How To Set Hardware Memory Dump - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

How to set hardware memory dump

1 Create a dump partition.
Create a disk partition that the server blade can access. The partition, dump
partition, needs to satisfy the following requirements. Use tools running on
the OS, such as fdisk and parted, for creating the dump partition.
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1 Storage device
2 File system
3 Partition size
(*) For Hitachi 16 Gb fibre channel, the following EFI firmware version is required.
Version 11-40/12-40 or higher for standard server blade model, X55R4
Version 07-65/08-65 or higher for high-performance server blade model, X57A2
Create a dump partition with RHEL 5
(1) Create a partition using fdisk,
fdisk /dev/sdx
Steps:
(d) Delete the area.
(n) Create a new area (primary partition 1).
(t) Change the area system ID to W95 FAT32 (LBA).
(w) Write the table in the disk to end.
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The storage device needs to support an EFI driver. The
storage device needs to be an HDD connected to one of
the following mezzanine cards or I/O adapters.
Mezzanine card:
Hitachi 8 Gb 2-port Fibre-channel mezzanine card
Hitachi 8 Gb 2-port Fibre-channel mezzanine card
I/O adapter:
Hitachi 8 Gb 1-port Fibre-channel adapter
Hitachi 8 Gb 2-port Fibre-channel adapter
Hitachi 16Gb 1-port fibre channel adapter(*)
Hitachi 16Gb 2-port fibre channel adapter(*)
FAT 32
Any size is available.
Recommended partition size is about 102% of the
physical memory size installed.
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Requirements