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» About This View
» General Complex Properties
» Summary of Components
» Actions

About This View

This view displays complex-wide information and a summary table showing the number of powered-on hardware resources in the complex.

General Complex Properties

The General Complex Properties table shows the attributes of the HP server system that comprises the complex.

Table 1 Fields of the General Complex Properties Table

Complex Name

The name that identifies this complex. This is a string up to 20 characters long. Spaces, punctuation, and most other non-alphanumeric characters can be used (except that the first character cannot be a space). The complex name is just a description of the complex; it does not have any significance to Partition Manager, and it does not have to be unique. However, to avoid confusion, it is strongly recommended that you assign a unique name to each complex.

You can change the complex name by selecting the ComplexSet Complex Name action.

Product Name

The server product name associated with the complex.

Serial Number

The serial number of the server complex.

Product Number - Current

The original product number is assigned by the factory. If a field upgrade has been performed, the Field Support Engineer may have assigned a new product number to match the upgraded configuration. Otherwise, this will be the same as the original product number.

Product Number - Original

The product number that was assigned by the factory.

Complex Profile Revision

Revision number that identifies the internal format of the Complex Profile. This ensures that profile information will be correctly interpreted even if the format of that information changes in future releases.

Active Service Processor Location

The cabinet that contains the active service processor. A complex can contain multiple service processors, but only one can be active. Depending on your server model, the cabinet number may be followed by an additional core I/O number.

 

Summary of Components

The Summary of Components table displays the number of each type of hardware resource that is powered-on in the complex.

Only powered-on components are counted in this table.

Table 2 Fields of the Summary of Components Table

Compute Cabinets

The number of powered-on Compute cabinets in the complex.

I/O Cabinets

The number of powered-on I/O Expansion cabinets in the complex.

nPartitions

The number of active nPartitions in the complex.

Cells

The number of powered-on cells in the complex.

CPUs

The number of powered-on CPUs across all the cells in the complex.

DIMMs

The number of powered-on DIMMs across all the cells in the complex.

Memory

The total amount of memory (in gigabytes) on all the powered-on DIMMs in the complex.

I/O Chassis

The number of powered-on I/O chassis connected to powered-on cells in the complex.

I/O Cards

The number of I/O cards installed in powered-on I/O card slots in powered-on I/O chassis connected to powered-on cells in the complex.

 

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 3 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.

[-]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.