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HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-1801 Published: August 2011 Edition: 2.0 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 2
HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP -1801 Supported operating systems HP-UX 11i v3 HP-UX 11i v3 Supported versions HP-UX 11i Version v3 HP-UX - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 3
names...21 Partition numbers...21 Hyperthreading...21 Enabling or disabling Hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the GUI 21 Enabling or disabling Hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the CLI 21 Socket Local Memory...21 Blade resource attributes...22 Operating system specific default values - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 4
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning choices 31 Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support 34 CPU mixing support...35 HP Superdome 2 memory support 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 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 5
UPDATE SHOW FIRMWARE 72 HP Superdome 2 Boot Support 73 Local Boot...74 Considerations for Local Boot 74 Limits 80 CPU-core: Adding and Deleting by Total 81 CPU-core: Adding or Deleting by Socket Local Processor (SLP 82 CPU-core: Adding or Deleting by Resource Path 83 CPU: Summary Information - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 6
Ignite-UX Cookbook...103 Removing the vPars Product...103 10 Support and other resources 104 Contacting HP ...104 Before you contact HP...104 HP contact information...104 Subscription service...104 Documentation feedback 104 Related information...104 Typographic conventions...105 A Partition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 7
1 Introduction The HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers (HP Superdome 2) are scalable systems based on blade system architecture. HP Superdome 2 systems support HP nPartitions and HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars v5). This administrator guide describes the steps to plan, create, and manage partitions - - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 8
(OA). Platforms that have OA based partition management support partition specifications (parspecs). A parspec is a collection a failure of the Monarch OA. A socket on HP Superdome 2 represents the Field Replacable processing unit on a blade. Each socket presents 4 CPU-cores. A unit that - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 9
Partitions on HP Superdome 2 systems support HP-UX 11i HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator Command Line Interface User Guide. Accessing the OA You can configure and manage partitions using the Onboard Partition Manager. The Onboard Partition Manager is a set of tools integrated with the HP Superdome - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 10
HP Superdome 2 is designed to adapt to the new hardware and firmware architecture. This OA-based architecture supports integrated virtual partitions. An nPartition on an HP Superdome 2 system is similar to an nPartition on cell based servers. On HP Superdome 2, you can create an nPartition without - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 11
partitions. In HP Superdome 2 systems, you can assign CPU cores, memory (interleaved (ILM) and socket local ( supports the following virtual partition commands - vparcreate, vparmodify, vparremove, vparboot, vparreset, and vparstatus. For information about the new partition features in HP Superdome - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 12
by show syslog OA at the OA prompt. On the OS side, the Partition commands executed from the HP-UX shell are logged to the local syslog file (the syslog file of the partition from which the partition of the other partitions such as parstatus, vparstatus and vecheck. 12 Partitioning in HP Superdome 2 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 13
manufactures or sells the software you plan to use. Virtual Partitions licensing On HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers, the HP-UX Virtual Partitions product that enables you to manage vPars from HP-UX is sold on a per-socket licensing basis. Therefore, you purchase the same quantity of this product as - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 14
NOTE: HP Integrity servers running the new HP sx3000 chipset are quad core (4 cores per processor or per socket), but HP-UX licensing is per socket or per processor. Therefore, one per socket software license is required for each quad-core processor. The processor and the socket represent a - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 15
to getconf(1) and confstr(3C) to retrieve unique machine identifiers. These interfaces and the commands listed below are available from the HP-UX operating system running in the nPartition or vPar. The interfaces include the _CS_PARTITION_IDENT and _CS_MACHINE_IDENT parameters: • For a nPartition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 16
can be used to determine whether an OS is running on Superdome 2 hardware. # /usr/bin/getconf MACHINE_MODEL ia64 hp Superdome2 16s # /usr/bin/model ia64 hp Superdome2 16s In both the examples, the presence of "Superdome 2" in the output string indicates that the nPartition or virtual partition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 17
