HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (March 2010)

vPars A.04.xx requires HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 Update or later—
— vPars A.03.xx continues to support HP-UX 11i v1
Note that vPars A.04.xx and vPars A.03.xx have different product numbers:
T1335BC vPars A.04.xx for HP-UX 11i v2
T1335AC vPars A.03.xx and vPars A.02.xx for HP-UX 11i v1
For more information, see “Operating Systems” (page 23).
• Support for both HP Integrity and PA-RISC servers (firmware update may be required).
These Integrity servers are supported:
— HP Integrity Superdome servers
— rx8620
— rx7620
These PA-RISC servers are supported:
— HP 9000 Superdomes (PA-RISC)
— rp8420 and rp8400
— rp7420, rp7410, and rp7405
— rp7400/N4000
— rp5470/L3000
For information, see “Hardware” (page 24).
• Cards, Interconnects, and Mass Storage Devices
Additional IO and Networking cards are supported in vPars A.04.01. See “Supported Cards”
(page 32).
• Obsolescence Note
vPars A.02.01 and A.02.02 are no longer supported as of this A.04.01 release. See
“Obsolescence of vPars Releases” (page 20).
2.3.3 vPars A.03.xx Releases
vPars A.03.05 vPars A.03.05 adds support for:
• Support for mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments.
Beginning with vPars A.04.05, you can can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
A mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment enables you to have a vPars A.04.05 Monitor
and database that supports both virtual partitions running vPars A.04.05 on HP-UX 11i v2
(11.23) and virtual partitions running vPars A.03.05 on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11). For detailed
information, see the “Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments in vPars A.04.05” section
in the “Planning” chapter of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide.
• Full integration with HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) and iCAP enforcement.
iCAP version 8.03 supports HP-UX 11i v1 vPars (support for vPars A.03.05 has been added).
• vPars A.03.05 supports HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) with the restrictions listed
in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.03.05.
vPars A.03.04 vPars A.03.04 adds support for HP 9000 servers based on the sx2000 chipset,
including:
• HP 9000 Superdome
• rp8440
• rp7440
vPars A.03.03 vPars A.03.03 adds support for:
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