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1/2/0/1 OK 1/2/0/1 OK 1/2/0/2 OK 1/2/0/2 OK 1/2/0/2 OK 1/2/0/3 OK 1/2/0/3 OK 1/2/0/3 OK 1/2/1/0 OK 1/2/1/0 OK 1/2/1/0 OK 1/2/1/1 OK 1/2/1/1 OK 1/2/1/1 OK 1/2/1/2 OK 1/2/1/2 OK 1/2/1/2 OK 1/2/1/3 OK 1/2/1/3 OK 1/2/1/3 OK 1/2/0/2 - 1/2/0/3 - 1/2/0/0 - 1/2/0/1 - 1/2/0/3 - 1/2/0/0 - 1/2/0/1 - 1/2/0/2 - 1/2/1/1 - 1/2/1/2 - 1/2/1/3 - 1/2/1/0 - 1/2/1/2 - 1/2/1/3 - 1/2/1/0 - 1/2/1/1 - 1/2/1/3 - 1/2/1/0 - 1/2/1/1 - 1/2/1/2 - - • To display 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] 1/2/0/0/0 1/2/4 1/2/0/0/2 1/2/5 1/2/0/1/0 1/2/1 1/2/0/1/2 1/2/2 1/2/0/2/0 1/2/3 1/2/0/2/2 1/2/6 6/2/0/0/0 6/2/4 6/2/0/1/0 6/2/5 6/2/0/1/2 6/2/6 6/2/0/2/0 6/2/1 6/2/0/2/2 6/2/2 [Available ILM (MB)]: 124912 [Available SLM (Socket-ID MB)]: 1/2/0 0 1/2/1 0 • To display the revisions of partition management tools: vparstatus -r Partition Management Software Revision: 1.0 For details on the state and runstate of the virtual partition, see "Virtual Partition States" Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition A virtual partition can be gracefully powered off or rebooted via 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 90 Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions

