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  9. 6.13 Starting and Stopping a Physical Partition (PPAR)

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Understanding the Installation Flow
    1.  1.1 Workflow for the SPARC M10-4
    2. Click 1.2 Workflow When Installing the PCI Expansion Unit
  3. Chapter 2 Planning and Preparing for System Installation
    1.  2.1 Safety Precautions
    2.  2.2 Items Requiring Confirmation before Installation
    3. Click 2.3 Confirming the Physical Specifications of the System
    4. Click 2.4 Confirming Rack Specifications
    5. Click 2.5 Checking Environmental Conditions
    6.  2.6 Checking Acoustic Noise Levels
    7.  2.7 Checking Cooling Conditions
    8. Click 2.8 Checking the Power Input Type
    9. Click 2.9 Preparing Power Supply Facilities
    10. Click 2.10 Checking External Interface Port Specifications
    11.  2.11 Checking the Functions of the Operation Panel
  4. Chapter 3 Installing the System
    1.  3.1 Preparing the Necessary Tools/Information for Installation
    2. Click 3.2 Confirming Delivered Components
    3. Click 3.3 Mounting the Chassis in a Rack
    4. Click 3.4 Mounting Optional Components
  5. Chapter 4 Connecting Cables to the Chassis
    1.  4.1 Connecting Cables to the SPARC M10-4
    2.  4.2 Connecting Cables to the PCI Expansion Unit
  6. Chapter 5 Performing an Initial System Diagnosis
    1.  5.1 Connecting the System Management Terminal to the Chassis
    2.  5.2 Turning on the Input Power and Starting the XSCF
    3.  5.3 Logging In to the XSCF
    4.  5.4 Checking the XCP Version
    5.  5.5 Checking the Altitude Setting
    6.  5.6 Checking the Time Setting
    7.  5.7 Performing a Diagnosis Test
    8.  5.8 Checking the Component Status
  7. Chapter 6 Making the Initial System Settings
    1.  6.1 Setting the Password Policy
    2.  6.2 Setting a User Account and Password
    3. Click 6.3 Configuring the Telnet/SSH Service
    4.  6.4 Configuring the HTTPS Service
    5. Click 6.5 Configuring the XSCF Network
    6.  6.6 Configuring Memory Mirroring
    7.  6.7 Creating a Physical Partition Configuration List (PCL)
    8.  6.8 Confirming That a System Board (PSB) is Assigned to a Physical Partition (PPAR)
    9.  6.9 Setting a CPU Operational Mode for the Physical Partition
    10.  6.10 Synchronizing the Physical Partition (PPAR) Time and XSCF Time
    11. Click 6.11 Registering a CPU Activation Key
    12.  6.12 Assigning CPU Core Resources
    13.  6.13 Starting and Stopping a Physical Partition (PPAR)
    14. Click 6.14 Saving Configuration Information
  8. Appendix A Troubleshooting
    1.  A.1 Understanding the Usual Problems and Their Corrective Actions
    2. Click A.2 Understanding Commands for Troubleshooting
  9. Appendix B Setup Command Workflow
  10. Appendix C Installation Procedure Checklist

6.13 Starting and Stopping a Physical Partition (PPAR)


6.13 Starting and Stopping a Physical Partition (PPAR)
Check the start and stop of a physical partition (PPAR). For the initial settings, change the auto-boot? setting to "false" so that Oracle Solaris does not automatically boot immediately after the start of the physical partition.
  1. Execute the setpparparam command to change the auto-boot? setting, which is an OpenBoot PROM environment variable.
XSCF> setpparparam -p 0 -s bootscript "setenv auto-boot? false"
OpenBoot PROM variable bootscript will be changed.
Continue? [y|n] :y
  1. Execute the poweron command to start the physical partition.
XSCF> poweron -a
PPAR-IDs to power on:00,01
Continue? [y|n]:y
00:Powering on
01:Powering on
*Note*
This command only issues the instruction to power-on.
The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showpparprogress".
Note - It takes about 7 minutes for the SPARC M10-4 to start a physical partition.
  1. Execute the showpparprogress command.
    You can check the progress, in the midst of processing, between physical partition power-on and up to before the start of POST.
    Confirm that the command displays "The sequence of power control is completed." and ends.
Note - Oracle Solaris does not start automatically because the auto-boot? setting is false.
XSCF> showpparprogress -p 0
PPAR Power On Preprocessing PPAR#0 [ 1/12]
PPAR Power On PPAR#0 [ 2/12]
XBBOX Reset PPAR#0 [ 3/12]
PSU On PPAR#0 [ 4/12]
CMU Reset Start PPAR#0 [ 5/12]
XB Reset 1 PPAR#0 [ 6/12]
XB Reset 2 PPAR#0 [ 7/12]
XB Reset 3 PPAR#0 [ 8/12]
CPU Reset 1 PPAR#0 [ 9/12]
CPU Reset 2 PPAR#0 [10/12]
Reset released PPAR#0 [11/12]
CPU Start PPAR#0 [12/12]
The sequence of power control is completed.
XSCF>
  1. Execute the showdomainstatus command, and confirm that status is "OpenBoot Running".
XSCF# showdomainstatus -p 0
Logical Domain Name Status
primary OpenBoot Running
XSCF#
  1. Execute the console command to connect to the console of the specified physical partition.
    The auto-boot? setting is false, so you can confirm the start up to the ok prompt.
XSCF> console -p 0
Console contents may be logged.
Connect to PPAR-ID 0?[y|n] :y [Enter] key

{0} ok
  1. Press the [Enter] key. Then, press the [#] (default value for the escape symbol) and [.] (period) keys to move from the console to the XSCF shell.
{0} ok #.
exit from console.
XSCF>
  1. Execute the poweroff command to stop the physical partition.
XSCF> poweroff -a
PPAR-IDs to power off :00,01
Continue? [y|n] :y
00 : Powering off

01 : Powering off


*Note*
This command only issues the instruction to power-off.
The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showpparprogress".
  1. Execute the showpparprogress command, and confirm that the command displays "The sequence of power control is completed." and ends.
XSCF> showpparprogress -p 0
PPAR Power Off PPAR#0 [ 1/ 3]
CPU Stop PPAR#0 [ 2/ 3]
PSU Off PPAR#0 [ 3/ 3]
The sequence of power control is completed.
XSCF>
  1. Install Oracle Solaris, and configure the system.
    Oracle Solaris is preinstalled on the SPARC M10 system. According to the purpose, either use the preinstalled Oracle Solaris as is or reinstall it.
    To reinstall Oracle Solaris, install the latest Oracle VM Server for SPARC. For the latest information on the supported Oracle Solaris versions and SRU, see the Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Systems Product Notes.
    The Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Domain Configuration Guide presents a logical domain configuration example in "Chapter 3 Operations for Domain Configuration." For a detailed procedure, see the Oracle VM Server for SPARC manual of the version used. For details on the functions provided only by the SPARC M12/M10 systems, see the Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 System Operation and Administration Guide.

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