p690 Technology Transfer
Creating Logical Partitions (D2_06)
Creating Logical Partitions
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Support for up to 16 logical partitions in first release
Partition information is stored in NVRAM Partition table has 17 entries
Index 0 is full machine partition Index 1 - 16 for logical partitions
System has to be powered on in either Partition Standby mode or System Profile mode to create logical partitions
Formula for maximum number of partitions: Number of partitions = Total memory (in GB) - 2 (16 max)
e.g. 8GB system = Maximum 6 LPARs
Create Logical Partition - No Power
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create --> Logical Partition option grayed out when system powered off
Create Logical Partition - Power On
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition - Power On Mode
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition - Power On
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition - Initializing
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition - LPAR Ready
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Create Logical Partition - Partition Name
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
10
Create Logical Partition - Partition Name
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
11
Create Logical Partition - Profile Name
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
12
Create Logical Partition - Profile Name
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
13
Create Logical Partition - Select # of CPUs
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
14
Create Logical Partition - Select Memory
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
15
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
I/O Drawer identified by the serial number of the drawer Serial number of drawer verified by checking the sticker attached to the drawer
16
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
17
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
18
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
19
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
20
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
21
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
22
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
23
Create Logical Partition - Select I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
24
Create Logical Partition - Select Boot Mode
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
25
Create Logical Partition - Profile Summary
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
26
Create Logical Partition - Profile Summary
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
27
Creating Additional Partition Profiles
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Resource configuration same as original profile
Number of CPUs (required and desired) Amount of memory (required and desired) I/O Slots (required and desired) Boot mode
28
Logical Partition Profiles - Characteristics
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Partition profile describes the resources to be used Parition profile used to start a partition
Partition can have multiple profiles First profile created is the Default Profile - special folder icon Only one profile can be activated at a time Profile information also stored in NVRAM Default profile can be changed Profile can be edited and copied when in the ready state Inactive profile can be deleted in an active partition
29
Copying a Partition Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Profile copy must stay with the originating partition
Cannot copy profile data to another partition
Profile contains detailed hardware information Would result in multiple conflicting profiles
Resource configuration can be altered using properties menu
Number of CPUs (required and desired) Amount of memory (required and desired) I/O Slots (required and desired) Boot mode
30
Copying a Partition Profile - LPAR Ready
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
31
Copying a Partition Profile - LPAR Running
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
32
Copying a Partition Profile - LPAR Running
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
33
Modifying a Partition Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Modified via properties menu Can be done while profile is active Changes take effect next time profile is activated
Reboot of OS inside a partition does not restart the profile Need to stop OS (which will stop partition), then restart partition
34
Modifying a Partition Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
35
Modifying a Partition Profile - General
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
36
Modifying a Partition Profile - Memory
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
37
Modifying a Partition Profile - Processor
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
38
Modifying a Partition Profile - I/O
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
39
Modifying a Partition Profile - Other
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
40
Change Default Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
41
Changing Default Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
42
Deleting Partitions and Profiles - Ready State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Deleting a partition:
Deletes partition and all profiles for the partition Removes the profiles from any system profiles
Must be confirmed via dialog box Can only be done when partition is in ready state Can delete multiple partitions at one time Can delete multiple profiles at one time
43
Deleting Profiles - Running State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
44
Deleting Profiles - Running State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
45
Deleting Partition - Running State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support Delete option is not available on the pulldown
46
Deleting Partition - Ready State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
47
Deleting Partition - Ready State
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
48
Activating Logical Partition
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
49
Activating Logical Partition - Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
50
Activating Logical Partition - Status
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
51
Activating Logical Partition - Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
52
Activating Logical Partition - Profile
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
53
Profile - Opening Terminal Window
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
54
Opening Terminal Window - Virtual Console
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
Virtual console
One per partition Can be opened when activating a profile Java based Management tasks only Do not use for production applications Set TERM type as required
55
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Error
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
56
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Reset
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
57
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Reset
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
58
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Error
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
59
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Error
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
60
Activating Logical Partition Profile - Running
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
61
Rebuild Computer System - NVRAM Refresh
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
62
Rebuild Computer System - NVRAM Refresh
pSeries Advanced Technical Support
63
