This guide documents partitioning for systems that contain Cx-bricks (for example, SGI Origin 3900 systems and SGI Onyx 3900 graphics systems). Specifically, it includes the following information:
Defines partitioning and its benefits.
Lists the requirements of a partition.
Lists supported configurations and provides logical and physical drawings of the configurations.
Describes how to create partitions.
This section discusses SGI documents that are relevant to partitioning a system that contains Cx-bricks, as follows:
Cx-brick Addendum
SGI Origin 3000 Series Owner's Guide
SGI Onyx 3000 Series Graphics System Hardware Owner's Guide
IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation
Other SGI documentation
Online man pages
IRIX release notes
This addendum (P/N 007-4572-xxx) describes the functions, features, physical components, technical specifications, and system configurations for the Cx-brick.
This guide (P/N 007-4240-xxx) describes the components that compose the SGI Origin 3000 server series. It also provides information about the following procedures:
Connecting a console to the server system
Adding or replacing PCI cards and storage disk drives
Powering on and powering off the server system
Using the L1 and L2 controllers (and controller commands) to monitor and control the server system
This guide (P/N 007-4264-xxx) describes the components that compose an SGI Onyx 3000 rackmount graphics system. It also provides information on using and administering this graphics system.
This guide (P/N 007-2859-xxx) lists general system administration practices and describes system administration tasks (for example, partitioning).
You can obtain SGI documentation in the following ways:
See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com . Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, release motes, man pages, and other information.
If it is installed on your SGI system, you can use InfoSearch, an online tool that provides a more limited set of online books, release notes, and man pages. With an IRIX system, select Help from the Toolchest, and then select InfoSearch. Or you can type infosearch on a command line.
Your system includes a set of IRIX online manual pages, which are formatted in the standard UNIX “man page” style. These man pages are located on the internal system disk (or CD-ROM) and are displayed using the man command. For example, to display the man page for the Add_disk command, enter the following command at a shell prompt:
man Add_disk |
Man pages document important system configuration files and commands. References in SGI documentation to these pages include the name of the command and the section number in which the command is located. For example, “Add_disk(1)” refers to the Add_disk command and indicates that it is located in section 1 of the IRIX reference. For additional information about displaying reference pages using the man command, see man(1).
The apropos command locates man pages based on keywords. For example, to display a list of man pages that describe disks, enter the following command at a shell prompt:
apropos disk |
For information about setting up and using apropos, see the apropos(1) and makewhatis(1M) man pages.
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