HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-18 - HPVM

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 47 (of 49)
Chapter 18 Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
October 29, 2013
o Red Hat® Linux Enterprise Edition Advanced Server Release 4 update 4,
update 5, and update 6.
o SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for HP Integrity servers SLES 10
update 1.
 Integrity VM now includes the capability of Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO), which
improves the performance of both storage and network access for virtual machines.
AVIO is supported on HP-UX 11i v2 host and guests. This feature includes:
o Changes to the hpvmnet command. The changes include displaying the
adapter type for each port defined on the vswitch and getting port specific
statistics.
o Changes to the hpvmresources and hpvmstatus manpages to include the new
AVIO names for guest creation: avio_lan, and avio_stor.
o Change to the hpvmcollect command to add values for AVIO LANs and
storage.
o Changes to the hpvmcreate, hpvmclone, and hpvmmodify commands to add
the designation for an AVIO network adapter and an AVIO storage adapter on
a guest.
o Changes to the hpvmclone command to clone guests with additional AVIO
network or storage devices.
 AVIO storage support for Logical Volume backing storage devices (virtual LvDisk)
on HostAVIOStor B.11.23.0712.01 and later.
 AVIO now supports Active-Passive configuration on EVA GL series (3000/5000)
starting with HostAVIOStor B.11.23.0712.01.
 Hierarchy checking
 New public APIs defined in /opt/hpvm/include/hpvm_api_public.h for host and
guests. The following APIs have been added to Integrity VM:
o hpvm_api_server_check — Checks if running on an Integrity VM server
system.
o hpvm_api_virtmach_check — Checks if running on an Integrity VM virtual
machine.