vPar). The same set of commands as in legacy servers can be used to manage partitions on HP Superdome 2 servers. This chapter addresses the following topics: • " The Onboard Partition Manager is a set of tools integrated with the HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator. The tools in the Onboard - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 18
. For more information, see help parremove. parstatus Displays nPartition information and hardware details for a server complex. For more information, see help parstatus. nPartition resources On an HP Superdome 2 system, you can create or manage nPartitions, assigning them the following resources - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 19
addition to providing the resource information, the parstatus command displays the existing nPartitions. Assigned or unassigned blades and I/O bays Each blade in a server complex is either assigned to one of the nPartitions in the complex, or unassigned. If a blade or an I/O bay is unassigned, it - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 20
bays are not directly attached to blades on HP Superdome 2 servers. The I/O bays in an IOX can be The iLO is assigned slot number 7. The mezzanine cards are not supported at the first release. If the I/O on the blade is not " (page 21) • "Socket Local Memory" (page 21) 20 Getting started - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 21
enabled by default in an nPartition running on HP Superdome 2 servers. NOTE: Hyperthreading was not enabled by default on legacy systems. Enabling or disabling Hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the GUI To enable or disable hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the GUI: 1. Log into the OA GUI - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 22
"Blade resource attributes" (page 22). Blade resource attributes With HP Superdome 2 nPartitions, blade attributes are specified using the parcreate and whether or not, and the manner in which the blade must be integrated into the nPartition at boot time. The valid failure_usage values for blades are: - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 23
Change Policy VGA VGA next boot mode Pending Deletion : 2 : nPar0002 : ps0002 : : Inactive : DOWN : HPUX_11iV3 : HPUX_11iV3 : Enabled : Enabled : : : 32.0 GB : 32.0 GB : 0.0 GB : 32.0 GB : 32.0 GB : 1024 MB : 1024 MB : 1024 MB : 1024 MB : 1024 : 1024 : 8 : 8 : 16 : 16 : npars : npars : Enabled - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 24
Memory Size Total Memory Available Total Interleave Memory Total SLM SLM at next boot ILM granule size : 2 : nPar0002 : ps0002 : : Inactive : DOWN : HPUX_11iV3 : HPUX_11iV3 : Enabled : Enabled : : : 32.0 GB : 32.0 GB : 12.0 GB : 20.0 GB : 20.0 GB : 1024 MB 24 Getting started with nPartitions - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 25
By default, hyperthreading is enabled when nPartitions are created to run HP-UX. The default attribute values are applied without a need for partition for a specific operating system type. However, there is also support for a new pardefault command, which displays the operating system specific - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 26
ILM granule size SLM granule size VGA : 1024 MB : 1024 MB : Enabled Partition State and RunStates Each nPartition has a State, and a RunState. The nPartition state indicates whether the nPartition has booted and represents the power state of nPartition. The nPartition runstate indicates the state - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 27
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- - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 28
Table 3 RunStates for nPartition Runstate Description DOWN The partition is inactive and powered off. ACTIVATING A boot operation has been initiated for this partition. FWBOOT The boot process is in the firmware boot phase for this partition and the partition has transitioned into the active - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 29
Creating a Partition specification You can create a parspec using the following command in the OA CLI: • parcreate -C PartitionSpec:[:create_partition_flag] Where PartitionSpec is the name of the parspec to be created. The create_partition_flag can take the following values: ◦ y - the corresponding - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 30
Figure 3 Viewing Partitition Specification Information 30 Getting started with nPartitions - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 31
nPartitions you create on the HP Superdome servers: • Define nPartitions in support nPartitions 1 to 8 blades in size. The Superdome 2 - 8s can have 1 to 8 blades in the complex and support nPartitions 1 to 4 blades in size. The Superdome 2 - 32s can have 1 to 16 blades in the complex and support - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 32
Figure 4 Partition Rules - 32s Details on possible uses of the alternative loading options: The The alternative two cell blade partition in slots 4 and 8 (bright green) is provided to support a two cell blade partition if two alternative three blade partitions are used. The alternative three cell - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 33
