HP Integrity BL870c Server-Blade - Manual (Page 4)

Removing (deleting) an nPartition.........................................................................................22
Case E: Physical blade swap....................................................................................................22
Best practices....................................................................................................................23
Case H: Scale up via a field upgrade........................................................................................23
System settings (initial state).................................................................................................24
Optional final partition configuration....................................................................................24
6 System server configuration and booting within an nPartition..........................25
Booting to UEFI and preparing for operating system installation....................................................25
Booting from the CLI (iLO/OA)............................................................................................25
Booting from GUI (OA).......................................................................................................25
Getting a console using CLI (iLO/OA)..................................................................................29
Getting a console using GUI (iLO/OA).................................................................................29
System settings at EFI..........................................................................................................30
Boot options for Partition use cases.......................................................................................31
HP-UX parSpec support...........................................................................................................33
CLI commands overview.....................................................................................................33
Backup and restore algorithm...................................................................................................33
7 Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions.........................................................35
Creating an nPartition.............................................................................................................35
Assigning a VC profile to an nPar.............................................................................................35
How profile connections are mapped...................................................................................39
nPar configuration changes......................................................................................................39
Scaling up the size of an nPartition.......................................................................................40
Scaling down the size of an nPartition..................................................................................41
8 nPars and Insight tools..............................................................................42
nPartitions in SIM....................................................................................................................42
Unpartitioned/default configuration..........................................................................................42
Partitioned scenarios...............................................................................................................42
Nodes and associations..........................................................................................................42
nPars and Blade Link Domain...................................................................................................43
nPars and VC profiles..............................................................................................................43
Differences between Superdome 2 nPars and BL8x0c i4 nPars......................................................43
Debugging BL8x0c i4 nPars problems.......................................................................................43
Configuring Onboard Administrator to send traps to CMS...........................................................43
9 Servicing of nPartitions..............................................................................44
Replacing a blade link............................................................................................................44
Replacement blade link is not initialized................................................................................44
Replacement blade link is re-used from a previous system........................................................44
Replacing a blade..................................................................................................................45
Isolating a faulted blade.....................................................................................................45
Faulted hardware...............................................................................................................48
Unresponsive iLO...............................................................................................................48
SYSSETcommand usage...........................................................................................................48
10 Support and other resources.....................................................................50
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................50
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................50
HP contact information.......................................................................................................50
Subscription service............................................................................................................50
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................50
HP Insight Remote Support Software.....................................................................................51
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................51
Glossary....................................................................................................52
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