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

How vPars and its Components Work
Differences in Different Versions of vPars
Chapter 2
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Supported IO and LAN
cards
as listed in vPars Ordering and Configuration Guide
(OC)
same as supported on
Integrity nPartition servers;
only exceptions noted in OC
vparboot -I vparboot -p target_vpar -I
ignite_ux_server,WINSTALL_path
vparboot -p target_vpar -I
LAN card used in
vparboot -I
source vpar target vpar
Update w/in vPars
environment from A.03
no, must do outside of
vPars environment as
standalone
yes, must use ignite-ux
depot and update-ux
no, only PA-RISC->PA-RISC
is allowed
IO Syntax Same
Memory Syntax by size
by address range
by size
by address range
by cell
Memory Types ILM ILM or CLM
vPars Database
Granularity Values
not allowed allowed
CPU Types Bound or Unbound Boot Processor or Dynamic
CPUs Able to Process
Interrupts
Only Bound CPUs At boot time, all CPUs
Otherwise, any (using intctl)
Recommended CPU
Specifications and
Assignments
min specification
by total
by hardware path
max specification
NOTES:
total=bound + unbound
number of CPUs assigned
by hw_path is subset of
min count
min specification
by total
by hardware path
max specification
by cell local processor
NOTES:
total=boot processor + assigned by Monitor + by cell local
processor + by hardware path
OS 11i v1 11i v2
vPars GUI yes not available
Parmgr Required for Install Not Required
PPU Supported Products Percent Utilization Percent Utilization
Active CPU
Table 2-1 vPars Version Information Table (Continued)
Category A.03 A.04 on PA-RISC A.04 on Integrity