HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Partitioning
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• Status information was added for components in the complex.
• The bundle tag for nPartition Provider has changed from NPar to nParProvider.
Impact
There are no impacts other than those listed previously.
Compatibility
To update to this release of the nPartition Provider, HP recommends installing from the
latest HP-UX Operating Environment Update Release (OEUR) or Application Release
(AR) distribution.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
Complete information is in the nPartition provider product data sheet, installed as
/opt/nparprovider/doc/nParProviderDataSheet.html.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Partition Manager
Partition Manager v2.0, version B.23.02.01.02, provides system administrators with a
convenient graphical user interface for configuration and management of nPartitions on
HP server systems. In addition, Partition Manager enhances the reliability and
performance of HP partitioning products by providing automatic detection of several
types of configuration problems.
Summary of Change
This release of Partition Manager adds support for new cell-based HP servers.
When managing servers that support Global Shared Memory (GSM), Partition Manager
can enable and disable the use of GSM. When GSM is enabled, memory can be shared
between different nPartitions in the same complex. Only GSM-enabled applications
running under Microsoft Windows Server 2003 are able to use GSM features.
Partition Manager under Systems Management Homepage (SMH)
1
has improved
integration with the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool Web interface (pdweb)
2
for managing
I/O slots and cards.
Under both HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
3
and SMH, the links to nPartition tools
have been renamed but provide access to the same features of Partition Manager.
1. See “HP System Management Homepage” on page 117.
2. See “HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool” on page 126.
3. See “HP Systems Insight Manager” on page 118.