HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

General System Administration
HP Partitioning
Chapter 4
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Complete information is in the nPartition provider product data sheet, installed as
/opt/nparprovider/doc/nParProviderDataSheet.html.
Impact
With nPartition Provider, you can configure and manage both local and remote HP
systems that support nPartitions.
Compatibility
There are no 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
The nPartition provider product data sheet is installed as
/opt/nparprovider/doc/nParProviderDataSheet.html.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Partition Manager
NOTE Partition Manager version B.11.23.01.00, originally released with HP-UX 11i v2
(B.11.23), contained a security defect that has been fixed in subsequent releases. This fix
is included in Partition Manager version B.11.23.02.00.02, available with the March
2004 update to HP-UX 11i v2. It can also be downloaded for free from the HP Web at
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumbe
r=ParMgr.
For more information, refer to HP Security Bulletin SSRT3636 (document id:
HPSBUX0311-296), which is available from the IT Resource Center at
http://itrc.hp.com.