HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.04) (previously titled Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions)

Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars
Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset
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Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset
You can upgrade the following Integrity servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 chipsets:
• rx7620 to rx7640
• rx8620 to rx8640
• Integrity Superdome
To perform the hardware upgrade, follow the process documented in the hardware upgrade manual for your
server.
CAUTION Upgrade Notes
• vPars A.04.02 or later is required for vPars running on HP Integrity servers with the
sx2000 chipset.
• PHKL_34088 is also required for vPars running on HP Integrity servers with the sx2000
chipset.
• The physical hardware upgrade from the rx7620 to rx7640 requires a cold-install of the OS
and therefore of vPars as well.
• Only Hewlett-Packard qualified service personnel can perform hardware upgrades from
rx8620 to rx8640 or from Integrity/sx1000 Superdome to Integrity/sx2000 Superdome.
While performing the hardware upgrades, HP qualified service personnel will reference the
following documents when making the necessary HP-UX and vPars configuration changes:
HP I/O Hardware Upgrade Scripts Guide for HP Integrity Superdome/sx2000 Servers and
HP-UX Impacts on the Upgrade Process for the rx8620 to rx8640 Hardware Upgrade.
• Please be aware that instead of performing the upgrades for vPars, LVM, etc., you also have
the option of performing a cold-install on the post-upgrade hardware as if they were new
systems with no previous installations.
Hardware Path Changes
The upgrade changes the hardware paths. For the new hardware paths as well as the hardware upgrade
process, see the upgrade manual for your server. For reference, the changes are noted in the tables at the end
of this section:
• “rx7620 to rx7640 Hardware Path Changes” on page 106
• “rx8620 to rx8640 Hardware Path Changes” on page 106
• “Integrity Superdome Hardware Path Changes (x=cell)” on page 106.
vPars Database Changes
As part of the upgrade process, HP qualified service personnel will need to make updates to each virtual
partition’s vPars database (vpdb) in nPars mode following the server hardware changes. These and other
necessary steps are described in the HP I/O Hardware Upgrade Scripts Guide for HP Integrity
Superdome/sx2000 Servers and HP-UX Impacts on the Upgrade Process for the rx8620 to rx8640 Hardware
Upgrade service documents.