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3.1.1 Checking Physical Partition Configuration Information


3.1.1 Checking Physical Partition Configuration Information
Use the showpcl command to display physical partition configuration information (PPAR configuration information). The command displays PPAR configuration information, such as a PPAR-ID, a PSB number registered in the PPAR configuration information, and the physical partition status, in the form of a list.

Before performing operations related to physical partition dynamic reconfiguration, use the showpcl command to determine whether a physical partition can be dynamically reconfigured and to check the registration status of the target system board in physical partition configuration information. Also use the command to check the status and configuration of a physical partition after a dynamic reconfiguration operation.
Note - A user account that has any of the following privileges can execute the showpcl command:
platadm, platop, fieldeng, pparadm, pparmgr, pparop
XSCF> showpcl [-v] -a
XSCF> showpcl [-v] -p ppar_id
  1. -v option

    In addition to the default display, this option displays the [Cfg-policy], [No-Mem], and [No-IO] columns.
  2. -a option

    This option displays PPAR configuration information for all the physical partitions.
  3. -p ppar_id option

    Specify a physical partition number. This option displays the PPAR configuration information for the specified physical partition.
Table 3-3 lists the display items of the showpcl command.
Table 3-3  Display Items of showpcl
Display Item Description Meaning
PPAR-ID Integer from 0 to 15 Physical partition number
LSB Integer from 0 to 15 Logical system board number
PSB xx-y (xx: Integer from 00 to 15; y: Fixed at 0) Physical system board number Indicates one building block (BB), supports LSB.
Status
(PPAR operation status)
Powered Off Power-off state
Initialization Phase State of POST operation in progress
Initialization Complete POST completed state
Running Running state after POST processing completed
Hypervisor Aborted Aborted state of Hypervisor until it is reset
Cfg-policy (*1)
(Configuration policy of PPAR configuration information)
FRU Degradation in units of parts, such as CPU or memory
PSB Degradation in units of PSBs
System Degradation in units of PPARs
No-Mem (*1)
(no-mem flag of PPAR configuration information)
True Do not allow the memory installed in the LSB to be used by a logical domain.
False Allow the memory installed in the LSB to be used by a logical domain.
No-IO (*1)
(no-io flag of PPAR configuration information)
True Do not allow the I/O device installed in the LSB to be used by a logical domain.
False Allow the I/O device installed in the LSB to be used by a logical domain.
*1 This item is displayed only if the -v option is specified.
The following example displays the PPAR configuration information for physical partition 0.
XSCF> showpcl -p 0
PPAR-ID LSB PSB Status
00 Running
00 00-0
04 01-0
08 02-0
12 03-0
To display the details of the configuration policy, no-mem, no-io, etc., specify the -v option. The following example displays the details of the PPAR configuration information for physical partition 0.
XSCF> showpcl -v -p 0
PPAR-ID LSB PSB Status No-Mem No-IO Cfg-policy
00 Running
System
00 -
01 -
02 -
03 -
04 01-0 False False
05 -
06 -
07 -
08 02-0 True False
09 -
10 -
11 -
12 03-0 False True
13 -
14 -
15 -