HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Release Notes

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................4
Overview................................................................................................................................4
HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0 – the new virtual partitions management model....................................4
2 How does vPars v6.0 differ from its earlier versions.........................................5
Virtualization Services Platform (VSP) – the common management interface......................................5
Enhanced control via GUI application HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager......................................5
vPar virtual console – access via VSP...........................................................................................5
EFI – access via console............................................................................................................6
CPU and memory – locality aware assignment.............................................................................6
I/O – shared...........................................................................................................................6
Other differences......................................................................................................................6
3 HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0 features and advantages.....................................7
vPars v6.0 features....................................................................................................................7
vPars advantages.....................................................................................................................8
4 Ordering and licensing HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0.....................................10
Ordering vPars v6.0................................................................................................................10
Related software licensing........................................................................................................10
Supported platforms................................................................................................................10
Hardware.........................................................................................................................10
I/O..................................................................................................................................11
Operating systems.............................................................................................................11
Software applications.........................................................................................................11
5 Installing HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0.........................................................13
Installation requirements..........................................................................................................13
Installing HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0.......................................................................................13
Configuring the Virtualization Services Platform (VSP)..................................................................14
Removing HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0......................................................................................17
6 Known behaviors and workarounds............................................................18
7 Support and other resources......................................................................23
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................23
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................23
HP contact information.......................................................................................................23
Subscription service............................................................................................................23
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................23
Related information.................................................................................................................23
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................24
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