Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.01.01)

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Glossary
bound CPU a CPU that cannot be migrated from or to partitions while
the involved partitions are running. Bound CPUs can handle I/O
interrupts.
dynamic CPU migration the vPars ability to add or remove floater
CPUs while a partition is running.
hard partition a physical partition of a computer that divides the
computer into groups of cell boards where each groups operates
independently of other groups. A hard partition can run a single instance
of HP-UX or be further divided into virtual partitions.
unbound CPU a CPU that can be migratedfrom and to partitions while
the involved partitions are running. Unbound CPUs cannot handle I/O
interrupts. Unbound CPUs are also referred to as floater CPUs.
virtual consoles a vPars feature that allows console I/O to be
multiplexed to one hardware console port.
virtual partition a software partition of a computer or hard partition
where each virtual partition contains an instance of HP-UX. Though a
hard partition can contain multiple virtual partitions, the inverse is not
true. A virtual partition cannot span a hard partition boundary.
vPars HP software product that allows software partitioning.
vPars monitor the program that manages resources using the partition
database, boots virtual partitions and their kernels, and emulates
certain firmware calls.
vPars partition database the database that contains the configuration
for all the virtual partitions.