About This View
The complex scope hardware view displays the computing hardware components of the
complex. Depending on the server model, the complex may
consist of one or more cabinets. This
view shows each cabinet, with its cells and
I/O chassis inside. The server's nPartitions and available
resources are also identified in this view.
Figure 1 shows a typical cabinet containing cells and I/O chassis. Some of these
components are assigned to nPartitions, and some are available resources.
Moving your mouse cursor over an object on the screen will display a brief pop-up
tool tip that describes the object.
For more information about the components shown in this
view, refer to the sections below.
Active Objects
Most of the hardware components shown in this view can be examined in more detail
by clicking on the graphic image representing the component. This changes the
current scope in the following ways.
Click on a cell to view details about that cell. This will take you to the
cell scope general view for that cell.
Click on an I/O chassis to view details about that chassis and the cell to
which it is attached. This will take you to the I/O chassis scope general view for that I/O
chassis.
Click on a partition name to view details about that partition. This will
take you to the partition scope hardware
view for that nPartition.
Cabinets are not active images. Clicking on a cabinet will not display any
additional detail.
Selecting Objects
Some actions are disabled unless you select one or more objects first. Disabled
actions are dimmed in the actions menu, and cannot be clicked.
To select an object that is displayed in the view, click on the checkbox attached
to the object. A check mark will appear inside the checkbox when the object is
selected. To clear the check mark and cancel the selection, click the box again.
You can select multiple objects in the view, but some actions will be disabled
when multiple objects are selected.
Objects can also be implicitly selected in the current scope.
In an nPartition scope the displayed nPartition is implicitly selected.
In a cell or I/O chassis scope the displayed cell and attached I/O chassis are
implicitly selected, and so is the nPartition containing the cell and I/O chassis.
Implicitly selected objects do not have a check mark, and are not counted in the
selected items table, but they do enable the actions that require those objects to
be selected.
Below the actions menu is a table containing a summary of all the items currently
selected. This table is automatically updated as you select and deselect objects.
Some selected objects may not be visible in the current view, or they may have
scrolled off the bottom of the page. If you want to cancel all selections, or
start over selecting objects, click the [Deselect All] button
at the bottom of the table.
If any items are selected, the title of the selected items table becomes an active link.
Clicking this link will bring up a page listing each selected item. You can click on any
item in this list to see additional details about the selected item.
Table 1 Selected Items Table nPartitions |
The number of nPartitions that are selected.
| Cells |
The number of cells that are selected.
| I/O Chassis |
The number of I/O chassis that are selected.
| I/O Slots |
The number of I/O card slots that are selected.
| [Deselect All] |
Cancel all selections, removing the checkmark from each object's
checkbox, and resetting all of the selected object values to zero.
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Partitions and Available Resources
The partition key is
shown at the top of the view, just under the row of tabs.
The partition key lists the name of each nPartition in the complex.
Each nPartition has its own color code and its own
partition number, which is shown inside a small
circle icon, like this:
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The color code and the partition number icon are used to
associate each nPartition with its displayed resources.
If the complex contains cells and I/O chassis that are not assigned to any
nPartition, the partition key will also include an entry named
Available, with a white background and the icon
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You can click on any nPartition name to view details about that nPartition. This
will take you to the partition scope hardware
view for that nPartition.
You can click on the available entry to see the available resources
details. This will take you to the partition
scope hardware view for available resources.
Cells
Each cell slot is shown in this view, with an icon
indicating whether the slot is empty or contains a cell board.
Cells include a status icon at the top of the icon (on the left, if the cell is in
a horizontal orientation). The meaning of each status icon is shown in the hardware status legend at the bottom right of the view.
You can view details about a cell by clicking on the cell board icon. This will
take you to cell scope general view for that
cell.
I/O Chassis
The I/O chassis in the complex are shown by an icon that
includes a status indicator in the top left or right corner. The meaning of each
status icon is shown in the hardware status
legend at the bottom right of the view. The I/O chassis icon may appear
in any of the following orientations.
Any cell that is connected to an I/O chassis is shown with
a line connecting the cell to the chassis. You can view details about an I/O
chassis that is attached to a powered-on cell by clicking on the chassis icon.
This will take you to the I/O chassis scope
general view for that I/O chassis.
Actions
At the right side of each view is a menu of actions that
Partition Manager can perform. These actions are grouped into six submenus. To expand
a submenu, click on the
icon to the left
of the submenu name. The actions under that submenu will be
shown, and the icon will change to
.
