HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (v09.06.16)

Table of Contents
1 Introduction to This Document.......................................................................................7
1.1 What's Changed in This Document..................................................................................................7
1.1.1 Revision History........................................................................................................................7
2 Overview of Virtual Partitions.....................................................................................11
2.1 Key Benefits and Features...............................................................................................................11
2.2 Advantages of HP-UX vPars...........................................................................................................11
2.3 Features of vPars Software by Release............................................................................................11
2.3.1 vPars A.05.xx Releases............................................................................................................12
2.3.2 vPars A.04.xx Releases............................................................................................................14
2.3.3 vPars A.03.xx Releases............................................................................................................16
3 Purchasing and Licensing............................................................................................19
3.1 vPars Licensing................................................................................................................................19
3.2 Related Software Licensing.............................................................................................................19
3.3 Product Numbers............................................................................................................................19
3.4 Software Depot................................................................................................................................20
3.5 vPars Media.....................................................................................................................................20
3.6 Obsolescence of vPars Releases.......................................................................................................20
4 Supported Configurations...........................................................................................23
4.1 Operating Systems...........................................................................................................................23
4.1.1 HP-UX Version........................................................................................................................23
4.1.2 Patch Bundle............................................................................................................................24
4.2 Hardware.........................................................................................................................................24
4.2.1 Servers.....................................................................................................................................24
4.2.2 Processors and Chipsets..........................................................................................................25
4.2.3 Server Firmware......................................................................................................................26
4.2.4 Number of Virtual Partitions per nPartition...........................................................................30
4.2.5 Minimum Virtual Partition Requirements..............................................................................31
4.3 Supported Cards.............................................................................................................................32
4.3.1 Supported Mass Storage and Networking Cards (PA-RISC)..................................................32
4.3.2 Supported Mass Storage and Networking Cards (Integrity)..................................................34
4.3.3 Required Card Firmware (Integrity).......................................................................................38
4.3.4 Checking Card Firmware Versions (Integrity)........................................................................53
4.3.5 Obtaining and Installing Card Firmware (Integrity)..............................................................54
4.3.6 Mass Storage Devices..............................................................................................................55
4.3.7 Interconnects...........................................................................................................................55
4.4 Software Applications.....................................................................................................................56
4.4.1 Application Certification.........................................................................................................57
4.4.2 VSE Management Software.....................................................................................................57
4.4.3 Ignite-UX Version....................................................................................................................57
4.4.4 WLM Version...........................................................................................................................57
4.4.5 iCAP Version...........................................................................................................................58
4.4.6 PPU Version.............................................................................................................................58
4.4.7 Partition Manager and Virtual Partition Manager..................................................................58
4.4.8 Online Diagnostics Versions...................................................................................................59
4.4.9 High Availability and ServiceGuard.......................................................................................59
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