Accessing Partition Consoles

The GSP Console Menu provides access to all partition consoles within a Superdome complex.

Each partition in a Superdome complex has its own console.

Enter CO from the GSP main menu to access a partition's console.

Only one console exists per partition. However, multiple connections to the console are supported, allowing multiple people to simultaneously view the console output. Only one connection per console permits write-access.

To force (gain) console write access for a partition's console, type ^ecf (Control-e c f).

To exit the partition console, type ^b (Control-b) to return to the GSP main menu.

The console menu gives you console access for the partition you specify. The resulting console can display a variety of information about the partition, including:

Partition Console Access versus Direct HP-UX Log-In

The following are factors to consider when deciding whether to interact with a partition through a GSP console or a direct HP-UX log-in:

• Whether you want to log your activity to the partition's console log (all GSP console activity is stored at least temporarily).

• Whether HP-UX is installed, booted, and properly configured on the partition.

  If HP-UX is not installed on a partition, you should access the partition's console (through the GSP) in order to install and configure HP-UX.

  See Chapter 5 for details on booting an HP-UX install source.

You should directly log in to HP-UX running on a partition when you do not need to use GSP features and do not want to record a log of your activity.

Before HP-UX has booted, the GSP consoles are the primary method of interacting with a partition.

After a partition has booted HP-UX, you should be able to connect to and log in to the partition directly, using telnet or rlogin.

If the HP-UX kernel booted on the partition does not have networking fully configured, you may need to log in using a GSP console connection to set up the partition's networking configuration (using /sbin/set_parms).