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QuickSpecs HP-UX 11i Virtual Partitions (vPars) Overview

Currently shipping versions:

HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions vA.05.07 HP-UX 11i v2 Virtual Partitions vA.04.07 HP-UX 11i v1 Virtual Partitions vA.03.05 Description HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) software partitioning product carves up an individual hard partition or server into several smaller virtual servers, each with their own operating system, resources, and applications. Any application or operating system-related failures can only impact or bring down the vPar in which it is executing-without affecting other virtual partitions executing on the same system. Since vPars simply parses separate resources to different virtual partitions, the technology is simple, with high performance.

Features Provides operating system, application and resource isolation within a server or hardware partition Failure is isolated to that specific virtual partition (vPar); other virtual partitions are unaffected High performance software partitioning product, due to: Separate processor core, memory, and I/O H/W resources per partition Cell local resource support Resource granularities: processor core, I/O slot Memory: On legacy: minimum is 64MB; default is 128 MB. On Superdome 2 servers: minimum is 256 MB; default is 1024 MB.Provides operating system parameter independence per virtual partition Individual vPar reconfiguration and reboot Online creation and deletion of virtual partitions Enables application specific O/S tuning Applications run the same within a virtual partition as they do in a standalone OS Configuration of virtual partitions allowed from any virtual partition, or from designated virtual partitions, using flexible admin option (A.03.03+) On legacy Integrity servers, mixed HP-UX 11i vPars supported within an nPartition or HP server Mixing revisions of Minimum 11iv1 Minimum 11iv2 Minimum 11iv3 HP-UX vPars vPar version vPar version vPar version 11i v1/v2 (PA only) A.03.05 A.04.05 N/A 11i v1/v3 (PA only) A.03.05 N/A A.05.03 11i v2/v3 (PA & IA) N/A A.04.02 A.05.01 11i v1/v2/v3 (PA only) A.03.05 A.04.05 A.05.03 Has multiple ways for deploying and managing, via integration with HP Insight Dynamics -- VSE and other tools: Visual view of virtual partition management via Virtualization Manager Configuration of virtual partitions allowed from any virtual partition, or from a dedicated virtual partition using flexible admin option. Faster deployment since Ignite/UX is vPars aware Command line interface (CLI) Additional resources through iCAP Integration with Serviceguard for failover or proactive workload balancing

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QuickSpecs HP-UX 11i Virtual Partitions (vPars) Overview Configuration Hard partitions can contain multiple virtual partitions; however, a virtual partition cannot span multiple nPartitions. Maximum virtual partitions per nPartition: 8 on legacy Integrity cell-based servers 16 on the new Integrity Superdome 2 servers (assuming a max of 4 vPars per cell-blade) On legacy Integrity, each virtual partition can be supported in an nPartition with a maximum of 8 cells NOTE: Within a particular nPartition, you cannot run HP-UX 11i Virtual Partitions and either dynamic nPartitions (on legacy Integrity servers) or Integrity Virtual Machines System must have appropriate version of HP UX 11i, and the firmware for that vPars release Each virtual partition needs: One or more processor cores A certain amount of memory A bootable disk device (may use a combination card) A network connection (not absolutely required) Independent storage (may be direct attached or SAN)

For more detailed information, see the product documentation, HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide at: http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals

HP-UX 11i Virtual Partitions (vPars) are supported with HP Serviceguard. For more information, please refer to:

HP Serviceguard Cluster Configuration for HP-UX 11i or Linux Partitioned Systems" White Paper at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs

Support A variety of service options are available from HP. For this product, there are software support services, ranging from standard reactive services up to mission critical support services, as well as implementation services, consulting services and training. For more information, please contact your local HP office or your HP authorized reseller.

Requirements Hardware and Operating system:

Only midrange or high-end cell or cell-blade HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers have HP-UX Virtual Partitions. That includes: The HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers HP Integrity servers (based on the sx1000 and sx2000 chipsets): HP Integrity Superdome. HP Superdome with sx2000, HP rx8640, HP rx8620, HP rx7640, HP rx7620HP 9000 servers (based on the sx1000 and sx2000 chipsets): HP 9000 Superdome, HP 9000 Superdome with sx2000, HP rp8440, The HP 9000: HP rp8420, HP rp8400, HP rp7440, HP rp7420, HP rp7410, HP rp7405 There are separate versions of vPars for the different versions of HP-UX 11i: v1, v2, v3. (NOTE: HP-UX 11i v1 only runs on the HP 9000 servers.)

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QuickSpecs HP-UX 11i Virtual Partitions (vPars) Overview Miscellaneous How the media for this product is currently distributed:

For T1335BC, HP-UX 11i v2 Virtual Partitions: Distributed both stand-alone and as part of the VSE Suite media For T1335DC-2AH HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions: Stand-alone orders: distributed on the HP-UX 11i v3 Application Release VSE Suite orders: distributed in the VSE Suite media HP-UX 11i v3 VSE or DC-OE Operating Environment orders: distributed on the HP-UX 11i v3 OE media

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