Cells and nPartitions
An nPartition comprises one or more cells working as a single system. Any I/O chassis that is
attached to a cell belonging to an nPartition is also assigned to the nPartition. Each I/O chassis
has PCI card slots, I/O cards, attached devices, and a core I/O card assigned to the I/O chassis.
On the server, each nPartition has its own dedicated portion of the server hardware which can
run a single instance of the operating system. Each nPartition can boot, reboot, and operate
independently of any other nPartitions and hardware within the same server complex.
The server complex includes all hardware within an nPartition server: all cabinets, cells, I/O
chassis, I/O devices and racks, management and interconnecting hardware, power supplies, and
fans.
A server complex can contain one or more nPartitions, enabling the hardware to function as a
single system or as multiple systems.
NOTE: Partition configuration information is available on the Web at:
http://docs.hp.com.
Refer to HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions for details.
Internal Disk Devices
Figure 1-10 (page 22) shows the top internal disk drives connect to cell 0 through the core I/O
for cell 0, in a server cabinet. The bottom internal disk drives connect to cell 1 through the core
I/O for cell 1.
The upper removable media drive connects to cell 0 through the core I/O card for cell 0 and the
lower removable media drive connects to cell 1 through the core I/O card for cell 1.
Figure 1-10 Internal Disks Locations
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