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

Planning Your Virtual Partitions and Installing vPars
Installation
Chapter 476
Installation
You can install vPars on an existing HP-UX installation directly from a
depot or CD or by using an Ignite-UX server.
Related Information
For information on the installation of HP-UX, see the manual "HP-UX
11i Installation and Update Guide".
For information on swinstall and software depots, see the manual
"Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX".
For information on using the vPars commands, see the following sections
in the chapter Monitor and Shell Commands:
• “Creating a Virtual Partition” on page 109.
• “Booting the vPars Monitor” on page 100.
• “Booting a Virtual Partition” on page 112
• “Shutting Down or Rebooting the Hard Partition (rebooting the
vPars monitor)” on page 120.
NOTE Before installing vPars, please read “Planning Your Virtual Partitions”
on page 68.
Setting the GSP Terminal Type
Note: this section applies only to the rp5470/L3000 and rp7400/N4000
servers. You can skip this section for Superdome complexes.
The Guardian Service Processor (GSP) provides multiple access methods
for the console: the hardware console port, the remote-modem port, and
the LAN console port. To avoid mismatches in terminal emulation which
can cause strange results on your display, it is important to match the
display type as set in the GSP to the display type of the terminal or
terminal emulator that you are using. For example: