HP Server rp7405 nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition - Page 146

Booting an Inactive nPartition, Procedure 5-45 Booting an Inactive nPartition Service Processor

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2. Issue issue the shutdown -h time command with the required time argument to specify when the shutdown is to occur. You can specify time in the format hh:mm, in which hh is the hour (one or two digits) and mm is the minute of the hour (two digits); or in the format +m, in which m is the number of minutes delay until shutdown; or specify now to immediately shut down. Booting an Inactive nPartition You can boot an inactive nPartition by using any one of the following procedures: • "Booting an Inactive nPartition (Service Processor)" (page 146) • "Booting an Inactive nPartition (nPartition Commands)" (page 147) When all cells in an nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is inactive. This is the case, for example, when an nPartition is held at the shutdown for reconfig state. You can boot an nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to make it active by using the BO (boot) command at the service processor Command menu. To determine whether an nPartition is in a boot-is-blocked (shutdown for reconfig) state, use the Virtual Front Panel for the nPartition to check the nPartition boot status. If all cells assigned to the nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is halted at the shutdown for reconfig state. Procedure 5-45 Booting an Inactive nPartition (Service Processor) Use the service processor Command menu BO command to boot an nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to make the nPartition active. If you use the BO command to attempt to boot an nPartition that already is active, the command has no effect. 1. Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CM to access the Command Menu. 2. From the Command menu, enter the BO command and specify which nPartition is to be booted (released from boot-is-blocked). As a result of the BO command, the service processor for the complex releases the cells assigned to the selected nPartition from boot-is-blocked: the cells proceed to rendezvous to form an active nPartition, which no longer is in the shutdown for reconfig state. GSP:CM> BO This command boots the selected partition. # Name --- ---- 0) jules00 1) jules01 Select a partition number: 0 Do you want to boot partition number 0? (Y/[N]) y -> The selected partition will be booted. GSP:CM> Any of the cells assigned to the nPartition that are not configured (those with a "n" use-on-next-boot value) remain inactive at boot-is-blocked. When the nPartition becomes active it proceeds through the normal boot process. 3. To exit the service processor Command Menu, enter MA to return to the service processor Main Menu. At the Main Menu, enter X to exit the service processor interface. 146 Booting and Resetting nPartitions

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2.
Issue issue the
shutdown -h
time
command with the required
time
argument to specify
when the shutdown is to occur.
You can specify
time
in the format
hh
:
mm
, in which
hh
is the hour (one or two digits) and
mm
is the minute of the hour (two digits); or in the format
+
m
, in which
m
is the number of
minutes delay until shutdown; or specify
now
to immediately shut down.
Booting an Inactive nPartition
You can boot an inactive nPartition by using any one of the following procedures:
•
“Booting an Inactive nPartition (Service Processor)” (page 146)
•
“Booting an Inactive nPartition (nPartition Commands)” (page 147)
When all cells in an nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is inactive. This is the case,
for example, when an nPartition is held at the shutdown for reconfig state.
You can boot an nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to make it active by using the
BO
(boot) command at the service processor Command menu.
To determine whether an nPartition is in a boot-is-blocked (shutdown for reconfig) state, use the
Virtual Front Panel for the nPartition to check the nPartition boot status. If all cells assigned to
the nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is halted at the shutdown for reconfig state.
Procedure 5-45 Booting an Inactive nPartition (Service Processor)
Use the service processor Command menu
BO
command to boot an nPartition past the shutdown
for reconfig state to make the nPartition active.
If you use the
BO
command to attempt to boot an nPartition that already is active, the command
has no effect.
1.
Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter
CM
to access the Command Menu.
2.
From the Command menu, enter the
BO
command and specify which nPartition is to be
booted (released from boot-is-blocked).
As a result of the
BO
command, the service processor for the complex releases the cells
assigned to the selected nPartition from boot-is-blocked: the cells proceed to rendezvous to
form an active nPartition, which no longer is in the shutdown for reconfig state.
GSP:CM>
BO
This command boots the selected partition.
#
Name
---
----
0)
jules00
1)
jules01
Select a partition number:
0
Do you want to boot partition number 0? (Y/[N])
y
-> The selected partition will be booted.
GSP:CM>
Any of the cells assigned to the nPartition that are not configured (those with a "n"
use-on-next-boot value) remain inactive at boot-is-blocked.
When the nPartition becomes active it proceeds through the normal boot process.
3.
To exit the service processor Command Menu, enter
MA
to return to the service processor
Main Menu.
At the Main Menu, enter
X
to exit the service processor interface.
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