blade partition to co-exist in the same enclosure. The alternative two cell blade partition in slots 4 and 8 (light blue) is provided to support a two cell blade partition if two alternative three cell blade partitions are used. The alternative three blade cell partition in slots 4, 6, and 8 allows - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 34
1, 3, 5, and 7. A - Alternative slotting For example, the alternative 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 2, 3, and 4. S - nPartition size Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support HP Superdome 2 servers support the Itanium processor 9300 series. Table 4 (page 34) lists the processors and their core and - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 35
system's warranty. The HP Superdome 2 blade supports 32 DIMMs, which are populated in sets of 4 per socket. Interleaved memory works best need to be configured as socket local memory. Sample procedure for creating nPartitions After the HP Superdome 2 server is installed with the required hardware - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 36
Max Deconf 1/1 Inactive Base /OK 8/0/0/8 32.0/0.0/0.0 - - - 1/2 Inactive Base /OK 8/0/0/8 32.0/0.0/0.0 - - - 1/3 Active Base /OK 8/0/0/8 32.0/0.0/0.0 yes 1 no 1/4 Inactive Base /OK 8/0/0/8 32.0/0.0/0.0 - - - 1/5 Active Base /OK 8/0/0/8 32.0/0.0/0.0 yes 1 no 1/6 Empty /Invalid - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 37
nl nl [Partition] Par State/ Status* # of # of ILM/ Partition Name Num RunState Blades IOBays SLM (first 15 (GB)** characters) * D-Degraded ** Actual allocated for Active and User requested for Inactive partitions 2. Create an nPartition with one blade and one I/O bay using the - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 38
5 Creating and configuring nPartitions This chapter describes the procedure to create, configure, and manage nPartitions on the HP Superdome 2 server. This chapter discusses the following topics: • "Tools for configuring nPartitions" (page 38) • "Granting permission for an OS to manage nPartitions" - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 39
of certain generic nPartition attributes or attributes specific to an OS type. NOTE: The generic nPartition attributes are maintained independently for each supported OS type to provide better configuration flexibility. This means that an OS type is always selected during the creation of nPartition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 40
an nPartition using the OA CLI and the GUI. Creating a new nPartition using the OA CLI Use the parcreate command to create a new nPartition on HP Superdome 2. The command takes the specified blades and I/O bays and assigns them to the new nPartition. If an nPartition number is not specified, the - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 41
State/ Status* # of # of ILM/ Partition Name Num RunState Blades IOBays SLM (first 15 (GB)** characters) 1 Inactive /DOWN OK 2 0 32.0/224.0 nPar0001 2 Inactive /DOWN OK 1 1 16.0/112.0 nPar0002 3 Inactive /DOWN OK 1 1 16.0/112.0 nPar0003 * D-Degraded ** Actual allocated for - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 42
[Blade] Enclosure/ Usage/ CPU Memory Use Par Pending Blade Status* OK/ (GB) On Num Deletion Indicted/ OK/ Next Deconf/ Indicted/ Boot Max Deconf 1/1 Active Base /OK 8/0/0/8 128.0/0.0/0.0 yes 1 no 1/2 Active Base /OK 8/0/0/8 128.0/0.0/0.0 yes 1 no * D-Deconfigured I-Indicted - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 43
parspec and can be reused later. If the -Z option is specified, the command removes the current parspec when the nPartition is removed. To remove an nPartition, use the parremove command: parremove -p nPartition_id [-Z] [-F] For example: parremove -p 2 Removing (Deleting) an nPartition using the OA - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 44
For more information, see the OA help, help parcreate and help parmodify . To add I/O bay 1 in enclosure 6 to the existing nPartition 2: parmodify -p 2 -a io:6/1: Assigning blades and I/O bays to an nPartition using the OA GUI To assign blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition using the OA GUI: 1. - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 45
Figure 10 IOX Resources Option 5. Select the I/O bay. 6. Click Apply to commit your configuration changes. To cancel an operation, navigate away from the Modify nPartition screen. The blades and I/O bay are assigned to the nPartition. Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition This section - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 46
Removing blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA GUI To unassign blades and I/O bays from an nPartition using the OA GUI: 1. Select the nPartition from the left navigation pane, and then click modify nPartition. 2. Expand the Blade Resources option. Figure 9 (page 44) shows the blade - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 47
the left navigation pane. 2. On the Complex Information screen, click the Information tab. 3. Under Settings, modify the complex name. 4. Click Apply. The server complex is renamed. Setting blade attributes You can create or modify an nPartition and set the blade attributes. For more information on - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 48
