HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.04)

vPars Checklist

This section is a brief checklist of common but significant items you should check while setting

up vPars.

Firmware Checklist

• Check Server Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration

Guide for the required server firmware.

For the non-nPartition-able systems, firmware upgrades must be done outside of the vPars

environment (in standalone mode).

For nPartition-able systems, call your HP Support Representative.

• Networking and I/O Card Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and

Configuration Guide for the required I/O card firmware.

You should also check the firmware on new I/O cards, because they may not be updated

with the firmware required for vPars.

Virtual Partition Checklist

Each virtual partition requires a minimum of:

• At least one CPU

• Its own boot disk

• Enough memory for the operating system and its applications

• A network card (if you require networking capability for the virtual partition)

Operating System and Version Compatibility

vPars A.05.04 requires the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) September 2008 update release.

Hardware Requirements

The vPars A.05.04 release runs on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity Servers with the HP-UX 11i

v3 (B.11.31) operating system.

Switching Modes between vPars and nPars on Integrity Systems

The following information on modes and using new vPars commands for Integrity systems is included

in Chapter 5 of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide. It is duplicated here as a

reminder, in case you are using vPars A.05.xx or vPars A.04.xx on Integrity systems. See

“Compatibility and Installation Requirements” (page 5) for further information on using vPars

A.05.xx and vPars A.04.xx on Integrity systems, including other Integrity-only specifics.

NOTE: After using vparenv to change the boot mode from vPars mode to nPars mode,

further booting and loading of virtual partitions will fail although the vPars monitor has not

been rebooted. To boot or load virtual partitions, use vparenv to change the boot mode back to

vPars mode.

Usage Scenarios

• If you are running HP-UX in nPars mode (standalone), use the following vPars command

to switch to vPars mode:

OS-Prompt> vparenv -m vPars /* sets the mode for the next nPartition reboot*/