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»Overview
»Features & Capabilities
»About Partitioning
»Starting & Stopping
»Complex Scope
»Partition Scope
»Cell Scope
»I/O Chassis Scope
»Actions
»Set Complex Name
»Analyze Complex Health
»Clear All LEDs
Show Complex Details
»Create nPartition
»Assign Cell(s)
»Delete nPartition
»Modify nPartition
»Unassign Cell(s)
»Power On/Off Cell
»Turn On/Off Cell LED
»Power On/Off Chassis
»Turn On/Off Chassis LED
»I/O Slot Actions
»Show Log File
»Status Indicators
»Messages
»Release Notes
»About Partition Manager
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Complex Properties
» nPartition Properties
» Cell Properties
» I/O Chassis Properties
» Power and Cooling Domain Properties

Use this action to generate a complete list of the hardware installed in the complex, and the configuration of all nPartitions. To perform this action, select ComplexShow Complex Details from the actions menu.

This action generates a large amount of very detailed information. Typically, you will want to use your browser's Print or Save As actions, so that the details can be thoroughly examined.

Click the [OK] button at the top of the window when you are finished viewing this information. You will be returned to the previous view.

Complex Properties

The top part of the page shows the general properties of the complex. It consists of the following subsections.

General Complex Properties.  This is the same information that is displayed by the complex scope general view. For details, refer to the help for that page.

» Complex Scope General View

Analyze Complex Health.  This is the same information that is displayed by the analyze complex health action. For details, refer to the help for that page.

» Analyze Complex Health

Cells in Complex.  Displays brief information about each cell in the complex. For each cell, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the cell (cabinet and cell slot).

Connected To

The I/O chassis, if any, that is attached to this cell. The I/O chassis is identified by cabinet, I/O bay, and chassis slot.

Status

For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

Partition

The nPartition, if any, to which this cell is assigned.

CPUs/Memory in Complex.  Displays brief information about each CPU and memory DIMM in the complex. For each cell, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the cell (cabinet and cell slot).

CPU
OK/Deconfig/Max

The CPUs on the specified cell. This is shown as three values, separated by "/":

OK:  The number of CPUs that are configured for use.

Deconfig:  The number of CPUs that are installed but deconfigured.

Max:  The total number of CPUs that can be installed on the cell.

DIMM
OK/Deconfig/Max

The DIMMs on the specified cell. This is divided into the same three categories shown for CPUs.

Memory(GB)
OK/Deconfig

The amount of memory, in gigabytes, on the specified cell. This is shown as two values, separated by "/":

OK:  The amount of memory configured for use.

Deconfig:  The amount of memory that is installed but deconfigured.

CLM Amount (GB)

The amount of cell local memory, in gigabytes, configured on the cell. The remaining memory will be configured as interleaved memory.

I/O in Complex.  Displays brief information about each I/O chassis in the complex. For each chassis, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the I/O chassis (cabinet, I/O bay, and chassis slot).

Connected To

The cell to which this I/O chassis is attached.

Status

For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

I/O Slots
Full/Empty

The number of PCI or PCI-X I/O slots in this I/O chassis. This is shown as two values, separated by "/":

Full:  The number of slots that contain an I/O card.

Empty:  The number of slots that do not contain an I/O card.

Contains Core I/O

Whether this I/O chassis has core I/O (Yes or No). On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, core I/O is provided on each cell, so every cell is a viable core cell. On all other nPartition servers, a cell is a viable core cell only if it is attached to an I/O chassis with core I/O.

Cabinets in Complex.  Displays brief information about each cabinet in the complex. For each cabinet, the following fields are displayed.

Cabinet ID

The cabinet number that uniquely identifies this cabinet in the complex.

Power Status

The high availability status of the cabinet power domain.

Cabinet Type

A string identifying the type of cabinet, e.g. “Compute Cabinet”, “I/O Expansion Cabinet”.

Power and Cooling Domains in Complex.  Displays brief information about all of the power and cooling domains in the complex. For each power and cooling domain, the following fields are displayed.

Cabinet ID

The cabinet number that uniquely identifies this cabinet in the complex.

