HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (v09.06.16)

vPars A.05.03. Agile addressing support is only provided for lunpath hardware paths, not
for LUN hardware paths. Use of LUN hardware paths will result in an error.
• HP-UX now supports read-only use of optical media via an iLO 2 MP on HP Integrity servers
based on the sx2000 chipset, including rx7640, rx8640, and HP Integrity Superdome servers.
vPars A.05.03 supports all the standard iLO 2 MP features that are supported by HP-UX,
including the Lights Out Advanced features of vMedia. However, vPars does not support
virtual keyboard, video, and mouse features.
• On nPartitions with more than eight cells, the vPars software issues the following warning
before booting vPars.
**WARNING** Unsupported configuration: booting vpmon on nPar with >8 cells
vPars supports nPartition configurations with eight or fewer cells.
• Obsolescence Notes
The vPars A.04.02 and vPars A.03.03 releases are no longer supported. See “Obsolescence
of vPars Releases” (page 20).
vPars A.05.02 vPars A.05.02 adds support for the following:
• Support for HP 9000 rp7440, rp8440, and Superdome sx2000 Servers
For vPars A.05.02 server firmware and other configuration requirements, see the HP-UX
Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide.
• Pre-enablement of SCSI tape boot and recovery for Integrity servers
This feature is pre-enabled in vPars A.05.02 but is not yet supported by system firmware.
• Support for booting virtual partitions from DVD on Integrity servers
On Integrity servers, the vPars A.05.02 vPars Monitor can boot an install kernel from DVD
media. The vPars Monitor (vpmon) supports DVD boot through the new vparload –D
option. For details see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide.
• Obsolescence Notes
vPars A.04.01 is no longer supported. See “Obsolescence of vPars Releases” (page 20).
vPars A.05.01 vPars A.05.01 adds support for the following:
• Dynamic Memory Migration
You can add memory to or delete memory from a virtual partition while it is UP (online).
When memory is assigned to a virtual partition, it can be categorized as float (i.e., can be
added or deleted while the virtual partition is UP), or base (i.e., cannot be deleted while the
virtual partition is UP). By default, all memory assigned to a virtual partition during vPar
creation or memory addition, is considered base memory. For more information, see the
A.05.01 Resources chapter in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide.
• Hyperthreading
Hyperthreading can be enabled in a vPars environment if the processor hardware supports
it. Each vPar OS and applications will be able to take advantage of CPU-threading, just as
in an nPartitions environment. Processor assignments and migration will continue to be
supported at the CPU-core level though. For more information, see the “A.05.01 Resources”
chapter in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide.
• Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments
You can now have a vPars A.05.01 monitor and database that simultaneously supports
virtual partitions running vPars A.05.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) and virtual partitions
running vPars A.04.02 or above on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23). For detailed information, see the
2.3 Features of vPars Software by Release 13