Setting blade attributes using the OA CLI You can set the blade attributes using the parcreate or parmodify commands. For more information about the parcreate command, see help parcreate. For more information about the parmodify command, see help parmodify. For example: To add the blade in enclosure - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 49
5. Select the appropriate attributes. 6. Click Apply. The blade attributes are set. Setting blade attributes 49 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 50
and Resetting Partitions" (page 60) • "HP Superdome 2 Boot Support" (page 73) • "nPartition and Resource independently of any other Partitions in the same server complex. Each partition runs its own firmware to run either a single OS instance, an Integrity VM host (and guests), or vPar in any - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 51
Booting from the CLI To activate a partition from the command line, you can either use the poweron partition {identifier} command, the bo command, or the pe command. poweron partition 2 Poweron request sent to partition 2. Operation initiated successfully. Please run PARSTATUS/VPARSTATUS or SHOW - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 52
The bo command without arguments prompts you to select a partition to boot: bo This command controls power enable to a partition. Partition Number --------1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:5 1:21 2 2:1 3 4 5 Q) Quit Partition Name --------nPar0001 nPar0001:vPar1 nPar0001:vPar0002 nPar0001:we nPar0001:vPar0005 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 53
Figure 15 nPartition Status Information Figure 16 vPar Status information 2. Select the Virtual Devices tab, and then click on the Momentary Press button. Booting to UEFI and preparing for Operating System installation 53 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 54
Figure 17 nPartition Virtual Devices tab Figure 18 vPar Virtual Devices tab 3. Navigate to the status tab to see the run state of the partition. Figure 19 Active/vPars Mode State of an nPartition 54 Booting and resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars) - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 55
, you can also use the CONNECT PARTITION command to connect to a partition. connect partition 2 ----Log Snippet--------- ----Log Snippet--------- Welcome to the Superdome 2 console Getting a Console using the GUI To access the system console of a partition using the GUI - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 56
to all devices. UEFI Shell commands are provided to manually connect more devices. Alternatively, the default device connection policy may be modified for all future boots using the 'ioconfig' command at the UEFI Shell. For Superdome 2, for a partition in a first boot scenario (a new partition or - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 57
Page From the UEFI Shell, the 'search' command is available to manually connect devices in a specific I/O bay or even a specific I/O with a significant amount of assigned I/O. Device Connection Policies On Superdome 2, a configurable device connection policy solution is available, which allows - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 58
not automatically update the policy to take into account the configuration change. The policy is now considered to be user managed, so appropriate manual updates to the policy might be necessary. Confirming the Installed IO cards After the system console is accessed, and the partition is booted - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 59
PCI DEVICE INFORMATION Enc/ SubVendorID Bay/ Seg/ Dev/ VendorID/ SubSystemID Slot Bus Func DeviceID RevisionID (dec) (hex) (hex) (hex) (hex) Description 1/2/1 05/00 00/00 103C/402F ----/----/11 Bridge Device - PCI/PCI bridge 1/2/2 05/00 02/00 103C/402F ----/----/11 Bridge Device - PCI/ - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 60
drive in the monarch enclosure and uses it to update the firmware for HP Superdome 2 cell blades within the specified partitions. See"UPDATE NPARTITION" (page the server blades within the specified partitions. See "UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION" (page 72). UPDATE FIRMWARE Updates the Superdome system's - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 61
option is required to affect a change in mode or when a destructive operation needs to be applied to all vPars in an nPartition. HP Superdome 2 partition management supports two modes of operation for an nPartition: the "nPars" mode and the "vPars" mode. The mode is an attribute of the nPartition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 62
Figure 24 Status Information of an nPartition Figure 25 Status Information of a vPar 2. Select the Virtual Devices tab. • For force poweroff, click the Press and Hold button. • For graceful poweroff, click the Momentary Press button. 62 Booting and resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars) - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 63
Figure 26 Graceful and Force Poweroff (nPartition) Figure 27 Graceful and Force Poweroff (vPar) • Navigate to the status tab to see the run state of the partition. Task Summaries for Rebooting and Resetting Partitions 63 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 64
