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

1 Introduction to This Document
This document describes the configuration and version requirements for HP-UX Virtual Partitions
(vPars) and vPars-related products. The information provided in this document is supplemental
to other vPars documents:
• HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide (formerly Installing and Managing HP-UX
Virtual Partitions)
• HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes
All vPars documents can be found on the web at:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/index.html#Virtual%20Partitions
The vPars documents at http://docs.hp.com are intended to cover only user information on
existing vPars products that are officially released. For information on future plans for vPars
products, see the appropriate marketing materials.
This document is cumulative, meaning that it includes information on all supported releases up
to and including the latest vPars release; a specific version of vPars is stated when needed. For
a list of features for a specific release of vPars, see “Features of vPars Software by Release”
(page 11); for detailed information on a specific release, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release
Notes document for that release.
1.1 What's Changed in This Document
This section describes what has changed since the previous version of this document.
This document lists a version number as its edition on the title page. This allows multiple updates
of this document within a given month and allows specifying what has changed in this document
versus what has changed in the vPars software. Note that this version format applies only to the
version of this document and does not apply to the version of the software, which has its own
version numbers, or any other documents.
For an estimated date of publication, the version number relates to a YY.MM.DD format. For
example, if the version of this document is 06.01.01, the estimated date of publication is 2006,
January 1st.
Version 06.01.01 is the first “versioned” release of this document and prior to that was the October
2005 version. The October 2005 version of this document has been archived at http://docs.hp.com/
hpux/os/11i/index.html#Virtual%20Partitions.
1.1.1 Revision History
Version 09.06.16
• Updated the EFI Boot Services Driver version information for resolving issues with SAS
HBA AH303A.
Version 09.03.23
• Updated for the vPars A.05.05 release.
Version 08.09.23
• Updated Table 4-10 (page 34) and Table 4-19 (page 50) with vPars A.05.04 support details
for cards AD221A, AD222A, and AD393A.
Version 08.09.02
• Updated for the vPars A.04.06 release.
• Updated for the vPars A.05.04 release.
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