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  9. 7.7 Creating a Physical Partition Configuration List (PCL)

7.7 Creating a Physical Partition Configuration List (PCL)


7.7 Creating a Physical Partition Configuration List (PCL)
This section describes how to create a PPAR configuration list.
Note - Generally, there is no problem when the physical partition number for a physical partition being configured matches any of the existing SPARC M10-4S IDs (BB-IDs) in the system.
However, if you anticipate that the system may be reduced after operation starts, you need to consider the appropriate physical partition number for that case when determining the physical partition number. This is because any physical partition with a physical partition number that is the same as the BB-ID of the SPARC M10-4S to be removed must be stopped at the time of reduction.
Before configuring a physical partition, be sure to see "Chapter 4 Configuring a Physical Partition" in the Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Domain Configuration Guide and check the recommended method of configuring a physical partition.
A physical partition (PPAR) consists of physical system boards (PSBs). In the physical partition, the hardware resources of a physical system board (PSB) can be assigned to logical system boards (LSB).
Use the showpcl command to check a physical partition configuration list (PCL), and use the setpcl command to set a PCL.
For an explanation of the setpcl command options, see the setpcl command man page or the Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 XSCF Reference Manual.
  1. Physical system board (PSB)
    The PSB consists of all physical components mounted on a SPARC M10 System chassis such as CPUs and memory. For the SPARC M10-4S, a CPU memory unit (containing the <CMUL> on the bottom and the <CMUU> on top) is a physical system board (PSB). The other devices that are treated as physical system boards (PSBs) may include PCIe cards and disk devices. Sometimes, a physical unit of hardware being added/removed/replaced is described as a physical system board (PSB).
  2. Logical system board (LSB)
    The LSB is a logical unit name assigned to a physical system board (PSB). Each physical partition has a set of logical system boards (LSBs) assigned to it. A logical system board number is used to control how resources such as kernel memory are assigned to each logical domain.
  3. System board
    This term is used to describe hardware resources in operations such as configuring or displaying a physical partition.
  1. Execute the showpcl command to check a physical partition configuration list (PCL).
    No physical partition configuration list (PCL) is set in the factory default settings.
XSCF> showpcl -p 0
PPAR-ID LSB PSB Status
  1. Execute the setpcl command to create a physical partition configuration list (PCL).
  1. The following example maps system board 00-0 to logical system board 0 of physical partition 0.
XSCF> setpcl -p 0 -a 0=00-0
  1. The following example maps system boards 01-0, 02-0, and 03-0 to logical system boards 0, 1, and 2, respectively, of physical partition 1.
XSCF> setpcl -p 1 -a 0=01-0 1=02-0 2=03-0
  1. Execute the setpcl command to set the configuration policy for all physical partitions as a whole.
XSCF> setpcl -p ppar_id -s policy=value
  1. In value, specify fru (part), psb (system board), or system (all physical partitions as a whole) as the degradation unit. The default setting is fru.

    The following example sets the configuration policy to "All physical partitions" for physical partitions 0 and 1.
XSCF> setpcl -p 0 -s policy=system
XSCF> setpcl -p 1 -s policy=system
  1. Execute the showpcl command, and confirm the set physical partition configuration list (PCL).
XSCF> showpcl -a
PPAR-ID LSB PSB Status
00 Powered Off
00 00-0
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01 Powered Off
00 01-0
01 02-0
02 03-0