HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator G - Page 26

nPartition Status Information, RunStates, Table 3-2 RunStates for nPartition

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parstatus -P [Partition] Par State/ Status* # of # of ILM/ Partition Name Num RunState Blades IOBays SLM (first 15 (GB)** characters) 1 Active /EFI OK 1 1 14.0/112.0 nPar0001 2 Inactive /DOWN OK 1 1 16.0/112.0 nPar0002 3 Active /RUN_VPARS OK 1 1 126.0/0.0 nPar0003 * D-Degraded ** Actual allocated for Active and User requested for Inactive partitions You can use the Complex nPartitions page of the onboard administrator GUI to list all nPartitions and their boot states. Figure 3-1 nPartition Status Information RunStates The partition runstates displayed by the status commands and GUI show the actual state of the partition varying from a firmware boot state to a state where an operating system has been successfully booted in a partition. Table 3-2 "RunStates for nPartition" shows the various run-states for an nPartition. Table 3-2 RunStates for nPartition Runstate DOWN ACTIVATING FWBOOT EFI OSBOOT UP SHUT DEACTIVATING1 RESETTING 1 MCA 1 INIT Description The partition is inactive and powered off. A boot operation has been initiated for this partition. The boot process is in the firmware boot phase for this partition and the partition has transitioned into the active status. The partition is at the EFI shell. The boot process has started booting the operating system in this partition. The OS in this partition is booted and running. A shutdown/reboot/reset operation has been initiated on this partition. The partition is being deactivated (powered down) as part of a shutdown or reboot operation. A partition reset is in progress. A machine check (MCA) has occurred in the partition and is being processed. An INIT ( or TOC) operation on the partition is being processed. 26 Getting Started with nPartitions

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parstatus -P
[Partition]
Par State/
Status* # of
# of
ILM/
Partition Name
Num RunState
Blades IOBays SLM
(first 15
(GB)**
characters)
=== ======================= ======= ====== ====== ============= ===============
1
Active /EFI
OK
1
1
14.0/112.0
nPar0001
2
Inactive /DOWN
OK
1
1
16.0/112.0
nPar0002
3
Active /RUN_VPARS
OK
1
1
126.0/0.0
nPar0003
*
D-Degraded
** Actual allocated for Active and User requested for Inactive partitions
You can use the Complex nPartitions page of the onboard administrator GUI to list all nPartitions
and their boot states.
Figure 3-1 nPartition Status Information
RunStates
The partition runstates displayed by the status commands and GUI show the actual
state of the partition varying from a firmware boot state to a state where an operating system
has been successfully booted in a partition.
Table 3-2 “RunStates for nPartition”
shows the various
run-states for an nPartition.
Table 3-2 RunStates for nPartition
Description
Runstate
The partition is inactive and powered off.
DOWN
A boot operation has been initiated for this partition.
ACTIVATING
The boot process is in the firmware boot phase for this partition and the partition has
transitioned into the active status.
FWBOOT
The partition is at the EFI shell.
EFI
The boot process has started booting the operating system in this partition.
OSBOOT
The OS in this partition is booted and running.
UP
A shutdown/reboot/reset operation has been initiated on this partition.
SHUT
The partition is being deactivated (powered down) as part of a shutdown or reboot
operation.
DEACTIVATING
1
A partition reset is in progress.
RESETTING
1
A machine check (MCA) has occurred in the partition and is being processed.
MCA
1
An INIT ( or TOC) operation on the partition is being processed.
INIT
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