HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3 Release Notes (762790-001, July 2014) (Edition: 1.6)
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3 Release Notes
- Contents
- HP secure development lifecycle
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing or upgrading to HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3
- 3 New functionality and changes from earlier versions
- 3.1 New features and enhancements
- 3.1.1 Enhanced capability for emulated platform NVRAM (Non Volatile RAM)
- 3.1.2 Increased resources for Integrity VM guests
- 3.1.3 Dynamic addition of I/O devices
- 3.1.4 PCI OLR support on Superdome 2 VSPs
- 3.1.5 AVIO Networking improvements
- 3.1.6 AVIO Storage improvements
- 3.1.7 Greater flexibility for online VM migration
- 3.1.8 Improvements to Virtual Server Management
- 3.1.9 Improvements to VSP resource management
- 3.2 Changes from previous versions
- 3.1 New features and enhancements
- 4 Known problems, limitations, and workarounds
- 4.1 CPU/vCPU
- 4.2 Memory
- 4.3 Networking
- 4.3.1 Cannot remove a VLAN-based vNIC if the VLAN has been removed
- 4.3.2 hpvmhwmgmt might add ports in link aggregates into the DIO pool
- 4.3.3 DIO limitations
- 4.3.4 Known issues or limitations with DIO support for 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe)
- 4.3.5 DIO-capable functions might become inconsistent with information in vPar or VM device database
- 4.3.6 When DIO device is assigned or removed from the DIO pool, error messages appear multiple times
- 4.4 Storage
- 4.4.1 Presenting a Logical Volume created on iSCSI devices as AVIO backing store to a guest not supported
- 4.4.2 Size change operations on a SLVM volume based backing store do not get reflected in the vPar or VM
- 4.4.3 The hpvmdevinfo command may not list the correct host to guest device mapping for legacy AVIO backing stores
- 4.4.4 Probe of NPIV HBAs for Fibre Channel targets may timeout
- 4.4.5 NPIV LUNs not shown by default invocation of ioscan
- 4.4.6 The interrupt balancing daemon must not be enabled in vPars and Integrity VM guests
- 4.4.7 Online addition of DMP device as backing store is not supported
- 4.5 VM <—> vPar conversion
- 4.6 Migration, Suspend, and Resume operations on Integrity VM guests
- 4.6.1 Use of -F with hpvmmigrate on a suspended VM can cause VM to be not runnable on both source and target
- 4.6.2 Copy of a vPar or VM might be left in runnable state if migration fails
- 4.6.3 Interrupt migration of vNICs during Online guest migration can result in network disconnectivity
- 4.6.4 Physical NIC link state change during hpvmsuspend to hpvmresume may result vNIC in down state
- 4.6.5 Offline migration of a guest- with multiple DIO resources might succeed with errors if the DIO devices are added under the same label
- 4.7 User interface—CLI
- 4.8 Known system crashes, panics, hangs and MCAs
- 5 HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM support policy
- 5.1 Support duration
- 5.2 VSP firmware requirements
- 5.3 VSP server and OS support
- 5.4 HP-UX version support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.5 Storage device support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.6 Network device support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.7 Support for migration of vPars and Integrity VMs
- 6 Support and other resources
- 7 Documentation feedback
• Broadcom: Device Level Assignment (DLA)
◦ LOMs: BL8x0c i2, Superdome 2 i2/i4
◦ Stand-Up Cards: AM225A/AM232A/AM233A
◦ Mezzanine Cards: NC532m
◦ Broadcom cards must be running this firmware version or later: ROM Firmware (Boot
code) Version: 6.2.21
NOTE: You can obtain the ROM firmware from HP.COM.
◦ Broadcom VSP and vPars/VMs must be running this minimum driver version: 10GigEthr-02
(iexgbe) B.11.31.1203.
• Emulex: Function Level Assignment (FLA)
◦ Stand-Up Cards: AT118A
◦ CNA Stand Up (NIC only): AT111A
◦ Mezzanine Cards: NC552m
◦ CNA Mezzanine (NIC only): NC553m
◦ BL8X0c i4 Embedded CNIC: NC553i
◦ Emulex cards must be running this firmware version or later: ROM Firmware Version :
3.X04.356.3
◦ Emulex VSP and vPars/VMs must be running this minimum driver version: 10GigEthr-03
(iocxgbe) B.11.31.1203
NOTE: All drivers must be from HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 or later.
5.7 Support for migration of vPars and Integrity VMs
vPars and Integrity VMs may be migrated among VSPs, as per the details given in this section.
5.7.1 Terminology
• Online migration
Migration of an active Integrity VM guest from its current VSP to another VSP, without disruption
to operation of the guest.
• Offline migration
Migration of an inactive vPar or Integrity VM guest, from its current VSP to another VSP.
• Forward migration
Migration of a vPar or Integrity VM guest from a VSP with one version of HP-UX virtualization
software (HP Integrity VM or HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.x), to a VSP with the same or
a newer version of HP-UX virtualization software.
• Fallback migration
Migration of an active Integrity VM guest, which has been booted on a VSP running one
version of HP-UX virtualization software (HP Integrity VM or HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM
V6.x) and has been forward migrated online, from its current VSP to a VSP with a version of
HP-UX virtualization software that is the same (including patch levels) or newer than the VSP
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