This is step 6 of the create nPartition
wizard. In this step you will be shown a summary of all of
the attributes of the nPartition, allowing you to confirm that it has been
correctly defined.
You cannot directly modify any of the fields on the summary page. To make changes
to the nPartition configuration before creating it, you must click the
[< Back] button and change your entries in the previous steps of the wizard.
After the nPartition has been created, it can be modified by selecting the
nPartition Modify action.
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.
General Tab
This tab displays the high level summary of the nPartition configuration. The
following fields are shown.
Table 1 Fields Shown in the General Tab
Complex Name
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The name of the complex on which the nPartition is
being created.
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nPartition Name
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The partition name that you assigned at the start
of this wizard.
See:
set nPartition name.
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Cells
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The total number of cells
assigned to the nPartition.
See:
select cells.
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I/O Chassis
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The total number of I/O chassis connected to the cells assigned to the
nPartition.
See:
select cells.
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CPU Architecture
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Identifies the processor family of the CPUs.
For PA-RISC systems, this field will show
“PA-RISC”.
For Itanium®-based systems,
this field will show “Itanium(R)-based”.
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Cell Compatibility
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A string that identifies a hardware class of cells. Cells
with the same compatibility code can be assigned to the same
nPartition. Cells with different compatibility codes cannot
be assigned to the same nPartition. An empty cell slot is
considered compatible with any cell or other cell slot.
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Firmware Revision
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The revision level associated with the system
firmware on the cell board.
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Boot to System FW UI
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Whether the nPartition should be booted as soon as it is created, or
should be manually booted later. This will be shown as one of the
following values.
See:
set boot options.
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High Availability Warnings
When this page is displayed, Partition Manager performs a set of high
availability checks. If any of these checks produce warnings, a
note will be shown on the bottom of the page. To view the details of the
warnings, select the HA Checks tab.
Cells Tab
This tab displays the attributes of the cells assigned to the nPartition. The
following fields are shown.
Table 2 Fields Shown in the Cells Tab
Hardware Location
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The physical location of the cell (cabinet and
cell slot). To examine the details of this cell, you can click on the
value in this field.
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.
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Connected To
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The I/O chassis, if any, to which this cell is
attached. To examine the details of this I/O chassis, you can click on
the value in this field.
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.
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Can Be Core Cell
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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.
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Cell Type
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Always set to Base.
Other cell types may be introduced in future releases.
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Use On Next Boot
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Set this field to “No” to
prevent the cell being made active the next time that the
nPartition is booted.
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Failure Usage
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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.
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Core Cell Choice
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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.
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CPU and Memory Tab
This tab displays information about the CPUs and memory for each cell in the
nPartition. This information is presented in three tables. The two summary
tables at the top of the page show totals for the whole nPartition.
Table 3 CPUs Summary Table ![[active/ok status icon]](up_arrow.gif) | OK |
The total number of CPUs that are configured for use, across all the
cells of the nPartition.
| ![[deconfigured status icon]](orange_x.gif) | Deconfigured |
The total number of CPUs that are installed but deconfigured, and
therefore not available for use, across all the cells of the nPartition.
| | Max |
The total number of CPUs that can be installed in the cells of this
nPartition.
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Table 4 Memory Summary Table | | DIMMs | Amount (GB) |
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![[active/ok status icon]](up_arrow.gif) | OK |
The total number of DIMMs that
are configured for use, across all the cells of the nPartition.
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The total amount of memory, in gigabytes, on the configured DIMMs.
| ![[deconfigured status icon]](orange_x.gif) | Deconfigured |
The total number of DIMMs that are installed but deconfigured, and
therefore not available for use, across all the cells of the nPartition.
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The total amount of memory, in gigabytes, on the deconfigured DIMMs.
| ![[failed status icon]](circle.gif) | Failed |
The total number of DIMMs that are installed, but have failed power-on
self-test, and therefore are not available for use, across all the cells
of the nPartition.
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The total amount of memory, in gigabytes, on the failed DIMMs.
| | Max |
The total number of DIMMs that can be installed on the cells of this
nPartition.
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(The total amount of memory that can be installed on the cells
of this nPartition depends on the currently available DIMM
sizes.)
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The table of cells at the bottom of the page shows the totals for each cell.
Table 5 Cell CPU and Memory Table Hardware Location |
The physical location of the cell (cabinet and
cell slot). To examine the details of this cell, you can click on the
value in this field.
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.
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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.
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The DIMMs on the specified cell. This is divided into the
same three categories shown for CPUs.
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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.
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.
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I/O Chassis Tab
This tab displays information about the I/O chassis
connected to the cells assigned to the nPartition.
Table 6 Fields Shown in the I/O Chassis Tab Hardware Location |
The physical location of the I/O chassis (cabinet, I/O bay, and chassis
slot). To examine the details of this I/O chassis, you can click on
the value in this field.
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.
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Connected To
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The cell to which this I/O chassis is attached. To examine the details
of this cell, you can click on the value in this field.
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.
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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 any 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.
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HA Checks Tab
This tab displays the results of the high availability
checks (HA checks) performed by Partition Manager. The results are summarized at the
top of the page, followed by the results of the individual checks.
The purpose of the high availability checks is to ensure that if some part of the
nPartition fails (such as a processor or a DIMM), the nPartition has adequate
resources to continue running. In some cases, high availability may not be a
concern (for example, if this nPartition will only be used for non-critical
applications, or for experimental or transient purposes).
If high availability is not a concern, you may ignore any warnings displayed on
this page, and create the nPartition using the current configuration. However, if
high availability is a concern, you should reconfigure the nPartition to eliminate
HA warnings. Use the [< Back] button to change the selections made in earlier
steps of this wizard.
List of Individual HA Checks
The DIMM configuration of each cell should include a
multiple of two echelons per cell.
This provides a performance improvement by doubling the cell's memory
bandwidth (compared to having only one echelon installed). This is required
for high availability; if one echelon fails, the cell
still has at least one functional echelon of memory.
At least two cells in the nPartition should be capable of being selected as
the core cell. This allows the nPartition to boot even
if the preferred core cell fails.
All cells should have at least two CPUs. This allows the cell to be active
even if one of the CPUs fails.
Complete This Step
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the steps of the wizard.
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next step. From there, you can use the [< Back] button to
return to this step, if you decide to change the information
entered here.
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steps. Any information provided so far will be discarded.
- [Help]
Display help on this step of the wizard, using a new browser window.
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