HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.05)

• On PA-RISC Servers, Booting a Fibre Channel Tape Device May Cause
the Target Virtual Partition to Hang
Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf09885
Applicable On
— vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC
— vPars A.04.03 on PA-RISC
Description If you attempt to boot a virtual partition using a Fibre Channel tape device
that has been configured using the :TAPE attribute, the target virtual partition may hang.
Symptoms On PA-RISC servers, if you attempt to execute the command
# vparboot -p target_vpar -B TAPE
where TAPE is a Fibre Channel tape device previously configured using the :TAPE attribute,
the target virtual partition may hang, remaining in the load state indefinitely. Further, the
target virtual partition does not reset when using vparreset.
Workaround None. HP recommends that you not attempt to boot a Fibre Channel tape
device.
• A Virtual Partition Remains in Load State with sx2000 Chipset
Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf88969
Applicable On
— vPars A.05.xx on Integrity
— vPars A.04.02, A.04.03 on Integrity
Description On Integrity systems running the sx2000 chipset and Intel Itanium 2 single-core
processor with 9 MB cache, a virtual partition remains in the load state for at least 30 seconds
and does not complete its boot process.
Symptoms The console display includes the following:
Initializing IO Devices ...
LBA Cell 01 (01): Occupied PCI-X 133MHz
Scan PCI:
Rope Slot Seg Bus Dev Fun Card
..
Loading.: 1/0/1/1/0/4/0.6.0.0.0.0.0
Executing Image: "\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI"
Optional Data : "\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI boot /stand/vmunix"
Starting: 1/0/1/1/0/4/0.6.0.0.0.0.0
(C) Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.All rights
reserved
HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.027
ESC[0mESC[37mESC[40m> System Memory = 16335 MB
loading section 0
......................................................
(complete) loading section 1 ............ (complete)
loading symbol table loading System Directory (boot.sys) to MFS .....
loading MFSFILES directory (/stand/bootfs) to MFS
..............
Workaround You can either:
— Update the server firmware to the latest version. See the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering
and Configuration Guide for firmware version details.
— If the virtual partition remains in the load state (you can use vparstatus to verify
the state), perform the following:
1. Issue a hard reset using vparreset to reset the virtual partition.
For example, if winona2 remains in the load state, to issue a hard reset:
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