Save all current
nPartition configuration details, if any nPartitions are configured in the
complex.
Saving the current nPartition information
provides you the details you would need to re-create all nPartitions as they
currently exist.
Use the parstatus -V -p# command
(or an equivalent Partition Manager procedure) to save configuration details
about each nPartition.
For each nPartition, enter the parstatus -V -p# command
to display detailed information about the partition number (-p#)
specified.
Determine which
cell will be configured as the Genesis Partition.
The
cell must be connected to an I/O chassis. The I/O chassis must have a core
I/O card installed, and it should have a bootable disk (or a method for installing
an operating system and a disk onto which it can be installed).
Ensure that all
nPartitions within the complex are in the shutdown for reconfig (inactive)
state.
If an nPartition is running HP-UX, you can
shut down the nPartition to the shutdown for reconfig state by using the shutdown
-R -H command.
If an nPartition is running Windows you can put it in a
shutdown for reconfig state by using the shutdown /s command.
Or, you can put an nPartition into the shutdown for reconfig
state by using the RECONFIGRESET command at the BCH interface,
the reconfigreset command at the EFI Shell, or using the RR command
at the service processor Command menu.
Login to the
service processor (GSP or MP) for the server complex.
Login
as a user with administrator privileges, which are required for creating a
Genesis Partition.
Enter CM to
access the service processor Command menu.
Issue the CC command,
select G for Genesis Complex Profile, and specify the
cabinet and cell slot for the cell that will comprise the Genesis Partition.
GSP:CM> CC
This command allows you to change the complex profile.
WARNING: You must shut down all Protection Domains before executing
this command.
G - Genesis Complex Profile
L - Last Complex Profile
Select Profile: g
Enter Cabinet number: 0
Enter Slot number: 0
Do you want to modify the complex profile? (Y/[N]) y
-> The complex profile will be modified.
GSP:CM> |
You can confirm that the Genesis Partition was successfully
created if the CC command reports that the "complex profile
will be modified".
If the CC command reports "Sorry, command
failed", then the Genesis Partition was not created, possibly because one
or more nPartitions are not at the shutdown for reconfig state. If this is
the case, go back to Step 3 and ensure all nPartitions are inactive at the
shutdown for reconfig state.
Issue the BO command
to boot the Genesis Partition past its shutdown for reconfig state and make
it an active nPartition.
When a Genesis Partition
is created, it remains at boot-is-blocked (in an inactive, shutdown for reconfig
state), so you must boot it manually.
The Genesis Partition always is assigned partition number
0, because when it is created it is the first and only nPartition in the server
complex.
Using the BO command to boot partition
0 will boot the Genesis Partition to its system boot environment: either Boot
Console Handler (BCH, on HP 9000 servers) or Extensible Firmware Interface
(EFI, on HP Integrity servers).
GSP:CM> BO
This command boots the selected partition.
# Name
--- ----
0) Partition 0
Select a partition number : 0
Do you want to boot partition number 0,
named Partition 0 ? (Y/[N]) y
-> The selected partition will be booted.
GSP:CM> |
Access the console
for the Genesis Partition and configure the nPartition as appropriate and
necessary.
From the service processor Command menu,
enter MA to return to the Main menu, then enter CO to
access the Console menu. The Genesis Partition is partition 0 and by default
is named "Partition 0".
You will need to set the boot paths or options, any core
cell choices, the nPartition name, and other settings as appropriate. You
also may need to add cells to the Genesis Partition if you want it to have
more than one cell.
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