NOTE: When an nPartition is active in vPars mode, the power operations require the OVERRIDE option to change the mode. POWERON PARTITION From the CLI • Command: POWERON PARTITION {{nPartition number or name} [:vPartition number or name][OVERRIDE]} • Description: If an nPartition is specified, this - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 65
be connected to the monarch OA. From the GUI The Virtual Media (vMedia) feature provides a virtual floppy disk, USB Key, or DVD. This allows an HP Superdome 2 partition to boot and use standard media on the network to which the iLO on a blade is connected. vMedia is also the mechanism used to - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 66
an nPartition Figure 29 Connecting an enclosure DVD to a vPar NOTE: A vPar can make a DVD/vmedia connection only if it owns the I/O slot 7 of a server blade (an assigned resource of the containing nPar). When you want to connect or disconnect DVD to a vpar, make sure that you have assigned I/O slot - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 67
nPar or vPar has its own Virtual media applet window, servicing the virtual media connection. When there are multiple applet windows . You must reconnect the partition to the virtual media if you encounter this problem. SHOW PARTITION DVD From the CLI • Command: SHOW PARTITION DVD {nPartition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 68
Figure 31 SHOW Partition DVD for an nPartition Figure 32 SHOW Partition DVD for vPar 68 Booting and resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars) - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 69
SHOW PARTITION INFO • Command: SHOW PARTITION INFO {{nPartition number or name} [:vPartition name or number]|ALL} • Description: Displays information about the specified partitions. • Access level/Bay level: OA Administrator, OA Operator • Restriction: You must be connected to the monarch OA. Force - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 70
Figure 33 TOC nPartition Figure 34 TOC vPar UPDATE NPARTITION IMPORTANT: This command is not available if you are using complex firmware that is earlier than the Online Firmware Update release. To update firmware for all partitions, see "UPDATE FIRMWARE" (page 72). • Command: UPDATE NPARTITION [ALL - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 71
HP Superdome 2 cell blades within the specified partitions. ◦ The must be formatted as usb:// for USB installations. Use the SHOW USBKEY command to obtain the . ◦ The supported network installations. ◦ If your ftp server does not support anonymous logins, a username and password - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 72
Firmware Summary Information UPDATE FIRMWARE CLI • Command: UPDATE FIRMWARE { } [ FORCE ] [ REINSTALL ] [ ALL ][ NOEXECUTE ] • Description: Updates the Superdome system's firmware (except I/O firmware) • Access level/Bay level: OA Administrator, OA Operator • Restriction: You must be connected - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 73
• AH402A; AH403A (Emulex 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) post initial release Up to 32 partitions per HP Superdome 2 - 16s. Each IOX supports up to 12 HBAs. Each HP Superdome 2 - 16s supports up to 4 IOX at initial release. HP Superdome 2 partition limits: • nPartitions: per blade =1; per SD2-8s = 4; per SD2-16s - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 74
G3 can handle up to 4 partitions ◦ Boot paths are not redundant - You must shutdown HP Superdome 2 to update P2000 FC G3 firmware. • Optimal configuration ◦ Create redundant boot paths to separate dual controllers on the P2000 FC G3 - Would support only two partitions per array Boot from local SAN - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 75
of the following usage status: Resource Usage Empty Inactive Un-integrated Active Description The slot has no resource. Resource is inactive. Firmware is in the process of discovering or integrating the resource. It cannot be used for partition operations. The - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 76
OEM Manufacturer: N/A Total number of partitions present: 0 [Enclosure] Enclosure Enclosure Num Num Bay Enclosure Num Type Blades IOBays Slots Name 1 Compute 8 0 8 stanley 5 IO 0 2 2 - 6 IO 0 2 2 - 7 IO 0 2 2 - 8 IO 0 2 2 - 9 IO 0 2 2 - 10 IO 0 2 2 - - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 77
[Partition] Par State/ Status* # of # of ILM/ Partition Name Num RunState Blades IOBays SLM (first 15 (GB)** characters) * D-Degraded ** Actual allocated for Active and User requested for Inactive partitions Viewing Partition and Resource Health Status Using the OA GUI To view the - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 78
For an nPartition, blades and I/O bays are activated only if they are reported as healthy by the Health management subsystem on the OA. Additionally, there is also a user specified attribute "failure_usage" for a blade and I/O bay. You can set this attribute to indicate whether the partition to - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 79
