HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide T1335DC, T1335BC, T1335AC Published: March 2011 Edition: 11.03.
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Contents 1 Introduction to This Document.......................................................................5 1.1 What's Changed in This Document........................................................................................5 1.1.1 Revision History............................................................................................................5 2 Overview of Virtual Partitions.......................................................................9 2.1 Key Benefits and Features.......
5 Related Information...................................................................................
1 Introduction to This Document This document describes the configuration and version requirements for HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) and vPars-related products. The information provided in this document is supplemental to other vPars documents: • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (formerly Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions) • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes All vPars documents can be found on the Business Support Center (BSC) website at: http://www.hp.
Version 09.06.16 • Updated the EFI Boot Services Driver version information for resolving issues with SAS HBA AH303A. Version 09.03.23 • Updated for the vPars A.05.05 release. Version 08.09.23 • Updated Table 15 (page 34) and Table 24 (page 54) with vPars A.05.04 support details for cards AD221A, AD222A, and AD393A. Version 08.09.02 • Updated for the vPars A.04.06 release. • Updated for the vPars A.05.04 release. Version 08.08.22 • Updated Table 15 (page 34) and Table 23 (page 52) with vPars A.
Version 07.10.19 • Updated “Obtaining and Installing Card Firmware (Integrity)” (page 59) download instructions. Version 07.09.17 • Updated for the vPars A.05.02 release. • Added rx7620, rx8620 servers to Table 13 (page 30). • Updated Table 15 (page 34) and added a “Supported vPars Releases” column. Version 07.07.31 • Updated the vPars A.03.03 minimum end of support date to March 2008; see Table 4 (page 21). Version 07.07.20 • Added vPars A.05.
• Added Warning regarding Ignite-UX and A.04.01on PA-RISC systems. Requires an Ignite-UX version earlier than C.6.8 or vPars A.04.02 or later. • Added iCAP v8.x requirement (not a vPars requirement) for Dual-core Intel® Itanium® (Montecito) processors. Version 06.12.15 • Highlighted the existing statement regarding the maximum number of cells per nPartition (8) as well as the maximum number of virtual partitions per nPartition (8).
2 Overview of Virtual Partitions HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) is a powerful tool that runs multiple instances of the HP-UX 11i Operating Environment (OE) simultaneously on one server or nPartition, where each virtual partition: • has its own assigned set of CPU (processing core), memory, and I/O resources (resource isolation) • runs its own separate instance of HP-UX with different patch levels (HP-UX kernel isolation) • hosts its own set of applications in a fully isolated environment (application
• • • Flexibility ◦ Compatibility with nPartitions (hard partitions) ◦ Integration with iCAP (Instant Capacity on Demand) ◦ Dynamic creation of virtual partitions while other virtual partitions are running Automated and Intelligent Management ◦ Goal-based workload management across virtual partitions (cross-virtual partition integration with HP-UX Workload Manager) ◦ Easy, automated deployment through Ignite-UX Integration with the rest of the HP VSE (Virtual Server Environment) for HP-UX ◦ HP
vPars A.05.06 • An enhancement in the mon_bootpath command at Monitor prompt to put the monitor boot path at the beginning in the EFI boot manager menu, and to view the default bootpath. • Product bundling changes. Starting this release, HP-UX Virtual Partitions will not be delivered as part of the bundle T1335CC. Henceforth, only the bundle T1335DC, which was introduced since the HP-UX March 2009 release, will include vPars. • Fixes to some of the customer-encountered defects. vPars A.05.
• Starting with vPars A.05.03, the HP-UX 11i v3 vPars software is distributed on the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment media. vPars A.05.03 is distributed via the new Virtual Server OE (VSE-OE) and the new Data Center OE (DC-OE). There is no longer a separate HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions DVD. • Support for mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environments on PA-RISC systems only. A mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment allows you to have a vPars A.05.
vPars A.05.01 vPars A.05.01 adds support for the following: • Dynamic Memory Migration You can add memory to or delete memory from a virtual partition while it is UP (online). When memory is assigned to a virtual partition, it can be categorized as float (i.e., can be added or deleted while the virtual partition is UP), or base (i.e., cannot be deleted while the virtual partition is UP).
IMPORTANT: In certain situations while using vPars with SAS disks as boot disk on HP Integrity platforms, the vparstatus -v and setboot commands may show different boot disk paths in vPars mode. This behavior is normal, and is due to the disks being scanned in a different sequence at boot time. This behavior also occurs when you boot into nPars mode and then boot back in vPars mode. For example: 1. 2. 3.
