HP Integrity BL870c Server-Blade - Manual (Page 32)

Table 4 Partition use case: Scale up (grow) the partition
Comments: Recommended blade
configuration for scaling up (growing)
the nPartition
Partition use case: Scale up (grow) the
partition
Boot type
- New Physical resources are added to
the partition.
nl
Options:
nl 1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
LAN boot at EFI
- HPUX OS image should scale with the
new resources.
2. Specify a new boot image and
install.
- New Physical resources are added to
the partition.
nl
Options:
nl 1. Reuse existing OS boot image
within the partition.
nl
Local Disk Boot
- HPUX OS image should scale with the
new resources.
2. Specify/ install a new boot image.
- New Physical resources are added to
the partition.
nl
Options:
nl 1. Retain existing OS image for the
partition.
nl
External SAS boot
- HPUX OS image should scale with the
new resources.
2. Specify/install a new boot image.
- New Physical resources are added to
the partition.
nl
1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
SAN Boot without VC
- HPUX OS image should scale with the
new resources. 2. Specify/install a new boot image
at EFI.
- New Physical resources are added to
the partition.
nl
1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
SAN Boot with Virtual Connect (VC)
- HPUX OS image should scale with the
new resources.
nl
2. Specify/install a new boot image
via VC manager or EFI.
- Note: VC will reassign (re-distribute)
Ethernet and FCOE connections
between the blades in the partition and
the interconnect modules.
Table 5 Partition use case: Scale down (shrink) the partition
Comments: Recommended blade
configuration for scaling down
(shrinking) the nPartition
Partition use case: Scale down (shrink)
the partition
Boot type
1. Physical resources removed from the
partition.
nl
Options:
nl 1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
LAN boot via EFI
2. OS reinstall required if boot path is
part of removed resources.
2. Specify a new boot image.
1. Physical resources Removed from the
partition.
nl
Options:
nl 1. Reuse existing OS boot image, if
still present within the partition.
nl
Local Disk Boot
2. OS reinstall required if boot path is
part of removed resources.
2. Specify/install a new boot image
.
1. Physcical resources removed.
nl
Options:
nl
External SAS boot
2. OS reinstall required if boot path is
part of removed resources. 1. Retain existing OS image for the
partition.
nl 2. Specify a new boot image.
1. Physical resources removed.
nl
1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
SAN Boot without VC
2. Respecification of boot path is
required if boot path was part of
2. Specify a new boot image at EFI
removed resources, i.e., FibreChannel
IO mezz card or FCOE LOM.
1. Physical resources removed.
nl
1. Retain existing OS boot image for
the partition.
nl
SAN Boot with Virtual Connect (VC)
2. Respecification of boot path is
required if boot path was part of
2. Specify a new boot image via VC
manager or EFI.
32 System server configuration and booting within an nPartition