Step 3: Specifying the Secure Fabric During Commissioning

When you commission Partition 2 on PEPP 1 and Partition 3 on PEPP 2 respectively, be sure to select the secure fabric Secure Fabric 1.

Note: For more information on commissioning, see the help associated with the Fabric Manager or Commissioning a Partition Image.

To commission a partition image on PEPP 1, do the following:

  1. On the Fabric Manager user interface, point to System Administration, and then click CPF System.

  2. Click Platforms and Partitions.

    The Details: Platforms and Partitions screen appears.

  3. Select the platform named PEPP 1.

  4. 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.

  5. In the Commission window, fill in the required information and selections on the following tabs, clicking Next to move to the next tab.

    • Blueprint

    • Partition Attributes

      In this example, the partition image name is Partition 2.

    • Cores and Memory

      Be sure to assign sufficient memory to the partition image because secure fabrics consume more memory. For more information about the memory usage by secure fabrics see Secure Fabrics and Memory Requirements.

    • I/O Ports

  6. On the Secure Fabric tab, select the Secure Fabric 1 secure fabric, select a logical port from the Logical Ports (BDF) list, and then click Next.

    Notes:

    • Fabric Manager allows you to associate a partition image to more than one secure fabric.

    • The Bus Device Function (BDF), also called as logical port, identifies the logical port.

    • You can assign the same logical port for multiple secure fabrics.

  7. On the Storage tab, fill in the required information and selections, and then click Next.

  8. On the Summary tab, review the settings for the partition image, and then click Submit.

Similarly, commission a partition image on PEPP 2, named Partition 3.

Since Partition 2 on PEPP 1 and Partition 3 on PEPP 2 are associated with the secure fabric Secure Fabric 1, they can communicate with each other via the secure fabric.