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.
Figure 1 shows a typical cabinet with some cells selected.
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.
- [< 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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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The following I/O chassis are powered-off. Should Partition Manager power them on?
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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.
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