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» I/O Slot Contents
» Actions

This view displays the contents of a specific I/O chassis. Use this view to see a summary of the I/O cards installed in this I/O chassis.

For general information about Partition Manager views, refer to the help topic overview: common components of partition manager views.

I/O Slot Contents

Table 1 Fields of the I/O Slot Table

I/O Slot

I/O slots are identified by their cabinet number, I/O bay, I/O chassis slot, and I/O slot number within the I/O chassis. This is shown as a four-part identifier. The identifier “0-1-3-2” would refer to I/O slot 2 in I/O chassis 3 in I/O bay 1 in cabinet 0.

The I/O slot identifier is an active hyperlink. If you click on this link, Partition Manager will attempt to launch the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) to display details about this I/O slot. If HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool is not running on the selected nPartition, and it is not configured to start on demand, Partition Manager cannot perform any actions on I/O slots or I/O cards. For more information, refer to I/O slot actions.

On nPartitions running earlier versions of HP-UX, use sam(1M) to display I/O device information. On nPartitions running a Microsoft® Windows® operating system, I/O device information can be viewed through the Device Manager.

The checkbox next to this field can be used to select the I/O slot. This will enable the I/O slot actions in the actions menu.

Description

Description of the I/O card in this slot. If this I/O slot is empty, this field will contain “-”.

 

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.

The I/O chassis, its connected cell, and the nPartition it is assigned to are implicitly selected in this view; actions that require one of these selected objects will be enabled.

Table 2 Actions Menu

[-]Complex

Actions associated with the overall complex. These actions are enabled in all views.

 
» Set Complex Name
Change the name of the complex.
 
» Analyze Complex Health 

Execute a suite of problem detectors to analyze the overall health of the complex.

 
» Clear All LEDs

Turn off all attention indicators.

 
» Show Complex Details

Display a text report showing the detailed composition and status of the entire complex.

[-]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.

 
» Create nPartition

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.

 
» Assign Cell(s)

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.

 
» Delete

Delete an existing nPartition, freeing its resources. Required: a single nPartition must be selected or implicitly selected in the current scope.

 
» Modify

Modify the definition of an existing nPartition. Required: a single nPartition must be selected or implicitly selected in the current scope.

 
» Unassign Cell(s)

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.

[-]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.

 
» Assign Cell(s)

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.

 
» Power On

Turn on the power to a cell slot. Required: a powered-off cell or cell slot must be selected.

 
» Power Off

Turn off the power to a cell slot. Required: a powered-on inactive cell or cell slot must be selected.

 
» Turn On LED

Turn on a cell attention indicator. Required: a cell slot must be selected.

 
» Turn Off LED

Turn off a cell attention indicator. Required: a cell slot must be selected.

 
» Unassign Cell(s)

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.

[-]I/O

Actions associated with an I/O chassis or I/O card slot.

 
» Power On Chassis

Turn on the power to an I/O chassis. Required: a powered-off I/O chassis must be selected.

 
» Power Off Chassis

Turn off the power to an I/O chassis. Required: a powered-on inactive I/O chassis must be selected.

 
» Turn On Chassis LED

Turn on an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an I/O chassis must be selected.

 
» Turn Off Chassis LED

Turn off an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an I/O chassis must be selected.

 
» Add Card

Prepare to activate a new card that will be inserted into an I/O card slot. Required: an empty I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

 
» Bring Card Online

Activate an I/O card that has not yet been claimed by a driver, or activate all suspended ports on a claimed I/O card. Required: an occupied I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

 
» Light Slot LED

Flash the attention indicator that shows the physical location of an I/O card slot. Required: an I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

 
» Perform CRA

Perform a Critical Resource Analysis, displaying what would be affected by powering off the selected I/O card. Required: an occupied I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

 
» Replace Card

Temporarily deactivate a card by suspending all of its ports so that it may be replaced by a compatible I/O card and reactivated. Required: an occupied I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

 
» Show Storage

Display detailed information about the storage devices attached to an I/O card. Required: an occupied I/O card slot in an active I/O chassis in an active nPartition must be selected; HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool must be running on the nPartition, or configured to start on demand.

[-]Tools

Utility actions provided by Partition Manager. These actions are always enabled.

 
» Refresh Data

Perform a new complex scan and update the display.

 
» Show Log File

Display the system administration log file on the system running Partition Manager.

 
» Switch Complexes

Return to the user authentication screen, in order to connect to another complex.

[-]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.

 
» Current View

Display help that is specific to the current context. The help page that is displayed will be associated with the current view.

 
» Overview

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.

 
» About

Display the about partition manager help topic. This page displays the product version and release history, copyright and trademark information, and other legal notices.