of individual CPU-cores, or specify the socket resource paths and quantity from where the CPUs assigned to vPars. If you have booted HP-UX in the nPar, collect this information how you want to configure the virtual partitions within your server. This section lists the following topics: • "Virtual - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 80
HP Integrity Superdome 2, by default, a vPar is created with zero CPU-cores. Such a vPar cannot boot. • System memory (sufficient for HP-UX and the applications in that partition) • A boot disk (when using a mass storage unit, check your hardware manual to verify that it can support processor socket. - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 81
NOTE: On an HP Integrity Superdome 2 system, a vPar is created with zero CPUs by default. CPUs NOTE: • -d cpu::num syntax (deletion by total), or • -d socket:{socket_path}:cpu::num syntax (deletion by total in a specific socket), or • -d cpu:hw_path syntax (deletion by resource path) To add or - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 82
be added to or deleted from the virtual partition. Note that the num CPU-cores must be available in the socket and in the nPartition before they can be added. To verify the allocation of num CPU-cores, use the vparstatus -A command when the nPartition is - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 83
or deleting CPUs by path, changes the total count of CPUs. Example • To add the CPU at 1/1/0/0 (enclosure 1, blade1, socket 0, core 0) and 1/1/0/1 to vPar0001: vparmodify -N -p -a cpu:1/1/0/0 -a cpu:1/1/0/1 CPU: Summary Information Impact on vPars Commands: Specifying - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 84
that you used on your addition command line. CPU Allocation On HP Integrity Superdome 2, the parstatus command provides all the required CPU information from the of memory whose adjacent addresses reside on one or more sockets in the underlying nPartition. Memory Granularity The nPartition memory is - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 85
in multiples of granule sizes. HP recommends to retain the default socket:socket_id:mem::size option assigns size megabytes of SLM from socket socket_id to a vPar. If size is not an integral supports up to three root complexes. The rootports live under a root complex. Each root complex supports two - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 86
HP MSA CONTROLLER HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP MSA VOLUME HP - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 87
always one of the (case-insensitive) strings: cpu, core, io, ioslot, mem, or socket. • num, min, and max are all positive integers. num can be 0 in the new memory granularity. Users might want to make vPar memory size adjustments manually and not have the system make any changes in the vPar memory - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 88
or delete the CPUs from the socket in this partition. If the parspec change policy is enabled (default), then the partition is booted with existing resources and the parspec is modified to delete the deconfigured resource. Please note that you will need to manually add back the resource using the - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 89
8 Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions This chapter addresses the following topics: • "Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes " (page 89) • "Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition" (page 93) ◦ "Booting a Virtual Partition" (page 93) ◦ "Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 90
Figure 38 Setting mode using the OA GUI 90 Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 91
Setting the mode using the OA CLI • parmodify -p [-N] next_boot_mode where: next_boot_mode has the value of either vPars or nPars Specifies whether the nPartition has to be booted as a single partition (nPars mode) capable of running only a single operating system (OS) instance or as one - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 92
Partition Number Name 1 nPar0001 2 nPar0002 2:1 nPar0002:vPar0001 Q) Quit Select partition number: 2:1 ----Log Snippet--------- ----Log Snippet--------- Welcome to the Superdome 2 console Shell> From the GUI On the OA GUI, click the Remote Console tab to - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 93
Figure 40 Remote Console NOTE: On HP Integrity Superdome 2, vpmon is not supported. If you attempt booting vpmon from the ISL prompt the following error message is displayed: ERROR: Unsupported boot environment for vpar monitor! Booting vpmon not supported on this platform Resetting the system! - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 94
partition Oslo (cpu and core syntax): vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a cpu::2 or vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -a core::2 • To add two socket-local processors from enclosure 1, blade 2, socket 0 to the virtual partition vPar0001 ((cpu and core syntax): vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 95
To delete 1 GB of Socket Local Memory on enclosure 1, blade 2, socket 0 from the same virtual partition: vparmodify -N nPar0001 -p vPar0001 -d socket:1/2/0:mem::1024 • To add : Displaying vPars Resource Information (vparstatus) On HP Integrity Superdome 2, the Partition Controller running on the OA - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 96
