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Creating and Configuring nPartitions, Tools for Configuring nPartitions, OA CLI, OA GUI

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5 Creating and Configuring nPartitions This chapter has procedures for creating, configuring, and managing nPartitions on HP Superdome 2 server. This chapter discusses the following topics: • "Tools for Configuring nPartitions" • "Granting permission for an OS to manage nPartitions" • "Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions" • "Partition Default Attributes" • "Partition Specifications (parspec)" • "Creating a New nPartition" • "Verifying Newly Created nPartitions" • "Removing (Deleting) an nPartition" • "Renaming an nPartition" • "Assigning (Adding) Blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition" • "Unassigning (Removing) Blades and I/O Bays from an nPartition" • "Renaming a Server Complex" • "Setting Blade Attributes" Tools for Configuring nPartitions You can configure and manage nPartitions using the Onboard Partition Manager. The Onboard Partition Manager is a set of tools integrated with the HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator. The Onboard Administrator Partition Management GUI replaces the legacy ParMgr GUI which ran on an operating system in a partition. The Onboard Partition Manager tools are a complete set of nPartition and vPar configuration and management tools providing nPartition and vPar configuration information as well as many other enhancements over the previous GUI tool. The OA GUI is accessible from the partition side through SMH. OA CLI To launch the OA CLI, complete the following steps: 1. To access the OA CLI, use a telnet or an ssh connection to the OA address. 2. Enter the OA Administrator password. NOTE: The original Administrator password is available on a sticker on the OA module. OA GUI To access the OA GUI, complete the following steps: 1. Open a browser and type the url: http://>. "OA GUI" shows the Onboard Administrator login screen. Tools for Configuring nPartitions 35

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5 Creating and Configuring nPartitions
This chapter has procedures for creating, configuring, and managing nPartitions on HP Superdome
2 server. This chapter discusses the following topics:
•
“Tools for Configuring nPartitions”
•
“Granting permission for an OS to manage nPartitions”
•
“Task Summaries for Creating and Configuring nPartitions”
•
“Partition Default Attributes”
•
“Partition Specifications (parspec)”
•
“Creating a New nPartition”
•
“Verifying Newly Created nPartitions”
•
“Removing (Deleting) an nPartition”
•
“Renaming an nPartition”
•
“Assigning (Adding) Blades and I/O Bays to an nPartition”
•
“Unassigning (Removing) Blades and I/O Bays from an nPartition”
•
“Renaming a Server Complex”
•
“Setting Blade Attributes”
Tools for Configuring nPartitions
You can configure and manage nPartitions using the Onboard Partition Manager.
The Onboard Partition Manager is a set of tools integrated with the HP Superdome 2 Onboard
Administrator. The Onboard Administrator Partition Management GUI replaces the legacy
ParMgr GUI which ran on an operating system in a partition. The Onboard Partition Manager
tools are a complete set of nPartition and vPar configuration and management tools providing
nPartition and vPar configuration information as well as many other enhancements over the
previous GUI tool. The OA GUI is accessible from the partition side through SMH.
OA CLI
To launch the OA CLI, complete the following steps:
1.
To access the OA CLI, use a telnet or an ssh connection to the OA address.
2.
Enter the OA Administrator password.
NOTE:
The original Administrator password is available on a sticker on the OA module.
OA GUI
To access the OA GUI, complete the following steps:
1.
Open a browser and type the url: http://<OA address>>.
“OA GUI”
shows the Onboard
Administrator login screen.
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