Note that you can use only the tape devices that are already supported for PA-RISC servers in standalone mode; vPars does not support devices beyond what is supported by the server itself. • Obsolescence Note vPars A.03.01 is no longer supported. See “Obsolescence of vPars Releases” (page 20). vPars A.04.02 vPars A.04.
◦ rp7400/N4000 ◦ rp5470/L3000 For information, see “Hardware” (page 25). • 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.
vPars A.03.02 vPars A.03.02 adds support for: • Specifying only the SBA on the vPars command-line • New autosearch attributes using vparcreate and vparmodify commands to enable automatic fallback to an alternate bootpath. • New -m option that displays vPars monitor information for the vparstatus command • Logging of vPars commands that are executed into syslog • Customer-viewable defect fixes as documented in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes vPars A.03.01 vPars A.03.
3 Purchasing and Licensing This section describes the licensing and the vPars releases that are currently supported. 3.1 vPars Licensing The HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) product is sold on a Per Core Licensing basis. Therefore, you purchase the same quantity of this product as the number of active processing cores in your nPartitions or non-nPartitioned system that will be running vPars.
Table 1 vPars Product Support for HP-UX and Servers HP-UX 11i Version Supported HP-UX Releases Supported HP Server Platforms Supported vPars A.05.05 and later HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) March 2009 or later PA-RISC and Integrity T1335BC vPars A.04.xx and later HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) May 2005 or later PA-RISC and Integrity T1335AC vPars A.03.xx and earlier HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) December 2000 or later PA-RISC Product Number vPars Version T1335DC 3.4 vPars Media Starting with vPars A.05.
Table 3 Support Dates for vPars A.04.xx on 11i v2 (continued) vPars Version Release Date Minimum End of Support Date Status A.04.04 June 2007 June 2010 Unsupported A.04.05 December 2007 December 2010 Unsupported A.04.06 September 2008 September 2011 Supported A.04.07 March 2010 March 2013 Supported Table 4 Support Dates for vPars A.03.xx on 11i v1 vPars Version Release Date Minimum End of Support Date Status A.03.01 April 2004 May 2006 Unsupported A.03.
4 Supported Configurations This section contains the following information: • Supported operating systems: operating environments (OEs) and patches • Supported servers and server firmware • Maximum number of virtual partitions per system • Minimum requirements for each virtual partition 4.1 Operating Systems vPars releases require the HP-UX versions and patch bundles listed in this section. 4.1.1 HP-UX Version vPars requires the following HP-UX versions.
Table 8 HP-UX Versions Required for vPars A.03.xx vPars Release HP-UX Requirement vPars A.03.04 and A.03.05 HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) December 2000 Update or later PA-RISC servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset (rp7440, rp8440, HP 9000 Superdome) require HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) December 2006 Update or later vPars A.03.01, A.03.02, and A.03.03 HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) December 2000 Update or later 4.1.2 Patch Bundle vPars A.05.08 vPars A.05.08 requires the following patch bundles from the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.
itrc.hp.com select maintenance and support for hp products). For details see HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.01). vPars A.04.xx From the HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) Update Release, verify the following bundles are installed on your system: • B.11.23.
Table 9 Server Support for vPars Releases (continued) A.04.06 and A.04.07 A.05.04, A.05.05, and A.05.06 A.05.07 and A.05.08 Superdome on sx2000 chipset Yes (PA-8900) Yes Yes Yes rx7620 No Yes Yes Yes rx8620 No Yes Yes Yes rx7640 No Yes Yes Yes rx8640 No Yes Yes Yes Superdome on sx1000 chipset No (Integrity) Yes Yes Yes Superdome on sx2000 chipset No (Integrity) Yes Yes Yes Superdome 2 (SD2) (Integrity)2 No No No Yes Server Model 1 2 A.03.
• vPars A.04.04 or later, or vPars A.05.02 or later, is required when using the Dual-core Intel® Itanium® processor 9100 series (Montvale). • vPars A.05.07 or later is required when using the Quad-core Intel® Itanium® (Tukwila) processor (HT ON/OFF). Dual-Core Processors vPars supports single-core granularity, including the ability to split dual-core processors (assigning sibling processing cores to different virtual partitions).
