HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Administrator Guide

Active vPars
Following are the possible run-states of an active virtual partition:
FWBOOT. The virtual partition normally reaches this run-state while the partition is starting.
This is a transitional run-state and normally reaches EFI run-state.
EFI. The virtual partition reaches this run-state after the firmware boot process launches the EFI
shell.
UP. The virtual partition is in this run-state when the operating system is booting or completely
functional.
ATTN. The virtual partition is up and in the OS, but not responding to health checks.
UNKNOWN. The virtual partition in an unknown (error) run-state.
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