IMPORTANT
Special Considerations
Shutting Down a Partition with Instant Capacity Processors
Shutting Down a Partition with Instant Capacity Processors
The Instant Capacity software saves information about the number of active processors for each partition and this information expires over time. If the partition is not active (but the hardware is powered up), Instant Capacity software on other partitions assumes that all processors in the inactive partition are active. See “Assumed Values in icod_stat” on page 120 for details of these assumed processor values.
These are the general rules the Instant Capacity software uses:
•If the partition is to be shut down for less than 12 hours, no action is necessary
•If the partition is to be shut down for greater than 12 hours, consider powering the cells off, or shutting the partition down using the
•If the partition crashes or shuts down abnormally, reboot the partition within 12 hours or power it down
Always use the shutdown command when shutting down or rebooting an Instant Capacity partition. See the manpage shutdown (1M) for information on the shutdown command.
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