Table 10 Minimum System Firmware for vPars A.03.xx (continued) Server Model A.03.01, A.03.022, and A.03.03 A.03.04 and A.03.05 Superdome5 on sx2000 chipset (Integrity) — — Superdome5 on sx2000 chipset (PA-8900) — SD Recipe 6.20c 1 2 3 4 5 6 IMPORTANT: HP recommends using the latest released version of system firmware. This table lists the minimum firmware requirements: on each server indicated, vPars supports the system firmware version listed here and greater.
Table 11 Minimum System Firmware for vPars A.04.xx (continued) A.04.01 A.04.02, A.04.03 A.04.04, A.04.05, and A.04.062 (minimum) Superdome on sx2000 chipset (Integrity) — SD Recipe 6.11b SD Recipe 6.11b Firmware Recipe 8.6d7 Superdome5 on sx2000 chipset (PA-8900) — — SD Recipe 7.3d — Server Model 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A.04.04, A.04.05, and A.04.062 (Integrity tape boot) IMPORTANT: HP recommends using the latest released version of system firmware.
Table 12 Minimum System Firmware for vPars A.05.xx (continued) A.05.01 (minimum ) A.05.02 (minimum ) A.05.02 4 (Integrity tape boot) rx7640, rx8640 Firmware Version 3.0 Firmware Version 3.0 Firmware Version Firmware Version 4.0 7 4.0 7 Firmware Version 4.0 7 Superdome6 on sx1000 chipset (Integrity) SMS Release v7.0 SMS Release v7.0 Firmware Version Firmware Version 7.27 7.27 Firmware Version 7.27 Superdome6 on sx2000 chipset (Integrity) SD Recipe 6.11b SD Recipe 6.11b Firmware Recipe 8.
Table 13 Maximum Number of Virtual Partitions Per Server (continued) Server Model Maximum Number of Virtual Partitions rp7405, rp7410 8 virtual partitions per system. This is a 2-cell system. rp7420, rp7440, rx7620, rx7640 8 virtual partitions per nPartition. This is a 2-cell system. rp8400 8 virtual partitions per nPartition, 16 total per system with no SEU and 32 total per system with SEU. This is a 4-cell system.
4.3 Supported Cards Boot Recommendations After the boot of the initial virtual partition, it is recommended that the deployment tool Ignite-UX be used to boot the other virtual partitions. Boot Constraints Beyond the recommendation above, tape, CD/DVD, and lan/bootp booting (except through Ignite-UX) of virtual partitions within a vPars environment are not supported.
Table 14 Mass Storage Cards Supported by vPars on PA-RISC Servers (continued) Card Product Number Description A9782A PCI-X 2Gb Fibre-Channel and GigEthernet Combo Card Adapter A9784A PCI-X 2Gb Fibre-Channel and GigEthernet Combo Card Adapter A9890A Smart Array 6402 Ultra320 SCSI RAID Controller A9891A Ultra320 SCSI PCI-X RAID Smart Array Controller 2 AB290A U320 SCSI/GigE Combo AB378A, AB378B PCI-X 2.0 1-Port 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA AB379A, AB379B PCI-X 2.
Table 15 uses the following legend to indicate the type of boot support for each card on the various server models.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description A6826A 2-port 2Gb FC Card Type Mass Storage Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) B B B B B A.04.01, A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.08 A6828A 1 port U160 SCSI Mass Storage B B B B B A.04.01, A.04.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description A6847A Next Gen 1000B-SX (5701 chip) Card Type Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Networking b b D Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) b b A.04.01, A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number A7173A Description Card Type 2 port U320 SCSI Mass Storage Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) B B B B B A.04.01, A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description Card Type A9890A SmartArray 6402 Mass 2-channel RAID Storage Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) B N B, N1 N N A.04.01, A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description AB465A PCI-X 2-port 1000B-T/2-port 2Gb FC Combo Card Type Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) Combo Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb A.04.01, A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number AB378B Description Card Type 4 GB Fibre Channel (FC) Mass Storage Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) B B B B B A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.08 AB379B 4 GB Fibre Channel (FC) Mass Storage B B B B B A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description AD331A PCI-X Single-Port 1000Base-T Card Type Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Networking b,N1 b,N1 b,N1 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) b,N1 b,N1 A.04.04, A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Description AD355A HP PCIe 2-Port 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA Card Type Mass Storage Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) — B B — B A.04.05, A.04.06, A.04.07 A.05.03, A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 15 Bootable Cards Supported for vPars on Integrity (continued) Card Product Number Integrity rx7620, rx7640, Superdome rx8620 rx8640 on sx1000 Integrity Supported Superdome Integrity vPars on sx2000 Superdome 2 Release(s) AH402A HP PCIe 8Gb FC Mass Storage — B — B B A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.08 AH403A HP PCIe 2-port 8Gb FC — B — B B A.05.04, A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.
