Notes on Dynamic Reconfiguration of Physical Partitions

Suppose that you are going to add or delete a building block (PSB), using dynamic reconfiguration of physical partitions. Before executing the addboard(8) or deleteboard(8) command, execute the showhardconf(8) command to confirm that [Status] is "Normal" for every XBBOX#xx and BB#xx.
Suppose that you use the dynamic reconfiguration function and execute the addboard(8) or deleteboard(8) command with a system board (PSB) specified to add or delete a building block. Then, during the processing, do not execute the rebootxscf command or switchscf command, reboot the XSCF from XSCF Web, or switch the master/standby XSCF. If such an operation is performed, not only will the DR processing terminate abnormally, but also Oracle Solaris on a running physical partition may hang, a hardware failure may occur, physical partitions may stop abnormally, and replacement of parts may become necessary.
If even one logical domain in the OpenBoot PROM state is situated in the physical partition, dynamically reconfiguring the physical partition causes it to end with an error. Execute dynamic reconfiguration of the physical partition after changing the logical domain to any of the following states: state where Oracle Solaris is running, bound state, or inactive state.

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