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host The VSP, which is the controlling operating system that allows multiple virtual partitions (VMs)
to be booted on a single server or nPartition.
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2. A system or partition that is running an instance of an operating system.
Integrity VM HP Integrity Virtual Partitions. The HP product that allows you to install and run multiple systems
(virtual partitions) on the same physical host system.
legacy addressing The storage device addressing model that uses the device special file (DSF) path as defined in
HP-UX 11i v2 and earlier versions. In contrast to the agile addressing model introduced with
HP-UX 11i v3, the legacy device special file (DSF) is bound to a specific hardware path to a
storage device. For this reason, a device with multiple paths is represented by several legacy
DSFs. If the physical storage device is reconnected to a host through a different host bus adapter
(HBA) or a different target port, the address represented by the DSF is affected, requiring
reconfiguration of applications, volume managers, or file systems. Likewise, if additional paths
are offered to a given LUN (through the addition of a new SCSI controller or new SCSI target
paths), an equal number of additional DSFs are required to address them.
See also agile addressing.
localnet A vswitch created by default when Integrity VM is installed on a VSP. The local network created
by this vswitch can be used for communications among guests but not for communication between
the VSP and any guest or between any external system and a VM guest.
managed node A system running under HP Systems Insight Manager/HP Matrix Operating Environment. Systems
become managed nodes through the Systems Insight Manager discovery mechanism.
managed system See managed node.
MSE group Multiserver Environment group. A set of Integrity VM servers can be grouped into an Integrity
VM MSE group, as required when a set of Integrity VM servers is also configured as a
Serviceguard cluster.
NIC Network interface card. Also called LAN card, LAN adapter, or PPA.
nPartition A partition in a cell-based server that consists of one or more cells, and one or more I/O chassis.
Each nPartition operates independently of other nPartitions and either runs a single instance of
an operating system or is further divided into virtual partitions.
nPartitions can be used as compartments managed by Global Workload Manager (gWLM) as
long as several requirements are met. Refer to the gWLM online help for a description of nPartition
requirements.
processor Also referred to as the central processor unit (CPU), a processor is the hardware component in
a computer that processes instructions and plugs into a processor socket. A processor can contain
more than one core.
See also core.
Serviceguard HP Serviceguard. A product that allows you to create high-availability clusters of HP 9000 or HP
Integrity servers. By installing Serviceguard on an HP Integrity VSP system, Serviceguard can
manage Integrity VM virtual partitions as Serviceguard packages. A Serviceguard package
groups application services (individual HP-UX processes) together and maintains them on multiple
nodes in the cluster, making them available for failover. When the VSP system fails, the guests
automatically fail over to another node in the Integrity VM multiserver environment (MSE group).
By installing Serviceguard on HP Integrity guests, each guest becomes a Serviceguard cluster
node. When a virtual partition fails, the guest applications can fail over to another guest configured
as a Serviceguard node or to another server or partition.
shared vswitch A vswitch that can be used by more than one active virtual partition.
Utilization Provider The WBEM services provider for real-time utilization data from managed systems.
virtual CPU See CPU.
virtual network A LAN that is shared by the virtual partitions running on the same VSP or in the same Serviceguard
cluster.
virtual partition A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Partitions. This technology allows a single server
or nPartition to act as a VSP for multiple individual virtual partitions, each running its own instance
of an operating system (referred to as a guest OS). Virtual partitions are managed systems under
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