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

General System Administration
HP Partitioning
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Partition Manager version B.11.23.01.00 (aka parmgr) 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.
Partition Manager is a Web-based application that can be launched from Servicecontrol
Manager 3.0, System Administration Manager (SAM), or as a stand-alone product.
Customers interact with Partition Manager through a Web browser running on their
client workstation or PC.
Partition Manager can be used to manage nPartitions on any complex in the customer's
network. It provides both high-level overviews and detailed specifications of the
hardware and software resources of the complex. Using Partition Manager, the system
administrator can examine the state of the complex, create nPartitions, modify the
allocation of resources between nPartitions, delete nPartitions, and perform other tasks.
Step-by-step guidance is provided for complex tasks, and Web-based online help is
provided for every screen.
Summary of Change
This version of Partition Manager offers fundamentally the same functionality as the
previous release of Partition Manager, with the following major enhancements to the
user interface:
• accessed through a Web browser from a PC or client workstation;
• configuration of nPartitions on remote complexes;
• intuitive graphical views of all the data in the complex;
• hardware components are shown in their actual physical location in the complex's
cabinets.
Other new features of this release include support for Cell Local Memory (CLM), which
can improve memory access performance, and support for Itanium-based systems.
This release of Partition Manager is supported on all HP server systems that support
nPartitions and HP-UX 11i v2.
Impact
This version of Partition Manager brings graphical nPartition management to
Itanium-based systems.
The enhanced graphical user interface provides a visual map of the complex. It is easier
to see “at a glance” how resources are allocated between nPartitions. It is easier to select
the correct resources for actions such as creating and modifying nPartitions and
configuring memory.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
Due to significant changes between versions, performance differences between this
release and the previous release of Partition Manager are not available. However, you
should be aware of the following items that may affect performance: