HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
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that support nPartitions. With this component, partitionable systems can be managed
both locally and remotely. The nPartition Provider product is only used through a
WBEM interface. It is not invoked directly by the user.
Summary of Change
nPartition Provider has been updated to version B.01.03 with several defect fixes that
will improve the overall quality of the product.
Impact
There is no impact.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
You should be aware of the following items that may affect performance:
• When managing a remote partitionable complex, the performance degrades when
the connection traverses long network distances, e.g., managing a partitionable
complex in California from a system in New York. Furthermore, when managing a
remote system, performance can be improved by connecting to an nPartition
Provider on the remote system, rather than connecting directly to the system's
service processor.
• The nPartition provider maintains a cache of information about systems being
managed. This cache is cleared when the nPartition Provider is unloaded by the CIM
server. Performance may be reduced when managing a system for the first time, or
immediately after the CIM server has been restarted. Subsequent management
sessions of the same system will be faster.
Documentation
Complete information is in the nPartition provider product data sheet, installed as
/opt/nparprovider/doc/nParProviderDataSheet.html
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
PRMKernelSW (formerly PRM Libraries)
The PRM Libraries (B7697BA) is now known as PRMKernelSW. PRMKernelSW (version
C.03.03.01) contains only the PRM kernel fileset, PRM-Sw-Krn.
Summary of Change
The version number for the PRM-Sw-Krn fileset is still C.01.04. The only change is that
the fileset is now in PRMKernelSW.