Table 16 vPars A.04.01 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) Card Product Number Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version A6847A Next Gen 1000B-SX (5701 chip) — — —1 2.19 A7011A 1000BaseSX Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — 2.16 — ibautil64.efi 3.03.07.01 A7012A 1000BaseT Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — 2.16 — ibautil64.efi 3.03.07.
Table 17 vPars A.04.02, A.04.03 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) Card Product Number Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.47 3.03.154 — — efiutil.efi 2.09 A6828A A6829A 1-Port/ 2-Port U160 SCSI 1.04.01.00 — — — efi8xxfl.efi efihpvpd.efi 1.01.13 1.00.
Table 18 vPars A.04.04 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File 1-Port/ 2-Port U160 SCSI 1.04.01.00 — — — A6847A Next Gen 1000B-SX (5701 chip) — — —2 2.19 A7011A 1000BaseSX Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — 3.0.03 A7012A 1000BaseT Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — A7173A 2-Port U320 SCSI 1.05.02.00 1.03.35.65 A9782A PCI-X 1000Base-SX 1.
Table 19 vPars A.04.05 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) Card Product Number A6795A Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version 2G FC Tachlite 1.24 — — FCFUPDATE B.00.29 — 1 A6825A Next Gen 1000B-T (5701 chip) — — — 2.4 A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.49 3.03.154 — — efiutil.efi 2.17 A6828A A6829A 1-Port/ 2-Port U160 SCSI 1.04.
Table 19 vPars A.04.05 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) Card Product Number AD355A Description 3 4 Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility — — FCFUPDATE 03.05.01.01 01.23.33.00 — — sasflash.efi HP PCIe 2-Port 4Gb 3.21a3 Fibre Channel HBA AH303A3, 4 HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter 1 2 FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version 2.70x5 Flash Utility Version 1.14.00.
Table 20 vPars A.04.06 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) Card Product Number Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version AB465A PCI-X 2-port 1000B-T/2-port 2Gb FC Combo 1.49 3.03.154 7.0.a (7.0.10) 3.27 efiutil.efi FCFUPDATE 2.17 B.00.29 AB545A 4-port 1000B-T Ethernet — — 3.0.03 — FCFUPDATE B.00.
Table 21 vPars A.05.01 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File 1-Port/ 2-Port U160 SCSI 1.04.01.00 — — — A6847A Next Gen 1000B-SX (5701 chip) — — —1 2.19 A7011A 1000BaseSX Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — 3.0.03 A7012A 1000BaseT Dual Port (Intel® chip) — — A7173A 2-Port U320 SCSI 1.05.02.
Table 22 vPars A.05.02 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) Card Product Number A6795A Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version 2G FC Tachlite 1.37 — — FCFUPDATE B.00.32 — 1 A6825A Next Gen 1000B-T (5701 chip) — — — 2.4 — — A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.50 3.03.171 — — efiutil.efi 2.
Table 23 vPars A.05.03 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) Card Product Number A6795A Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version 2G FC Tachlite 1.37 — — FCFUPDATE B.00.32 1 A6825A Next Gen 1000B-T (5701 chip) — — — 2.4 — — A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.50 3.03.171 — — efiutil.efi 2.30 A6828A A6829A 1-Port/ 2-Port U160 SCSI 1.
Table 23 vPars A.05.03 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) Card Product Number Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version AD222A2, 3 HP PCIe dual port, 3.21a3 4GB, Fiber Channel (FC), and dual port 1000Base-T adapter 2.72a2 3.02.06 — FCFUPDATE AD331A, AD332A PCI-X Single-Port 1000Base-T — — 3.0.13 — FCFUPDATE B.00.
Table 24 vPars A.05.04 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) 54 Card Product Number A6795A Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version 2G FC Tachlite 1.37 — — FCFUPDATE B.00.32 — 1 A6825A Next Gen 1000B-T (5701 chip) — — — 2.4 — — A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.50 3.03.171 — — efiutil.efi 2.
Table 24 vPars A.05.04 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File PCI-X 4Gb FC & 1000Base-T 1.09 4.00.90 3.0.13 PCI-X Single-Port 1000Base-T — — AD393A2, 3 HP PCIe dual-port, 3.
