Windows nPartition Guide v5.5
Table Of Contents
- nPartition Administrator's Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Quick Start
- Getting to know nPartitions
- Choosing a management tool
- Management interface options
- Choosing a management mode
- Setting up the management station
- Performing nPartition management tasks
- 2 Installing nPartition Management Utilities
- 3 Using Partition Manager
- 4 Using Other Tools to Manage nPartitions
- Complex-level tasks
- nPartition-level tasks
- Boot configuration options for nPartition systems
- Find bootable devices
- List nPartition configurations
- List the local (current) nPartition number
- List memory configurations
- Configure boot paths and options
- Configure autoboot options
- Configure boot-time system tests
- Boot Windows Server 2003
- Boot over a network
- Shut down Windows Server 2003
- Reboot and reset
- Reboot for reconfiguration
- Shut down to a shutdown for reconfig (inactive) state
- Boot an inactive nPartition
- Perform a transfer of control reset
- Create a Genesis Partition
- Create a new nPartition
- Remove (delete) an nPartition
- Add cells to an nPartition
- Set core cell choices
- Rename an nPartition
- Cell-level tasks
- Power-, status-, and hardware-level tasks
- List input/output (I/O) configurations
- List cabinets in a server complex
- List power status and power supplies
- List fan and blower status
- Turn attention indicators (LEDs) on and off
- Power server cabinets on and off
- Power cells and I/O chassis on and off
- Configure and deconfigure cells
- Configure and deconfigure processors (CPUs)
- Configure and deconfigure memory (DIMMs)
- 5 nPartition Commands Reference
- 6 Troubleshooting
- Installation problems
- Checking component installation and operation
- Operational problems
- All commands: ordinal not found
- All commands: required data unavailable or locked
- Fruled: LED error messages (mid-range servers only)
- Frupower: cannot power off error
- Parcreate and parmodify: cell local memory warnings
- Parcreate, parmodify, and parremove: failure to update stable complex configuration data (SCCD)
- Parremove: shutdown and reset instructions
- Parstatus -c -V: apparent incorrect output
- Parstatus -p -V: apparent incorrect output
- Parstatus: local partition error
- Parstatus: unable to get read lock error
- Using WMIOP.EXE to pinpoint problems
- Error messages and corrective actions
- Index
Index
A
ACPI configuration value (how to set), 52
add cells to partition, 70
Application Event Log
error messages, 117
B
boot config options, 45
boot inactive partition, 61
boot over a network, 53
boot Windows Server 2003, 52
C
cancel changes to complex profile, 45
configure autoboot options, 50, 51
configure boot paths and options, 48
configure/deconfigure cells, 85
configure/deconfigure memory, 87
configure/deconfigure processors, 86
cplxmodify command, 104
create genesis partition, 63
create new partition, 65
D
delete/remove partition, 67
E
error messages
application event log, 117
nPartition commands, 115
F
find bootable devices, 47
fruled command, 100
frupower command, 102
I
installing the software
verifying, 33
L
list cabinets in complex, 79
list cell configurations, 74
list fan/blower status, 80
list I/O configurations, 78
list local partition number, 47
list memory configurations, 48
list power status/supplies, 79
list processor configurations, 73
list product and serial numbers, 45
M
management station
remote access using
remote desktop connection, 23
terminal services, 23
third-party software, 23
system requirements, 22
N
nPartition Commands
cplxmodify, 104
error messages, 115
fruled, 100
frupower, 102
parcreate, 89
parmodify, 92
parremove, 95
parstatus, 96
parunlock, 99
usage, 89
P
parcreate command, 89
parmodify command, 92
parremove command, 95
parstatus command, 96
Partition Manager
usage, 37
parunlock command, 99
perform TOC reset, 62
power cabinets on/off, 82
power cells/chassis on/off, 84
procedures
cell-level tasks, 73
list cell configurations, 74
list processor configurations, 73
remove cells from partition, 74
set cell attributes, 76
complex-level tasks, 43
cancel changes to complex profile, 45
list product and serial numbers, 45
rename server complex, 43
unlock complex profile entries, 44
partition-level tasks, 45
add cells to partition, 70
boot config options, 45
boot inactive partition, 61
boot over a network, 53
boot Windows Server 2003, 52
configure autoboot options, 50, 51
configure boot paths and options, 48
create genesis partition, 63
create new partition, 65
delete/remove partition, 67
find bootable devices, 47
list local partition number, 47
list memory configurations, 48
perform TOC reset, 62
reboot and reset, 56
reboot for reconfiguration, 58
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