Details] Min/Max: 0/8 User assigned [Path]: Boot processor [Path]: System assigned [Path]: Non-socket-specific: User assigned [Count]: 0 System assigned [Count]: 6 Socket-specific [Count]: Socket-ID/Count [IO Details] [Root Port] [Slot] 6/2/0/0/2 6/2/3 [Memory Details] ILM Total - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 97
1/2/1/3 OK - - 1/2/1/2 - - • To display the available resources in the nPartition: vparstatus -A -N 1[CPUs (path)]: 1/2/0/0 1/2/0/1 1/2/0/2 1/2/0/3 1/2/1/0 1/2/1/1 1/2/1/2 1/2/1/3 [Socket CPU (Socket-ID Count)]: 1/2/0 4 1/2/1 4 [Available CPUs]: 2 [Available I/O devices (path)]: [Root Port] [Slot - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 98
0/16 7 0 1024 1024 0 Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition A virtual partition can be powered off or rebooted gracefully using the HP-UX shutdown -h or reboot -h command. Alternatively, a virtual partition can also be shutdown from the OA using the poweroff command: poweroff partition - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 99
partition 1:1 Shutting Down All Virtual Partitions You can shut down all the virtual partitions within a hard partition when there is a hardware problem, or when the nPartition modification requires the nPartition to be down. To gracefully shutdown all the virtual partitions in an nPartition, run - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 100
Boot options management for partitions On HP Superdome 2 servers, each virtual partition has its own vPar. NOTE: Consequently, there is no support for specifying boot disk, kernel boot path or HP-UX Installation guide at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs 100 Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 101
, see the manual "Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX". • For information on how to install an Ignite-UX server, install HP-UX using Ignite-UX, and recover clients from media or over the network, see the Ignite-UX Administration Guide. • For information on HP Superdome 2 Installation - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 102
the desired LAN, for example, 01. d. Choose the operating system you want to install. 5. The HP-UX installation screen appears. Using the Ignite-UX server to install the necessary bundles. This includes the HP-UX OE, patches, the Quality Pack bundle, the vPars bundle, and other vPars-related bundles - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 103
-vpars-docs Ignite-UX Cookbook For information on how to install an Ignite-UX server, install HP-UX using Ignite-UX, and recover clients from media or over the network, see the nl Ignite-UX Administration Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. Removing the vPars Product To remove the vPars - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 104
/us/ en/wwcontact.html). For HP technical support: • In the United States, for contact options see the Contact HP United States webpage (http:// welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html). To contact HP by phone: ◦ Call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available 24 hours a day - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 105
HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator User Guide HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator Command Line Interface User Guide Website http://h20000.www2.hp or followed will result in personal injury or nonrecoverable system problems. CAUTION A caution calls attention to important information that if - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 106
IMPORTANT NOTE This alert provides essential information to explain a concept or to complete a task A note contains additional information to emphasize or supplement important points of the main text. 106 Support and other resources - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 107
Removes an existing nPartition. Displays nPartition information and hardware details for a server complex. Creates a new Virtual Partition. Boots a Virtual Partition. Renames Virtual Partitions. For more information on the Partition commands, see http://www.hp.com/go/ hpux-clickable-manpages. 107 - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 108
be exhibiting symptoms of a problem that can be corrected. Such vPars. An HP Superdome 2 nPar works like an nPar on cellular servers. Non-volatile Socket Local Memory. Interleaved across the memory controllers of a single CPU socket. SLM replaces the concept of cell local memory on cellular servers - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 109
one partition, 93 rebooting a partition, 98 C commands HP-UX shell commands setboot, 100 shutdown, 98 vparenv, 89 80 boot processor, 80 resource path, 83 socket local processor, 82 creating a partition, 93 D installing bundle names, 103 installation sources, 103 Integrity, 89 L log, 12 M manpages, - HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 | HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 110
vparenv, 89 vparmodify cpu, 80, 81, 82, 83 vparstatus, 95 110 Index
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator
Guide
HP-UX 11i v3
HP Part Number: 5900-1801
Published: August 2011
Edition: 2.0