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Select Cells

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This is step 2 of the create nPartition wizard. In this step you will select the cells to be assigned to the new nPartition.

For an overview of the entire create nPartition wizard, refer to the parent help topic, create nPartition. For a guide to nPartition configuration requirements and recommendations, refer to the configuration guide.

Select Cells

Select the cells that you want to add to the nPartition by clicking the checkbox attached to the cell. This will place a check mark in the cell's checkbox. To clear the check mark and unselect the cell, click the box again. If you select a cell that is connected to an I/O chassis, the I/O chassis will also be included in the nPartition.

You can only select free cells that are not empty cell slots. Empty cell slots and cells that are already assigned to another nPartition cannot be selected.

If you began the create nPartition wizard with free cells already selected (e.g. from the complex scope, hardware view), then those cells will still be selected when you get to this step. You can change your selections before completing this step.

Not all combinations of cells will result in a recommended configuration. Refer to the configuration guide for more information.

Figure 1 shows a typical cabinet with some cells selected.

Figure 1 Cabinet with Selected Cells

Cabinet with Selected Cells

1 Cells with a gray background are not available and cannot be selected.
2 Cells with a white background are available, and may be selected.
3 Cells without a check mark have not been selected.
4 Cells with a check mark have been selected.

Depending on your server model, cells may be displayed slightly differently than they are shown in Figure 1.

View Details

You can click on the center of a cell icon to examine the cell details. A new browser window will display the cell properties view. This shows the same information as the cell scope views. Inside this new browser window, you can switch between the General, CPUs and Memory, and I/O tabs, but you cannot navigate outside the cell scope. Close the new browser window when you have finished examining the cell properties.

You can click on the center of an I/O chassis icon to examine the I/O chassis details. A new browser window will display the I/O chassis properties view. This shows the same information as the I/O chassis scope views. Inside this new browser window, you can switch between the General and I/O tabs, but you cannot navigate outside the I/O chassis scope. Close the new browser window when you have finished examining the I/O chassis properties.

Complete This Step

The buttons at the bottom of the page are used to move through the steps of the wizard.

Avoid using your browser's “Back” and “Forward” buttons in Partition Manager (except in the online help). When you use these buttons, Partition Manager cannot tell that you have changed to a different view. This can cause problems, including incorrectly displaying which objects are selected in the current view. Instead, use the links and navigation buttons provided by Partition Manager.

If you do use your browser's “Back” or “Forward” buttons, you can refresh the displayed data by clicking the Partition Manager [Refresh] button at the top right of the window, or by selecting the ToolsRefresh Data action from the actions menu.

[< Back]

Go back to the previous step. You can keep clicking [< Back] until you return to the start of the wizard, or resume from any previous step. Once you go back to a previous step, any steps ahead of that will need to be completed again, in the proper sequence.

[Next >]

Accept the information provided in this step, and proceed to the next step. From there, you can use the [< Back] button to return to this step, if you decide to change the information entered here.

[Cancel]

Exit this wizard without completing this step or any further steps. Any information provided so far will be discarded.

[Help]

Display help on this step of the wizard, using a new browser window.

Messages

When you click the [Next >] button, one of the following messages may be displayed.



There are no cells assigned to the nPartition. Every nPartition must have at least one viable core cell (i.e., a cell that is attached to an I/O chassis that contains a core I/O card). If the intention is to delete an nPartition then use the Delete nPartition task (the Modify nPartition task cannot be used to delete an nPartition).

Each nPartition must include at least one cell. Click the [OK] button to return to the select cells page. 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. See the core cell glossary definition for more information.



There are no viable core cells assigned to the nPartition (i.e., there is no cell that contains a core I/O card). Every nPartition must have at least one viable core cell, otherwise the nPartition cannot boot.

Each nPartition must include at least one cell that can be selected at boot time as the core cell. None of the cells that you have selected meet the requirements to be the core cell.

Click the [OK] button to return to the select cells page. 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. See the core cell glossary definition for more information.



The following cell or cells are powered-off. Either unselect the cells or have Partition Manager (parmgr) power them on. Click [OK] to have parmgr power on the cells (parmgr will wait for the cells to complete their power-on self-test process).

Click [OK] to let Partition Manager power on the cells. After a slight delay, Partition Manager should confirm that the power-on command was successful. The waiting for cell to power on dialog will then be displayed until the cell power-on self tests are complete.

Click [Cancel] to return to the Select Cells step. You can unselect the powered-off cells and select other cells.



The following I/O chassis are powered-off. Should Partition Manager power them on?

Click [OK] to let Partition Manager power on the I/O chassis. After a slight delay, Partition Manager should confirm that the power-on command was successful.

Click [Cancel] to return to the Select Cells step. You can unselect the cells that are attached to the powered-off I/O chassis and select other cells.