Domain Type

The specific type of power/cooling domain. Depending on the server model, this will include all or some of: Cabinet Power; Backplane Power; Cabinet Cooling; or I/O Cooling.

HA Status

The high availability status of this domain.

Components
OK/Failed/Max

The device components in this domain. This is shown as three values, separated by "/":

OK:  The number of components that are operating normally.

Failed:  The number of components that have failed.

Max:  The total number of components that can be installed in this domain.

nPartition Properties

This section is repeated for each nPartition in the complex. The name of the nPartition appears in the section header. The following subsections are included.

Some information is not available for powered-off cells. No information is available for I/O chassis connected to powered-off cells.

General Partition Properties.  This is the same information that is displayed by the partition scope general view. For details, refer to the help for that page.

» Partition Scope General View

Interleaved Memory Regions.  Displays the configuration of the interleaved memory in the nPartition. This table will not be shown if Partition Manager is unable to obtain that information, and a message will be displayed in its place. Memory interleave occurs when the nPartition is booted, so no interleave information will be available if the nPartition is inactive or has not booted, or if the server and operating system configuration does not provide interleaved memory regions.

Interleaved memory consists of one or more regions across the cells of the nPartition. An optimal interleave can be constructed when the number of cells contributing to the interleave is a power of 2, and every cell contributes the same power of 2 gigabytes of memory (including 0.5GB). In this case, a single interleaved memory region will exist. In other situations, multiple regions will be created. For example, if an nPartition has four cells, two of which have 12 GB of memory and 2 of which have 8 GB of memory, then two interleave regions will be created: one involving all four cells contributing 8 GB each, and one with only two cells contributing 4 GB each.

Interleave Region

The regions are numbered sequentially, starting with 0. The region number has no specific significance.

Cell Location

Each cell that contributes to the region is listed here. Cells are identified by their cabinet number and cell slot within the cabinet (e.g. “cab0, cell2”).

Interleave Amount (GB)

The amount of interleaved memory contributed by each cell in the region, in gigabytes.

Total Region Amount (GB)

The total amount of memory in this interleave region, in gigabytes. This is the sum of the memory contributed by each cell in the region.

Cell Local Memory (CLM) Allocations.  Displays the cell local memory (CLM) allocated to each cell. For each cell, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the cell (cabinet and cell slot).

Cell Type

Always set to Base. Other cell types may be introduced in future releases.

Use On Next Boot

When this field is set to “No”, the cell will be inactive the next time the nPartition is booted. The memory on cells with this flag set to “No” will not be counted in the Available On Next Boot total at the bottom of this table.

Total Memory OK (GB)

The total amount of memory, in gigabytes, configured for use on the cell.

Actual CLM Usage (GB)

The amount of cell memory, in gigabytes, that was allocated as CLM when the nPartition was booted. The actual CLM can differ from the requested CLM due to cell hardware constraints and minimum interleaved memory requirements imposed by system firmware.

This column is omitted if the nPartition is inactive.

Requested CLM

The amount of cell memory, in gigabytes, that was requested to be used as cell local memory. Cell local memory is only supported on nPartitions running HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, or Microsoft® Windows®. If an nPartition is booted under an operating system that does not support CLM, any memory allocated as CLM will be unusable.

Requested Interleave (GB)

The amount of cell memory, in gigabytes, that was requested to be used as interleaved memory.

Cells in nPartition.  Displays brief information about each cell in the nPartition. For each cell slot, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the cell (cabinet and cell slot).

Connected To

The I/O chassis, if any, that is attached to this cell. The I/O chassis is identified by cabinet, I/O bay, and chassis slot.

Status

For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

Usage

The way the cell is actually being used. This is usually the same as Cell Type in the previous table, or “Deconfigured” if the cell is inactive.

Can Be Core Cell

Whether the cell has the properties required to be a core cell (Yes or No). If the value is No, then no core cell choice value can be specified for this cell.

Use On Next Boot

When this field is set to “No”, the cell will be inactive the next time the nPartition is booted.

Failure Usage Specifies how the cell will be used after a hardware failure. This is always set to Base. Other failure usage types may be introduced in future releases.
Core Cell Choice

Specifies the preferred order in which cells should be tried as the core cell.

