Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.02)

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 68.

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 All OS and vPars versions within a given vPars environment must be the same. Having a mix

of OS versions (for example, 11.11 and 11.23) or a mix of vPars versions (for example, A.03.03

and A.04.01) is not allowed. If one virtual partition is running HP-UX 11.23, all the virtual

partitions within the same vPars environment must be running 11.23. Or if one virtual

partition is running A.04.01, all the virtual partitions within the same vPars environment

must be running A.04.01.