HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (May 2012)
These PA-RISC servers are supported:
◦ HP 9000 Superdomes (PA-RISC)
◦ rp8420 and rp8400
◦ rp7420, rp7410, and rp7405
◦ rp7400/N4000
◦ rp5470/L3000
For information, see “Hardware” (page 25).
• Cards, Interconnects, and Mass Storage Devices
Additional IO and Networking cards are supported in vPars A.04.01. See “Supported Cards”
(page 32).
• Obsolescence Note
vPars A.02.01 and A.02.02 are no longer supported as of this A.04.01 release. See
“Obsolescence of vPars Releases” (page 20).
2.3.3 vPars A.03.xx Releases
vPars A.03.05
vPars A.03.05 adds support for:
• Support for mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments.
Beginning with vPars A.04.05, you can can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
A mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment enables you to have a vPars A.04.05 Monitor
and database that supports both virtual partitions running vPars A.04.05 on HP-UX 11i v2
(11.23) and virtual partitions running vPars A.03.05 on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11). For more
information, see the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments in vPars A.04.05 section in
the Planning chapter of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide.
• Full integration with HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) and iCAP enforcement.
iCAP version 8.03 supports HP-UX 11i v1 vPars (support for vPars A.03.05 has been added).
• vPars A.03.05 supports HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) with the restrictions listed in
the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.03.05.
vPars A.03.04
vPars A.03.04 adds support for HP 9000 servers based on the sx2000 chipset, including:
• HP 9000 Superdome
• rp8440
• rp7440
vPars A.03.03
vPars A.03.03 adds support for:
• Flexible Administrative Capability (formerly called Primary-Admin vPars Security)
This allows administrators to designate which virtual partitions allow superusers to run virtual
partition commands that affect other virtual partitions. It has been renamed from a security
feature to this as it is not intended to replace current HP-UX security applications. For more
16 Overview of Virtual Partitions