vPars Monitor: Accessing the vPars Monitor Prompt

From the ISL or EFI prompt, you can boot the vPars Monitor into interactive mode (see “vPars Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor”).

After shutting down all virtual partitions, you will arrive at the vPars Monitor prompt on the console (see “Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor)”).

A.03.xx and earlier: When the system monarch CPU is not owned by any virtual partition, you will also see the vPars Monitor prompt MON> while toggling among the virtual consoles.

A monarch CPU exists in both non-vPars and vPars servers. After a server is powered-on, the monarch CPU determines what other CPUs are configured in the server and then launches the other CPUs to create a multi-CPU server. Typically, the CPU with the lowest numbered hardware path address (belonging to the core cell for nPartitionable systems) is the monarch CPU. To see the lowest numbered hardware path, on a non-vPars server use ioscan, or on a vPars server use the vPars Monitor command scan.

A.04.xx and A.05.xx: When any CPU is available, you will see the MON> prompt.