HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Administrator Guide

Creating a vPar instance – an example
Example 20 Creating a vPar instance
# vparstatus
vparstatus: No vPars are currently configured.
# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/0/0/3/0/0/0 0x0017A4776014 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/0/3/0/0/1 0x0017A4776016 1 UP lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/0/4/0/0/0 0x2C27D7A162F4 2 UP lan2 snap2 3 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/0/4/0/0/1 0x2C27D7A162F8 3 UP lan3 snap3 4 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/0/5/0/0/0 0x3C4A92E87A68 4 UP lan4 snap4 5 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/0/5/0/0/1 0x3C4A92E87A6C 5 UP lan5 snap5 6 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg0 0x000000000000 900 DOWN lan900 snap900 8 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg1 0x000000000000 901 DOWN lan901 snap901 9 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg2 0x000000000000 902 DOWN lan902 snap902 10 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg3 0x000000000000 903 DOWN lan903 snap903 11 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg4 0x000000000000 904 DOWN lan904 snap904 12 ETHER Yes 119
# vparnet -c -S sitelan -n 0
# vparnet -b -S sitelan
# vparnet
Name Number State Mode NamePPA MAC Address IPv4 Address
======== ====== ======= ========= ======== ============== ===============
localnet 1 Up Shared N/A N/A
sitelan 12 Up Shared lan0 0x0017a4776014 16.92.97.91
# vparstatus -A
[Available CPUs]: 7
[Available Memory]: 10304 Mbytes
[Available I/O Devices]:
disk:avio_stor::disk:/dev/rdisk/disk3
hba:avio_stor:,,,:npiv:/dev/fcd1
hba:avio_stor:,,,:npiv:/dev/fcd0
network:avio_lan::vswitch:localnet
network:avio_lan::vswitch:sitelan
# vparcreate -a disk:avio_stor::disk:/dev/rdisk/disk3 -a network:avio_lan::vswitch:sitelan
[Creating vPar0001.]
# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Num Name RunState State
=== ========================== ============ =========
1 vPar0001 DOWN Inactive
[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
Virtual Partition CPU Num Num Total MB
Num Name Min/Max CPUs IO Memory
=== ========================== ======= ==== ==== =========
1 vPar0001 1/127 1 2 2048
# vparboot -p1
...
vPars v6.0 manpages
Currently, the vPars v6.0 manpages are:
vparboot3(1M), vparcreate3(1M), vparmodify3(1M), vparremove3(1M), vparreset3(1M),
vparresources3(5), vparstatus3(1), vparhwmgmt3(1), vparconsole3(1), vparnet3(1)
NOTE: The vPars manpages that are specific for systems using the VSP-based partition
management have the number 3 attached, for example, vparcreate3(1M). The vPars manpages
that are specific for systems not running OA-based partition management and VSP-based partition
management have the number 1 attached, for example, vparcreate1(1M). The vPars manpages
that are specific for systems running OA-based partition management have the number 2 attached,
for example, vparcreate2(1M).
Note the following on vPars manpages:
If your OS is setup to use manpage keywords and vPars is installed, you can run the following to
see the current list of vPars manpages:
# man -k vpar
32 vPars v6.0 commands