Click on that icon to collapse the submenu. The actions under the submenu will be
hidden, and the icon will change back to
.
When Partition Manager begins, each submenu is collapsed. When you
change views, submenus that you have expanded will remain
expanded, and submenus that are collapsed will remain collapsed.
Not all actions appear in the menu in each view.
Some actions that do appear in the menu are disabled under certain conditions.
Actions that are disabled are dimmed in the menu and cannot be clicked.
Actions are enabled or disabled based on the current state of the
system and which objects are currently selected.
If you position the mouse cursor over the name of an action without clicking,
a pop-up tool tip will appear.
If the action is currently enabled, the text will explain what the action does.
If the action is currently disabled, the text will explain why it is disabled.
The following table shows the actions that are enabled in this view. Actions that
cannot be enabled in this view are not included.
To the right of each submenu and action is a brief
description, including any requirements for the action to be
enabled. If the required conditions are not met, then the
action will be dimmed in the menu, and it cannot be
selected. Click on an action name to go to the detailed
help for that action.
Table 2 Actions Menu ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | Complex |
Actions associated with the overall complex. These actions are
enabled in all views.
| | | Change the name of the complex. | | |
Execute a suite of problem detectors to analyze the overall health of
the complex.
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Turn off all attention indicators.
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Display a text report showing the detailed composition and status of the
entire complex.
| ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | nPartition |
Actions associated with one or more existing nPartitions.
Create nPartition is
enabled in all views. Other nPartition actions
are enabled when an nPartition is selected, or implicitly
selected in the current scope.
In a cell scope or I/O chassis scope the nPartition
containing the cell or I/O chassis is considered implicitly
selected.
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Start the create nPartition
wizard to create a new nPartition. Required:
there must be free cells in the complex. There must not
be any non-free cells selected. Optional: if any free cells are
selected, those cells will be pre-selected in the Select Cells step of the
wizard.
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Assign cells to an existing nPartition. Required: one or more free
cells must be selected. No cells assigned to an nPartition may be selected.
Optional: a single nPartition may be selected.
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Delete an existing nPartition, freeing its resources.
Required: a single nPartition must be selected or implicitly
selected in the current scope.
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Modify the definition of an existing nPartition.
Required: a single nPartition must be selected or implicitly
selected in the current scope.
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Remove cells from an existing nPartition, making them free cells.
Required: one or more cells belonging to a single nPartition must be selected.
No free cells may be selected.
| ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | Cell |
Actions associated with one or more specific cells. These actions are
enabled in a cell scope view, or when one or more cells are selected.
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Assign cells to an existing nPartition. Required: one or more free
cells must be selected. No cells assigned to an nPartition may be selected.
Optional: a single nPartition may be selected.
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Turn on the power to a cell slot. Required: a
powered-off cell or cell slot must be selected.
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Turn off the power to a cell slot. Required: a
powered-on inactive cell or cell slot must be
selected.
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Turn on a cell attention indicator. Required: a cell slot must be selected.
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Turn off a cell attention indicator. Required: a cell slot must be selected.
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Remove cells from an existing nPartition, making them free cells.
Required: one or more cells belonging to a single nPartition must be selected.
No free cells may be selected.
| ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | I/O |
Actions associated with an I/O chassis or I/O card slot.
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Turn on the power to an I/O chassis. Required: a powered-off I/O
chassis must be selected.
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Turn off the power to an I/O chassis. Required: a powered-on inactive I/O
chassis must be selected.
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Turn on an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an
I/O chassis must be selected.
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Turn off an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an
I/O chassis must be selected.
| ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | Tools |
Utility actions provided by Partition Manager.
These actions are always enabled.
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Perform a new complex scan and update the display.
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Display the system administration log file on the system running
Partition Manager.
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Return to the user authentication
screen, in order to connect to another complex.
| ![[-]](menu_close.gif) | Help |
These actions display online help in a separate browser window. If a
help browser window is already open, that window will be re-used for the
selected help page. These actions select the initial help page that
will be displayed. From there, you can browse to any other help page.
These actions are always enabled.
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Display help that is specific to the current
context. The help page that is displayed will be
associated with the current view.
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Display the overview help topic.
This topic provides an introduction to Partition Manager and the
concepts and terminology used in the application and
in the online help.
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Display the about partition manager help topic.
This page displays the product version and release history,
copyright and trademark information, and other legal notices.
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