HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

7 Working with virtual partitions
This chapter describes tasks you can perform to create and manage virtual partitions and their
resources.
NOTE: For more information about Working with Virtual Machines, see HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Manager 4.1.1 User Guide at www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics-manuals
Creating virtual partitions
To create a virtual partition, Virtual Server Manager uses the Create Virtual Partition wizard to
guide you through the process. Each steps presents a dialog that allows you to specify the required
information. At any time you can get help, return to previous steps, or exit the wizard. By creating
a new virtual partition, you assign attributes and resources to it. This creates an association among
the virtual devices known to virtual partition and the physical devices managed by the virtual
partition VSP.
To access the Create Virtual Partition wizard, select Create→Virtual Partition from the Virtual
Partitions menu bar. The Create Virtual Partition wizard leads you through several screens in the
following order. For more information about any screen, see the corresponding Virtual Server
Manager help topic.
1. Specify VM Identity
Specify the virtual partition name and an optional description.
2. Specify Processor Count
Specify the number of CPUs.
3. Specify Memory
Specify the amount of memory designated for the virtual partition.
4. Specify Network Devices
To add a virtual network device, click Add Network Device... on the first network device screen.
This displays the Add Network Device screen. First, select the type of virtual network interface
card. The default card type is AVIO LAN (the choices depend on the version of the HP-UX
installed on the host). AVIO LAN supports newly attached devices on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX
11i v3 virtual partitions.
After you select the virtual network interface type, select the virtual switch from the list provided
or create a virtual switch. To provide network access for the virtual partition, a virtual switch
is necessary.
Select the Specify virtual network interface card parameters (advanced) check box to manually
specify virtual network interface card parameters. This is an advanced option. By default,
virtual interface card parameters are numbered automatically during virtual partition creation,
but they can be specified manually when this option is selected. HP recommends accepting
the automatically numbered parameters that Virtual Server Manager provides. When manually
specifying virtual network interface card parameters, valid bus numbers are 06, and valid
device numbers are 07. You must either specify values for both numbers or leave both blank.
5. Specify storage device
You specify virtual adapter cards for the virtual partition. The virtual storage adapter cards
are associated with the virtual storage devices that are backed by physical storage. A physical
storage device can be a disk, DVD, tape, and Media Changer. NPIV is a Fibre Channel
facility allowing multiple N_Port IDs to share a single N_Port. To add a virtual storage device,
click Add Storage Device.... This displays the Add Storage Device screen. First, select the type
of virtual storage adapter. The default adapter type is AVIO storage. AVIO storage supports
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