................................................................................................................25
Modifying nPartitions......................................................................................................................26
Using the EFI Shell.....................................................................................................................28
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