Table 25 vPars A.05.05, A.05.06, and A.05.07 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) 56 Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version A6795A 2G FC Tachlite 1.37 — — — FCFUPDATE B.00.32 A6825A Next Gen 1000B-T (5701 chip) — — —1 2.4 — — A6826A 2-Port 2G Fibre Channel 1.50 3.03.171 — — efiutil.efi 2.
Table 25 vPars A.05.05, A.05.06, and A.05.07 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) (continued) FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File PCI-X 4Gb FC & 1000Base-T 1.09 4.00.90 3.0.13 PCI-X Single-Port 1000Base-T — — AD393A2, 3 HP PCIe dual-port, 3.
Table 26 vPars A.05.08 Minimum Required Card-Related Firmware (EFI, ROM, and Boot Code) Card Product Number1 Description FC/SCSI/RAID FC/SCSI/RAID HBA EFI Driver Firmware Version Version Network (NIC) EFI Firmware Version Boot Code File Flash Utility Flash Utility Version AM225A PCIe 2-port 10GbE-SR — — 5.2.27 2 5.2.512 FCFUPDATE B.00.44 AM232A PCIe 2-port 10GbE-LR — — 5.2.27 2 5.2.512 FCFUPDATE B.00.44 AM233A PCIe 2-port 10GbE-Cu — — 5.2.27 2 5.2.512 FCFUPDATE B.00.
-----------------HP A9782A/LAN Card -------------225 4.3.5 Obtaining and Installing Card Firmware (Integrity) For vPars A.04.xx and A.05.xx, you can download the required HBA EFI utilities, firmware, and EFI drivers for the cards from the web: 1. 1. Go to the http://www.hp.com website. 2. Click the Software & Driver Downloads link. 3. Enter vPars in the search box and click the >> search button. 4. Select the vPars release. 5. 6. 7. • For vPars A.04.xx, select HP-UX 11i v2 Virtual Partitions.
NOTE: EVA GL 5000/3000 with Secure Path is supported with vPars. However, the EVA GL with Secure Path is not supported with Ignite-UX. EVA without Secure Path EVA GLs are supported without Secure Path only under the single path configuration. Single path is defined as 1 HBA directly connected to 1 EVA controller. (Connection from the HBA to a switch or SAN where both controllers can be seen is not considered single path.
• The following interconnect storage device firmware versions are supported with vPars as follows. Device Firmware Version (If Applicable) VA7110 HP18 XP1024 21-03-03 SC10 HP05 Icicle HP62 EMC 6.0 5669, 5670 DS2100 — Brocade Switches • When configuring boot devices via a Brocade switch, if using EMC disk array boot devices, the HBA connection to the Brocade switch must be configured as a G-port.
see the most recent HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide available on the BSC website at www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs. 4.4.4 Ignite-UX Version vPars A.05.xx See the Ignite-UX product documentation for the Ignite-UX version required for HP-UX 11i v3; vPars itself has no special requirements. At this time, HP-UX 11i v3 requires Ignite-UX version C.7.1.x or later. vPars A.04.xx Ignite-UX version C.6.2.241 or later is required. NOTE: Do not use Ignite-UX version C.6.3.xx.
vPars A.04.xx For vPars A.04.xx and iCAP B.07.xx, see the A.04.xx resources chapter of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide for information on using iCAP B.07.xx with vPars A.04.xx. vPars A.03.xx The hang during shutdown documented on page 25 of the vPars A.03.01 RBI is fixed with iCAP B.06.02. vPars A.03.05 vPars A.03.05 requires iCAP version 8.03 or later. NOTE: If you are updating to vPars A.03.05, or are configuring a mixed 11i v1/v2 vPars environment, you must install iCAP version 8.03 (B.
vPars A.05.xx See the Support Tools product documentation for the Support Tools version required for HP-UX 11i v3; vPars itself has no special requirements. vPars A.04.xx STM C.48.00 or later (available from the HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 Update or later). vPars A.03.xx STM A.43.00 or later (along with patch PHSS_28252 or its successor). 4.4.10 High Availability and ServiceGuard Both ServiceGuard and hardware failover capabilities are supported in HP-UX Virtual Partitions.
5 Related Information The following websites provide useful information on related products and topics. • Partitioning, nPartitions, vPars, WLM Information http://www.hp.com/go/partitions • Server Virtualization http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization • HP-UX 11i http://www.hp.com/go/HP-UX • HP Technical Documentation vPars documents are available on the BSC website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs For more information, contact any of HP worldwide sales offices or HP Channel.
