IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Manual

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Chapter 8. IBM BladeCenter HX5 405Figure 8-40 Available actions to perform against the complexThe following options are available: Power Off PartitionThis option powers off all blades in the partition (in this example, it powers off blade 1 andblade 2). Power On PartitionThis option powers on all blades in the partition. Remove PartitionThis option removes the partitioning of the selected partition. The nodes that formed thepartition are then removed from the Assigned Nodes section and become available againin the Unassigned Nodes section. Toggle Stand-alone/Partition ModeThis mode allows you to toggle between single partition mode and stand-alone modewithout having to modify the physical setup of the blade servers, for example:– You can toggle the scalable blade complex to stand-alone mode and install a separateoperating system on each blade server and run separate applications on each bladeserver.– You can then toggle the blade server complex back to a single partition and runapplications that take advantage of the four processors and 32 DIMMs. The operatingsystem that is in use in a single partition is the operating system that is installed on theprimary blade server.– Later, you can toggle the complex back to stand-alone mode again to gain access tothe operating system on the secondary blade server.