Document Outline

• nPars Administrator Users Guide for BL870c i4 & BL890c i4
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Overview
    • Concept of the Blade Link Domain (BL870c i4 and BL890c i4)
• 2 Managing nPartitions
  • Basic system components
    • iLO
      • iLO Domain Management Processor (DMP)
        • Requirements
      • iLO Monarch Management Processor (MMP)
        • Requirements
      • iLO Auxiliary Management Processor (AMP)
    • Blade Link
  • How nPartitions are displayed in the Onboard Administrator
  • nPartition License
    • iLO Text User Interface LM command
• 3 nPartitions configuration settings
  • User interfaces for nPartitions
    • iLO Text User Interface
      • Domain Management Processor (DMP)
      • Monarch Management Processor (MMP)
    • iLO Command Line Interface
      • NPAR command line options on DMP
      • NPAR command line options on MMP
    • iLO Web Graphical User Interface
      • nPartition Configuration on DMP
      • nPartition Configuration on MMP
• 4 Planning nPartitions
  • Hardware Configurations
    • BL860c i4, BL1 Blade Link
    • BL870c i4, BL2 Blade Link
    • BL890c i4, BL4 Blade Link
    • Processor and memory configuration rules
      • Internal SAS considerations
  • Firmware configuration requirements
  • Creating a new (smaller) nPartition
    • Single-blade nPartition
    • Double-blade nPartition
  • Physical resource requirements in the Blade Link Domain
• 5 Creating and configuring nPartitions — use cases
  • Tools for configuring nPartitions – use cases
  • Partitioning use cases
  • Case A: Creating a new nPartition
    • System setting
    • VC profiles
  • Case B: Scaling down the nPartition size (shrinking)
    • System setting
    • Removing (deleting) an nPartition
  • Case C: Scaling up the nPartition size (growing)
    • System settings
    • Removing (deleting) an nPartition
  • Case E: Physical blade swap
    • Best practices
  • Case H: Scale up via a field upgrade.
    • System settings (initial state)
    • Optional final partition configuration
• 6 System server configuration and booting within an nPartition
  • Booting to UEFI and preparing for operating system installation
    • Booting from the CLI (iLO/OA)
    • Booting from GUI (OA)
    • Getting a console using CLI (iLO/OA)
    • Getting a console using GUI (iLO/OA)
    • System settings at EFI
    • Boot options for Partition use cases
  • HP-UX parSpec support
    • CLI commands overview
  • Backup and restore algorithm
• 7 Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions
  • Creating an nPartition
  • Assigning a VC profile to an nPar
    • How profile connections are mapped
  • nPar configuration changes
    • Scaling up the size of an nPartition
    • Scaling down the size of an nPartition
• 8 nPars and Insight tools
  • nPartitions in SIM
  • Unpartitioned/default configuration
  • Partitioned scenarios
  • Nodes and associations
  • nPars and Blade Link Domain
  • nPars and VC profiles
  • Differences between Superdome 2 nPars and BL8x0c i4 nPars
  • Debugging BL8x0c i4 nPars problems
  • Configuring Onboard Administrator to send traps to CMS
• 9 Servicing of nPartitions
  • Replacing a blade link
    • Replacement blade link is not initialized
    • Replacement blade link is re-used from a previous system
  • Replacing a blade
    • Isolating a faulted blade
    • Faulted hardware
    • Unresponsive iLO
  • SYSSETcommand usage
• 10 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Before you contact HP
    • HP contact information
    • Subscription service
    • Documentation feedback
    • HP Insight Remote Support Software
  • Typographic conventions
• Glossary
• A Useful URLs