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

Granularity Value Locations
Integrity Systems. There are two areas where granularity values are set:
1. The nPartition firmware, specifically the EFI variables in NVRAM (non-volatile RAM).
2. The vPars database.
In order for the virtual partitions in the vPars database to be able to boot, the granularity values
in the vPars database must match the granularity values in the firmware.
On Integrity systems, memory is divided into the granules by the firmware; therefore, it is required
that you set and match the corresponding EFI variables.
PA-RISC systems. There is only one area where granularity values are set: the vPars database.
For PA-RISC, there are no granularity values in the PA-RISC firmware. The memory is divided into
the granules by the vPars Monitor itself. Note that this means the update firmware option ([:y]) of
vparcreate is ignored on PA-RISC.
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