When the nPartition is booted, system firmware will try to select the first choice as the core cell. If that cell is ineligible to be the core cell (for example, if its Use On Next Boot flag is set to No, or a hardware error has occurred), then the second choice will be tried, and so on. If a core cell has not been selected after all of the specified choices have been tried, then system firmware will try other cells in the nPartition. Note that a cell can still be selected as the core cell, even if it does not have a Core Cell Choice value.

CPUs/Memory in nPartition.  Displays brief information about each CPU and memory DIMM in the nPartition. For each cell, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the cell (cabinet and cell slot).

CPU
OK/Deconfig/Max

The CPUs on the specified cell. This is shown as three values, separated by "/":

OK:  The number of CPUs that are configured for use.

Deconfig:  The number of CPUs that are installed but deconfigured.

Max:  The total number of CPUs that can be installed on the cell.

DIMM
OK/Deconfig/Max

The DIMMs on the specified cell. This is divided into the same three categories shown for CPUs.

Memory(GB)
OK/Deconfig

The amount of memory, in gigabytes, on the specified cell. This is shown as two values, separated by "/":

OK:  The amount of memory configured for use.

Deconfig:  The amount of memory that is installed but deconfigured.

CLM Amount (GB)

The amount of cell local memory, in gigabytes, configured on the cell. The remaining memory will be configured as interleaved memory.

I/O in nPartition.  Displays brief information about each I/O chassis in the nPartition. For each chassis, the following fields are displayed.

Hardware Location

The physical location of the I/O chassis (cabinet, I/O bay, and chassis slot).

Connected To

The cell to which this I/O chassis is attached.

Status

For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

I/O Slots
Full/Empty

The number of PCI or PCI-X I/O slots in this I/O chassis. This is shown as two values, separated by "/":

Full:  The number of slots that contain an I/O card.

Empty:  The number of slots that do not contain an I/O card.

Contains Core I/O

Whether this I/O chassis has core I/O (Yes or No). On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, core I/O is provided on each cell, so every cell is a viable core cell. On all other nPartition servers, a cell is a viable core cell only if it is attached to an I/O chassis with core I/O.

Cell Properties

This section is repeated for each cell in the complex. The location of the cell appears in the section header. The following subsections are included.

Some information is not available for powered-off cells.

General Cell Properties.  This is the same information that is displayed by the cell scope general view. For details, refer to the help for that page.

» Cell Scope General View

The following two tables are not shown if the cell has an unknown status (for example, Partition Manager encountered a read error or lock error when attempting to retrieve information about the cell). See unknown status for more information.

CPU Table.  Displays which CPUs are present on the cell, and the status of each one. For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

DIMM Table.  Displays the memory DIMMs installed on the cell. For each DIMM, the following fields are displayed.

DIMM Label

DIMM slots on cell boards are identified by a number-letter combination, for example 0A, or 4D. These DIMM slot identifiers are printed on the cell board.

The significance of the DIMM slot identifier varies with server model and cell board type. On some cell boards, DIMMs are grouped into echelons consisting of two or more DIMMS. A failure of any DIMM in an echelon will cause the entire echelon to be deconfigured. DIMMs in the same echelon have the same initial number.

Size (GB)

The memory size of the DIMM, in gigabytes. For example, the value 0.5 indicates a DIMM size of half a gigabyte of memory.

Status

For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.

I/O Chassis Properties

This section is repeated for each I/O chassis in the complex. The location of the I/O chassis appears in the section header. The following subsections are included.

No information is available for I/O chassis connected to powered-off cells.

General Chassis Properties.  This is the same information that is displayed by the I/O chassis scope general view. For details, refer to the help for that page.

» I/O Chassis Scope General View

I/O Slot Table.  Displays the contents of each I/O card slot in the I/O chassis. For each slot, the following fields are displayed.

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.

Description

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

Power and Cooling Domain Properties

This section is repeated for each power and cooling domain in the complex. The type of device domain appears in the section header. The domain types vary according to the server model and complex configuration.

For each power and cooling domain in the complex, the presence and status of each device in the domain is displayed. For information about hardware status values, refer to status indicators.