Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.02.01)

Introduction
What Is vPars?
Chapter 118
NOTE Virtual Partitions, nPartitions, and Hard Partitions Defined
In this document, we have redefined the terms virtual partitions,
nPartitions, and hard partitions:
A complex is the entire partitionable server, including both cabinets, all
cells, I/O chassis, cables, and power and utility components.
A cabinet is the Superdome’s hardware "box", which contains the cells,
Guardian Service Processor (GSP), internal I/O chassis, I/O fans, cabinet
fans, and power supplies. A complex has up to two cabinets.
Figure 1-2 A Superdome Cabinet
A hard partition is any isolated hardware environment, such as a
nPartition within a Superdome complex or an entire rp7400/N4000
server.
A nPartition is a subset of a complex that divides the complex into
groups of cell boards where each group operates independently of other
groups. A nPartition can run a single instance of HP-UX or be further
divided into virtual partitions.