Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.03.03)

Introduction

Supported Environments

Chapter 1

Supported Environments

Hardware and Firmware

This information on supported hardware and required firmware versions has been moved to the document

HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide, available at:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.html#Virtual%20Partitions

NOTE Updating Firmware on the rp5470/L3000 and rp7400/N4000

Installing firmware patches on these servers requires additional steps in a vPars

environment. Please see “Notes on Installing Server Firmware” on page 70.

Operating Systems

vPars versions A.01.XX-A.03.XX:

• All virtual partitions must run HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) using the December 2000 Release or later in 64-bit

mode on PA-RISC platforms. vPars A.03.xx and earlier do not support HP-UX 11i v2; you must use vPars

A.04.

vPars versions A.04.XX:

• All virtual partitions must run HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) May 2005 Release or later in 64-bit mode on

PA-RISC or Integrity platforms.

CAUTION Within a vPars environment, all OSs and vPars version must be the same; mixing is not

allowed. For example, if one virtual partition is running HP-UX 11.23, all the virtual partitions

within that same nPartition or non-nPartitionable system must also be running 11.23.

Additionally, if one virtual partition is running vPars A.04.01, all the virtual partitions within

the same nPartition or non-nPartitionable system must also be running vPars A.04.01.