rp7410 Adding cell to partition 0.

[Ken McKenzie]

I am trying to add a cell to partition 0 on a rp7410.
I receive the following error ---
# parmodify -p 0 -a 0:base:y
Error: There are incompatible cells:
Global cell 0, cabinet 0, cell 0 - IODC version 24128 PDC major 16
Current IODC hversion is 24240 and PDC major number is 16.

I have 875Mhz cpu's in both cells.

Overall partition information ---
# parstatus
Warning: No action specified. Default behaviour is display all.
[Complex]
Complex Name :
Complex Capacity
Compute Cabinet (2 cell capable) : 1
Active GSP Location : unknown
Model : 9000/800/rp7410
Serial Number : DEH43363PL
Current Product Number : A9914A
Original Product Number : A9914A
Complex Profile Revision : 1.0
The total number of Partitions Present : 1

[Cabinet]
Cabinet I/O Bulk Power Backplane
Fans Fans Supplies Power Boards
OK/ OK/ OK/ OK/
Cab Failed/ Failed/ Failed/ FAILED/
Num Cabinet Type N Status N Status N Status N Status GSP
=== ============ ========= ========= ========== ============ ======
0 rp7410 4/ 0/ N+ 6/ 0/ N+ 2/ 0/ N+ N/A backup

Notes: N+ = There are one or more spare items (fans/power supplies).
N = The number of items meets but does not exceed the need.
N- = There are insufficient items to meet the need.
? = The adequacy of the cooling system/power supplies is unknown.

[Cell]
CPU Memory Use
OK/ (GB) Core On
Hardware Actual Deconf/ OK/ Cell Next
Par
Location Usage Max Deconf Connected To Capable Boot
Num
========== ============ ======= ========= =================== ======= ====
===
cab0,cell0 inactive 2/0/4 4.0/ 0.0 cab0,bay0,chassis0 no - -
cab0,cell1 active core 2/0/4 8.0/ 0.0 cab0,bay0,chassis1 yes yes
0

[Chassis]
Core Connected Par
Hardware Location Usage IO To Num
=================== ============ ==== ========== ===
cab0,bay0,chassis0 inactive no cab0,cell0 -
cab0,bay0,chassis1 active yes cab0,cell1 0

[Partition]
Par # of # of I/O
Num Status Cells Chassis Core cell Partition Name (first 30 chars)
=== ============ ===== ======== ========== ===============================
0 active 1 1 cab0,cell1 Partition 0

Specific cell information ---
# parstatus -V -c0
[Cell]
Hardware Location : cab0,cell0
Global Cell Number : 0
Actual Usage : inactive
Normal Usage : free
Connected To : cab0,bay0,chassis0
Core Cell Capable : no
Firmware Revision : 16.11

[CPU Details]
Type : 5E40
Speed : 750 MHz
CPU Status
=== ======
0 ok
1 ok
2 absent
3 absent
CPUs
===========
OK : 2
Deconf : 0
Max : 4

[Memory Details]
DIMM Size (MB) Status
==== ========= =========
0A 1024 ok
0B 1024 ok
0C 1024 ok
0D 1024 ok
Memory
=========================
DIMM OK : 4
DIMM Deconf : 0
Max DIMMs : 16
Memory OK : 4.00 GB
Memory Deconf : 0.00 GB

# parstatus -V -c1
[Cell]
Hardware Location : cab0,cell1
Global Cell Number : 1
Actual Usage : active core
Normal Usage : base
Connected To : cab0,bay0,chassis1
Core Cell Capable : yes
Firmware Revision : 16.11
Failure Usage : activate
Use On Next Boot : yes
Partition Number : 0
Partition Name : Partition 0

[CPU Details]
Type : 5EB0
Speed : 875 MHz
CPU Status
=== ======
0 ok
1 ok
2 absent
3 absent
CPUs
===========
OK : 2
Deconf : 0
Max : 4

[Memory Details]
DIMM Size (MB) Status
==== ========= =========
0A 1024 ok
0B 1024 ok
0C 1024 ok
0D 1024 ok
1A 1024 ok
1B 1024 ok
1C 1024 ok
1D 1024 ok
Memory
=========================
DIMM OK : 8
DIMM Deconf : 0
Max DIMMs : 16
Memory OK : 8.00 GB
Memory Deconf : 0.00 GB

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[Joshua Scott · Accepted solution]

Ken,

It looks like the cell you are trying to add has had its dipswitches set incorrectly. the correct setting for 875MHz CPUs is:

off|on|off|on|on|on|on|on

I guess this is the problem, since it identifies the CPUs as 750MHz.

Hope this solves your problem.

-Josh