HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket Administrator's Manual page 4

HP Superdome 2 Partitioning choices........................................................................................31
Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support............................................................................34
CPU mixing support.......................................................................................................35
HP Superdome 2 memory support...................................................................................35
Sample procedure for creating nPartitions..................................................................................35
5 Creating and configuring nPartitions...........................................................38
Tools for configuring nPartitions................................................................................................38
Commands to configure nPartitions.......................................................................................38
Granting permission for an OS to manage nPartitions.................................................................38
Task summaries for creating and configuring nPartitions...............................................................39
Partition default attributes.........................................................................................................39
Creating a new nPartition........................................................................................................40
Creating a new nPartition using the OA CLI...........................................................................40
Creating a new nPartition using the OA GUI.........................................................................40
Verifying newly created nPartitions using the CLI.........................................................................41
Verifying newly created nPartitions using the OA GUI..................................................................42
Removing an nPartition............................................................................................................42
Removing an nPartition using the OA CLI..............................................................................42
Removing (Deleting) an nPartition using the OA GUI...............................................................43
Renaming an nPartition...........................................................................................................43
Renaming an nPartition using the OA CLI..............................................................................43
Renaming an nPartition using the OA GUI.............................................................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition.........................................................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition using the OA CLI............................................43
Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition using the OA GUI...........................................44
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition......................................................................45
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA CLI.........................................45
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA GUI.......................................46
Renaming a server complex.....................................................................................................47
Setting blade attributes............................................................................................................47
Setting blade attributes using the OA CLI..............................................................................48
Setting blade attributes using the OA GUI.............................................................................48
6 Booting and resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars)...................................50
Overview of Partition system booting.........................................................................................50
Booting to UEFI and preparing for Operating System installation...................................................50
Booting from the CLI ..........................................................................................................51
Booting from the GUI.........................................................................................................52
Getting a Console using the CLI...........................................................................................55
Getting a Console using the GUI.........................................................................................55
UEFI I/O device connection solution.....................................................................................56
Device Connection Policies..................................................................................................57
Confirming the Installed IO cards.........................................................................................58
Getting MAC Addresses for Ignite-UX...................................................................................59
Task Summaries for Rebooting and Resetting Partitions.................................................................60
POWEROFF PARTITION......................................................................................................61
POWERON PARTITION......................................................................................................64
REBOOT PARTITION...........................................................................................................64
SET PARTITION DVD..........................................................................................................65
SHOW PARTITION DVD.....................................................................................................67
SHOW PARTITION INFO....................................................................................................69
Force System Reset and Crash Dump (TOC) PARTITION...........................................................69
UPDATE NPARTITION.........................................................................................................70
UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION..............................................................................................72
UPDATE FIRMWARE...........................................................................................................72
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