HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

Figure 14 vPars Allocates at LBA Level not SBA Level
Syste m
SBA 0
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
0/0
0/1
0/2
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
LBA 0
IO Device s
LBA 1
IO Device s
LBA 2
IO Device s
A system has multiple SBAs, but assignments remain at the LBA levels.
Figure 15 vPars Allocates at LBA Level not SBA Level
Syste m
SBA 0
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
a LBA
assignabl e
to a vpar
LBA 0
IO Device s
LBA 1
IO Device s
LBA 2
IO Device s
SBA 1
LBA 0
IO Device s
LBA 1
IO Device s
LBA 2
IO Device s
With the addition of cells (an nPartitionable server), there are more SBAs, but I/O assignments
remain at the LBA level:
172 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.05.xx)