Note: The commissioning procedure described in this section is applicable for platforms that are based on s-Par version 4.2 and above. If you are commissioning a partition image on a platform that is based on s-Par versions 4.1 or lesser, then refer to the Installation, Administration, and Operations Guide from the 2.0 documentation library under the ClearPath Forward portion of the Unisys Product Support site available at https://www.support.unisys.com/search2/DocumentationSearch.aspx?ID=8088&pla=ps&nav=ps
Ensure that the required resources such as blueprint and gold image are available. See Managing Blueprints and Gold Images for more information. Additionally, the Fabric Manager user interface provides information about the different partition images that you can commission on a particular platform. See Viewing Configuration Information of a Platform for more information.
Notes:
If you plan to commission the partition image on an external boot volume, verify that your storage administrator has prepared and configured the external storage device. For more information about commissioning partition images to boot from an external storage device, refer to the ClearPath Forward Product Documentation available at http://public.support.unisys.com.
While commissioning a partition image, Unisys recommends you to take the worksheet print out and manually fill the parameters of the partition being commissioned on a platform. This worksheet helps you to reconstruct the partition environment in the event of a catastrophic failure. See Appendix A, Worksheet for Commissioning to learn more about the worksheet.
You can commission a maximum of 16 NIC Ports and a maximum of 16 HBA Ports on a partition image.
You can also assign a shared NIC port to a partition image. For more information, see Configuring Attributes on Physical and Logical NIC Ports.
Depending on your fabric configuration, some fields may not be editable and are greyed out.
To commission a partition image
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.
Select the platform on which you want to commission the partition image.
Click Commission.
Alternatively, double-click the platform row, and then on the Summary tab of the platform, click Commission.
A message informing that the system is discovering the resources for the commissioning appears. After discovering the required resources to commission a partition image, the Commission window appears.
In the Commission window, perform the steps in the respective tabs as described in the following topics and click Submit:
Selecting Blueprint (Blueprint Tab)
Setting Up Basic Partition Information (Partition Attributes Tab)
Providing Configuration Details (Cores and MemoryTab)
Selecting I/O Ports (I/O Ports Tab)
Associating Secure Fabrics with Partition Image (Secure Fabric tab)
Selecting Boot LUN and Data LUNs (Storage tab)
Viewing Summary (View Summary Tab)
The newly commissioned partition image appears in the Partitions tab of the respective platform. To view the newly commissioned partition, on the Details: Platforms and Partitions screen, select the Platforms tab, and double-click the platform on which the partition was commissioned.
Post-commissioning Tasks
After commissioning a partition image, you should perform post-commissioning tasks to complete the installation and configuration of the operating system. For more information about the post-commissioning tasks, refer to the sections Completing Installation and Configuration of a Unisys-supplied Windows Partition Image and Completing Installation and Configuration of a Unisys-supplied Linux Partition Image of the ClearPath Forward Installation and Getting Started Guide.