HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (March 2012)

• LBAs cannot be daisy chained.

• The LAN and boot device, unique to a virtual partition, can be combined into 1 LBA though

a supported combination card.

4.3 Support Strategy

For Superdome 2, the cards supported in nPars mode are also supported in vPars mode. For more

information about the supported card list on Superdome 2,

see http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. If the corresponding card is supported, then it is

also supported in vPars mode.

4.4 Supported Cards

Boot Recommendations

After the boot of the initial virtual partition, it is recommended that the deployment tool Ignite-UX

be used to boot the other virtual partitions.

Boot Constraints

Beyond the recommendation above, tape, CD/DVD, and lan/bootp booting (except through

Ignite-UX) of virtual partitions within a vPars environment are not supported. For more information

on booting and boot devices, see the paper titled Booting, Installing, Recovery, and Sharing in a

vPars Environment from CD/DVDROM/TAPE /Network available on the BSC website at http://

www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs.

I/O Expander (IOX)

vPars supports a virtual partition to be booted off a vPars-supported I/O card configured in the

I/O expander: The Superdome IOX (I/O Expander) is supported for data and boot as of vPars

A.02.01.

• The rp8400 and rp8420 SEU/IOX are supported for data and boot as of vPars A.03.01.

• The rx8420 and rx8640 SEU/IOX is supported for data and boot as of vPars A.04.01.

Audio and Graphic Cards.

Audio and graphic cards are not supported with vPars.

RAID 4Si Controller

The RAID 4Si Controller (A5856A) is not supported with vPars. This is a very low-volume card,

supported on the rp54xx/L-class, rp7400/N4000, and rp8400 servers. For similar functionality,

customers can also use VERITAS Volume Manager’s software RAID5 functionality, which has been

certified with vPars. You can also use the replacement for this card: the A7143A 4-channel RAID

160.

4.4.1 Supported Mass Storage and Networking Cards (PA-RISC)

Mass Storage Cards

For vPars on PA-RISC servers, the mass storage cards listed in Table 14 (page 32) are supported

with the latest release of vPars.

Table 14 Mass Storage Cards Supported by vPars on PA-RISC Servers

DescriptionCard Product Number

PCI FWD SCSI-2 Card for HP 9000 ServersA4800A

Dual Port Ultra2 SCSI (PCI Bus) AdapterA5150A

Single Port PCI 2x Fibre Channel AdapterA5158A

Dual Port FWD SCSI (PCI Bus) AdapterA5159A, A5159B

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