Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.01.01)

Introduction
Supported Environments
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Supported Environments
Hardware
• L3000
Required firmware version: 41.02.
• N-class
Required firmware version: 41.02.
• Superdome is not supported in the first release; it is planned for
support in a future release.
Operating Systems
• All virtual partitionsmust run HP-UX11i (December 2000 Release or
later) in 64-bit mode on PA-RISC platforms.
HP Product Interaction
• iCOD (Instant Capacity on Demand)/PPU (Pay Per Use)
iCOD allows online activation of iCOD (HP-owned) CPUs; PPU
(formerly called Utility Pricing) allows purchasing CPU time of
HP-owned processors.
vPars can be installed successfully only if all CPUs in the computer
are activated (in other words, purchased). Likewise, on a vPars
computer, iCOD will not load or run.
For more information on iCOD and PPU, see the manual titled
Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) and Pay Per Use (PPU) User’s
Guide for version B.04.00 at http://docs.hp.com.
• MC/ServiceGuard
MC/ServiceGuard is supported with vPars. However, because
MC/ServiceGuard is used to guard against hardware failures as well
as software failures, its functionality will be reduced if a cluster
includes multiple virtual partitions within the same computer. Such
configurations are not recommended. See the MC/ServiceGuard