Fabric Manager allows you to add multiple OS images to a partition chassis. This means that, in a platform, single partition chassis is shared among multiple partition images as long as only one of the partition images is enabled at a time.
Using the Fabric Manager, you can disable the partition images that are already enabled. Disabling all the partition images that share the same chassis enables you to commission multiple partition images that use the same chassis. (Disabling a partition image frees-up its hardware resource blocks; however the partition image content is persisted on mass storage for possible future use. That means you can enable the partition image later.)
You can assign multiple partition images to a partition chassis.
Prerequisite: Additional resources required to add multiple OS images to a partition chassis are available.
To add multiple images to a partition chassis
On the Fabric Manager user interface, point to System Administration, and then click CPF System.
Click Platforms and Partitions.
The Details: Platforms and Partitions screen appears.
Click Partitions tab.
The list of partition images appears.
Double-click the partition image that you want to disable.
On the Summary tab, click Disable.
The status of the partition image changes to Disabled.
Commission a new partition image, using the same partition chassis as the partition image that you disabled. For information, see Commissioning a Partition Image.
Notes:
Events for initiation and completion are logged and displayed in the event console.
When you commission a partition image, ensure that you select the partition image chassis that belonged to the partition image that you disabled. For example, if the chassis of the partition image that you disabled was A, then choose A as partition image chassis during commissioning.