The Actions Menu
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.
For more information about selecting objects, see Selecting Objects below.
Table 1 shows the actions menu fully expanded.
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 1 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.
| | |
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.
| | |
Turn on an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an
I/O chassis must be selected.
| | |
Turn off an I/O chassis attention indicator. Required: an
I/O chassis must be selected.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
| ![[-]](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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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 2 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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