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

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How vPars and its Components Work
Partitioning Using vPars
Chapter 2
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Figure 2-3 Server Block Diagram with 2 Virtual Partitions
Each application can run on top of a separate OS instance. Instead of a single OS instance owning all the
hardware, the vPars Monitor manages the virtual partitions and each OS instance as well as the assignment
of hardware resources to each virtual partition.
Figure 2-4 Software Stack for Server with 2 Virtual Partitions
Processor
0
Processor
1
Processor
2
Processor
3
Host PCI Bridge
4
Host PCI Bridge
5
Memory
(subset)
Memory
(subset)
SCSI
0/0
SCSI
0/0
LAN
1/0
LAN
1/0
6.0
6.0
Hardware / Firmware
Virtual Partition Monitor
HP-UX 11i
HP-UX 11i
Patch Level B
Application 1
Application 2