Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

Example
In the following example, you connect to the server’s management processor (MP) from your
management station. The MP IP number is 192.168.24.68, and the MP password is “password”.
Since you are connecting remotely using IPMI over LAN, you must include the -h... -g...
options with each command.
You use the parstatus command first (with the -P option) to gather information about the
nPartitions in the complex. After viewing that information, you change the name of nPartition
#3 (“Lab3”) to “Goldilocks”, using the parmodify command (with the -P option).
Finally, you issue the parstatus command again to verify the change.
1. Open a command window on the management station (Start > Run >entercmd >click OK).
2. At the command prompt, enter the following: parstatus -h 192.168.24.68 -g
password -P and press Enter.
3. After the information displays, you change the name of nPartition #3 from “Lab3” to
“Goldilocks” by typing the following: parmodify -h 192.168.24.68 -g password
-p 3 -P Goldilocks and pressing Enter.
4. After a brief period the command prompt reappears, indicating the change was successful.
Verify the change by typing the following: parstatus -h 192.168.24.68 -g password
-P and pressing Enter.
The entire sequence is shown here:
C:\>parstatus -h 192.168.24.68 -g password -P
Note: The -g option may require up to 2 minutes to complete. Please wait...
[Partition]
Par # of # of I/O
Num Status Cells Chassis Core cell Partition Name (first 30 chars)
=== ============ ===== ======== ========== ===============================
0 Active 8 5 cab0,cell4 Partition 0
1 Inactive 1 1 ? Partition 1
2 Active 2 2 cab1,cell0 Partition 2
3 Inactive 2 2 ? Lab3
4 Inactive 1 1 ? Partition 4
5 Active 2 1 cab0,cell2 Partition 5
C:\>parmodify -h 192.168.24.68 -g password -p 3 -P Goldilocks
Note: The -g option may require up to 2 minutes to complete. Please wait...
C:\>parstatus -h 192.168.24.68 -g password -P
Note: The -g option may require up to 2 minutes to complete. Please wait...
[Partition]
Par # of # of I/O
Num Status Cells Chassis Core cell Partition Name (first 30 chars)
=== ============ ===== ======== ========== ===============================
0 Active 8 5 cab0,cell4 Partition 0
1 Inactive 1 1 ? Partition 1
2 Active 2 2 cab1,cell0 Partition 2
3 Inactive 2 2 ? Goldilocks
4 Inactive 1 1 ? Partition 4
5 Active 2 1 cab0,cell2 Partition 5
parremove
The parremove command removes an existing nPartition. This removes all cells from the
nPartition and destroys the nPartition definition. Root permission or IPMI LAN access is required
to run this command.
• To remove the local nPartition, you must specify the -F option. The local nPartition is either
the one where the command is issued, or if the -u... -h... options are specified it is the
nPartition whose host is specified by -h.
• parremove can remove an active, remote nPartition when both the -Foption and the -h...
-g... set of options are specified.
parremove 95