HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

Managing I/O Interrupts.......................................................................................................225
intctl Command...............................................................................................................225
Notes.............................................................................................................................225
CPU: Using iCAP (Instant Capacity on Demand) with vPars (vPars A.04.xx and iCAP B.07)............225
Purchasing Licenses for iCAP CPUs.....................................................................................225
Activating and Deactivating CPUs......................................................................................226
Assigning and Unassigning CPUs......................................................................................226
Intended Active Boundary.................................................................................................226
CPU: Dual-Core Processors....................................................................................................227
Determining If the System Has Dual-Core Processors.............................................................227
Determining Sibling CPUs.................................................................................................228
CPU: CPU Monitor (Formerly Known As LPMC Monitor).............................................................229
8 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.03.xx)..............................................231
I/O: Concepts.....................................................................................................................231
Acronyms........................................................................................................................231
System, Cells, SBA, LBA, Devices and Relationships..............................................................231
I/O: Adding or Deleting LBAspartitionsadding i/o resourcespartitionsremoving i/o resourcesadding
i/o to a partitionremoving i/o from a partitionvirtual partitionsadding i/o resourcesvirtual
partitionsremoving i/o resourcesvparmodifyi/o resources...........................................................233
I/O Syntax in Brief...........................................................................................................233
Examples........................................................................................................................234
I/O: Allocation Notespartitionsadding i/o resourcespartitionsremoving i/o resourcesadding i/o to
a partitionremoving i/o from a partitionvirtual partitionsadding i/o resourcesvirtual partitionsremoving
i/o resourcesvparmodifyi/o resourcesvparcreatei/o resources....................................................234
Memory: Concepts and Functionalitymemoryresourcesmemorypartitionsadding memory
resourcesadding memory resources to a partitionvirtual partitionsremoving memory resourcesvirtual
partitionsadding memory resourcesremoving memory resources from a
partitionvparcreatememoryvparmodifymemory.........................................................................235
Acronyms........................................................................................................................235
Assignments....................................................................................................................236
Memory: Assigning by Size
(ILM)ILMmemoryILMresourcesILMvparcreatememoryvparmodifymemory.......................................236
Syntax............................................................................................................................236
Examples........................................................................................................................236
Memory: Specifying Address Range........................................................................................236
2 GB Restriction...............................................................................................................237
Memory: Allocation Concepts and Notes................................................................................237
CPU....................................................................................................................................238
CPU: Specifying Min and Max LimitsCPUminCPUmaxvparmodifycpu..........................................238
CPU: Bound and Unbound....................................................................................................239
Definitions.......................................................................................................................239
CPU: Determining Whether to Use Bound or Unbound..............................................................239
CPU: Determining When to Specify a Hardware Path for a Bound CPU.......................................239
CPU: Adding and Removing Bound CPUs vparcreatecpuvparmodifycpu......................................239
CPU Allocation Syntax In Brief...........................................................................................239
Syntax for vparcreate...................................................................................................239
Note on vparmodify SyntaxcommandsHP-UX shell commandsvparmodifyvparmodify...........240
CPU: Adding a CPU as a Bound CPU ....................................................................................240
CPUhardware pathshardware pathsspecifying for CPUsChoosing the Hardware Path of a Bound
CPU...............................................................................................................................240
CPU: Removing a Bound CPU................................................................................................241
CPU: Removing a CPU with a Specified Hardware Path........................................................241
CPU: Adding, Removing, and Migrating Unbound CPUs............................................................241
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