HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

NOTE: Before using the Ignite-UX server approach, ensure the following:
• The vPar is created and assigned a network interface.
• At least one disk has been added to the vPar with sufficient space to install HP-UX 11i on it.
• The Ignite-UX server is set up and accessible from the LAN interface assigned to the vPar.
To install HP-UX 11i on a vPar using an Ignite-UX server:
1. Boot the vPar to EFI.
2. Create a dbprofile from EFI shell by running the following command:
Shell> dbprofile –dn mybootprofile –sip <IP_address_of_ignite-server>
-cip <IP_address_of_vPar> -gip <IP_address_of_gateway> -m
<network_mask> -b “/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi”
NOTE: IP_address_of_gateway is the IP address of gateway from the LAN domain of
the vPar to the LAN domain of the Ignite server. network_mask is the netmask (in dotted
notation) of the LAN to which vPar is connected.
3. Boot from the install kernel using the following command:
lanboot select –dn mybootprofile
4. Follow the steps as prompted by the install kernel to install HP-UX 11i.
6.9 Setting up a vPar to use NPIV HBAs
This section describes the steps to configure a vPar with NPIV HBAs, install a vPar image on an
NPIV disk, and bring the vPar up.
6.9.1 Configuring storage for a vPar with NPIV HBAs
You can assign storage for a vPar with an NPIV HBA either before or after the vPar starts up. In
both cases, the vPar will boot if it already has a non-NPIV boot device configured. If it does not
have a boot device yet, then the vPar boot will halt at EFI.
To configure storage for a vPar with NPIV HBA:
1. Start the vPar.
Once the vPar is started, the virtual port instance corresponding to the NPIV HBA assigned
to the vPar would have logged into the FC fabric to which the physical HBA is connected.
2. Obtain the port WWN assigned to the NPIV HBA using the vparstatus command on VSP.
3. Note the port WWN number, and work with your storage administrator to get the required
storage provisioned.
The storage administrator must use the storage management utility corresponding to the storage
device from which the administrator plans to provision storage, and then create LUNs of the
required capacity.
4. Present the LUNs to the port WWN corresponding to the NPIV HBA.
NOTE: The steps to provision storage are the same as for a native host, except that in this case,
the HBA and the WWN involved are virtual in nature.
You can present the same LUN to a vPar using both NPIV and AVIO.
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