Section	Page
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide	1
Table of Contents	3
1 Introduction	11
Conceptual Overview	11
HP Superdome 2 terminology	12
2 Partitioning in HP Superdome 2	13
Onboard Administrator and Partition Management	13
Managing Partitions – Basics	13
nPartitions	13
Virtual Partitions (vPars)	14
Commands: Partition Help pages	14
Commands: Partition Commands Logging	15
Log File Location and Log Format	15
Cases Where No Logging Occurs	15
Cases Where Logging Occurs	16
Constraints and Restrictions to Logging	16
Ordering and Licensing	16
nPartitions Licensing	16
Virtual Partitions Licensing	16
Related Software Licensing	17
Ordering vPars	17
nPartition and Virtual Partition Unique Identifiers	17
3 Getting Started with nPartitions	19
Administration Tool for nPartitions	19
Onboard Partition Manager	19
Commands for Configuring nPartitions	19
nPartition Resources	20
Assigned or Unassigned Blades and I/O bays	21
Active and Inactive Blades	21
I/O Enclosures and I/O Bays	22
Finding the Resource Path of I/O	22
nPartition Properties	22
Partition Names	22
Partition Numbers	23
Hyperthreading	23
Enabling or Disabling Hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the GUI	23
Enabling or Disabling Hyperthreading on HP Superdome 2 using the CLI	23
Socket Local Memory	23
Blade Resource Attributes	24
Operating System Specific Default Values for nPartition Attributes	25
Partition State and RunStates	25
Partition Specifications (parspec)	27
Creating a Partition Specification	27
Creating an nPartition from a Partition Specification	27
Removing a Partition Specification	28
Saving the Current Configuration of nPartition and Switch to an Alternate Configuration	28
Viewing Partition Specification Using the OA GUI	28
4 Planning nPartitions	29
Recommended HP Superdome 2 nPartition Configurations	29
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Choices	29
Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module Support	31
CPU Mixing Support	32
HP Superdome 2 Memory Support	32
Sample Procedure for Creating nPartitions	32
5 Creating and Configuring nPartitions	35
Tools for Configuring nPartitions	35
OA CLI	47
OA GUI	47
6 Booting and Resetting Partitions (nPartitions and vPars)	47
Overview of Partition System Booting	47
Accessing the OA	47
OA CLI	47
OA GUI	47
Booting to EFI and Preparing for Operating System Installation	48
Booting from the CLI	48
Booting from the GUI	50
Getting a Console Using the CLI	51
Getting a Console Using the GUI	52
Confirming the Installed IO cards	52
Getting MAC Addresses for Ignite-UX	54
Task Summaries for Rebooting and Resetting Partitions	54
POWEROFF PARTITION	55
POWERON PARTITION	58
REBOOT PARTITION	59
SET PARTITION DVD	59
SHOW PARTITION DVD	62
SHOW PARTITION INFO	63
Force System Reset and Crash Dump (TOC) PARTITION	63
UPDATE NPARTITION	65
UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION	66
UPDATE FIRMWARE	66
UPDATE SHOW FIRMWARE	66
HP Superdome 2 Boot Support	67
Local Boot	67
Considerations for Local Boot	68
Boot from local SAN	68
Boot from External SAN	68
nPartition and Resource Health Status	68
Viewing Partition and Resource Health Status Using the CLI	69
Viewing Partition and Resource Health Status Using the OA GUI	70
Resource health policy	71
7 Planning Your System for Virtual Partitions	73
Planning Your Virtual Partitions	73
Virtual Partitions Layout Plan	73
Virtual Partition Names	73
Minimal Hardware Configuration	73
CPU-core	74
CPU-core: Boot Processor Definitions	74
CPU-core: Specifying Min and Max Limits	74
CPU-core: Adding and Deleting by Total	74
vparcreate	75
vparmodify	75
CPU-core: Adding or Deleting by SLP (Socket Local Processor)	76
CPU-core: Adding or Deleting by Resource path	76
CPU: Summary Information	76
Deleting CPU-cores Summary	77
CPU Allocation	77
Memory	77
Assigning Memory to a vPar	78
I/O	78
Assigning I/O at the rootport or I/O slot Level	78
Syntax, Rules, and Notes	79
Counts Summary	80
Parspec change policy	80
A note on Deconfiguration	80
8 Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions	83
Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes	83
Modes	83
Setting the Mode	84
Getting the vPar Console	85
Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition	86
Booting a Virtual Partition	86
Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition	86
Commands: Displaying vPars Resource Information (vparstatus)	87
Virtual Partition States	87
vparstatus: Summary Information	89
Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition	90
Shutting Down All Virtual Partitions	92
Managing: Removing a Virtual Partition	92
Boot options management for partitions	92
9 Installing or Removing the vPars	95
Notes Before You Install vPars Software	95
Notes	95
Installing vPars	95
Bundle Names	96
vPars Product Bundles	96
Ignite-UX Cookbook	96
Removing the vPars Product	96
10 Support and other resources	97
Contacting HP	97
Before you contact HP	97
HP contact information	97
Subscription service	97
Documentation feedback	97
Related information	97
Typographic conventions	98
A Partition commands	101
Glossary	103

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To display 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]:

[Available I/O devices (path)]:

[Root Port] [Slot]

1/2/0/0/0

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6/2/6

6/2/0/2/0

6/2/1

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6/2/2

[Available ILM (MB)]:

124912

[Available SLM (Socket-ID MB)]:

1/2/0 0

1/2/1 0

•

To display the revisions of partition management tools:

vparstatus -r

Partition Management Software Revision: 1.0

For details on the state and runstate of the virtual partition, see

“Virtual Partition States”

Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition

A virtual partition can be gracefully powered off or rebooted via the HP-UX

shutdown -h

reboot -h

command. Alternatively, a virtual partition can also be shutdown from the OA

using the

poweroff

command:

poweroff partition <nParId:vParID>

Managing and Booting Virtual Partitions