HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration Version A.03.50

[Network Interface Details]
Physical Storage type :vswitch
Guest Adaptor type :avio_lan
Backing :swlan1
Vswitch Port :5
Bus :0
Device :1
Function :0
Mac Address :2a-2e-5a-05-0a-ba
Physical Storage type :vswitch
Guest Adaptor type :avio_lan
Backing :swlan2
Vswitch port :9
Bus :0
Device :2
Function :0
Mac Address :2a-2e-5a-05-0a-bc
NOTE: The command line interface (CLI) accepts either avio_lan or aviolan and either
avio_stor or aviostor. For example, the following hpvmcreate commands add both an
AVIO network and an AVIO disk to the guest aviotest:
# hpvmcreate -P aviotest -O hpux -a network:aviolan::vswitch:swlan1 \
-a disk:aviostor::disk/dev/rdsk/clt2d0
# hpvmcreate -P aviotest -O hpux -a network:avio_lan::vswitch:swlan1 \
-a disk:avio_stor::disk/dev/rdsk/clt2d0
The AVIO network host driver allows simultaneous access to a vswitch from guests configured
with or without AVIO guest drivers for their virtual network interface cards (vNICs). Existing
guests continue to operate correctly and their configurations remain unchanged. Guests configured
to use a common vswitch are allowed to share VLANs that are in use by guests with or without
AVIO configured. Ports remain distinct for each running guest whether or not AVIO is in use.
AVIO networks must use a Supported Host Physical Point Attachment (PPA) network device.
For a list of supported AVIO PPAs, see Section 8.5.2 (page 120). A nonphysical vswitch, such as
localnet, is not supported in this release.
The AVIO storage host driver allows access to an Integrity VM Host backing disk as long as all
sharing guests are configured to use AVIO. In this release, AVIO supports the disk and DVD
device types, while burner, tape, and changer device types are not supported. The dynamic
addition and deletion of AVIO devices is supported. The supported backing store options are:
• Disk (such as /dev/rdsk/clt2d0)
• Null (for DVD devices only)
All other backing store options, such as file, null (for non-DVD devices), and attached, are not
supported.
NOTE: In general, AVIO devices (that is, avio_lan, aviolan, avio_stor, or aviostor)
are configured and managed the same as VIO devices (that is lan and scsi). However, there
are some additional Integrity VM command options and limitations on backing devices that are
noted throughout this document.
1.4 Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment
The VM Host system runs the Integrity VM software, which is responsible for allocating processor
and memory resources to the running guests. The VM Host system can run physical resource,
performance, and software management and monitoring tools. To allow the VM Host to allocate
1.4 Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment 19