HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)

Monitor and Shell Commands

Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity only)

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The standard EFI Shell command reset should not be used to reset the system or

nPartition when it is in vPars mode.

• If the desired mode is not set, you will not be able to boot into that mode. For example, you

will not be able to boot the vPars Monitor (/stand/vpmon) when you are in nPars mode.

Likewise, you will not be able to boot into standalone mode when you are in vPars mode.

• On an Integrity system which has vPars software installed but does not have the correct

ﬁrmware version installed, you will see the following behavior depending upon the mode of

operation:

— If the current mode is nPars, booting vmunix works as expected. Booting vpmon exits

with an unsupported environment message.

— If the current mode is changed to vPars using vparenv or vparconfig, the hpux loader

does not allow boot of either the vpmon or vmunix. In this case, you should use

vparconfig to change mode back to nPars and reboot the system. You should then

install the required ﬁrmware. See the HP-UX Virtual Partition Ordering and

Conﬁguration Guide for information on the required ﬁrmware.