Introducing HP’s Partitioning Continuum * Partitioning terminology * HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) * Processor-based and cell-based systems * Server virtualization concepts * CPU resources * HP-UX partition management with nPars/vPars Addressing Hardware * HP servers supporting the partitioning continuum * Server maximum configurations * Partition configuration key point * HP-UX address types * HP-UX hardware, slot, and EFI hardware addresses * Mapping ACPI to LBA * Addressing tools summary * Selecting a boot device from EFI Introduction to Ignite-UX * What is Ignite-UX? * Ignite-UX use models * Interacting with Ignite-UX * Ignite-UX recovery options Virtual Partitions (vPars) Preparation and Planning * vPars concepts * vPars database * PA-RISC and Integrity nPar/vPar boot sequences * vPars installation minimum requirements * Planning CPU, Memory, and I/O resource allocations for vPars * vPars in a Mixed HP-UX version environment * Configuring vPars to use dynamic memory Administering Node Partitions (nPars) * What are node partitions? * Partition planning * First and Genesis partitions * Supported nPar configurations * Interleaved and cell-local memory * Remote nPar administration * HP-UX nPar management tools * parmgr architecture and using parmgr * nPars commands * PA-RISC and Integrity nPar boot sequence Virtual Partitions Management * Display vPars status * Find unused resources in a vPars environmet * Migrate CPUs and Memory between running vPars * Flexible administrative capability * vPars - Ignite-UX considerations * make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery Integrity Virtual Machines Overview * Virtualization concepts, and terminology * Shared resources Virtual Machines (VM) * VM host, Virtual Machines, and VM guests * The Integrity Virtual Machine Manager GUI * Guest virtual networks and storage devices * Restricted devices Preparing the Server for Integrity VM * Installation Pre-requisites * Creating Virtual Networks and Storage backing devices Creating and running Integrity Virtual Machines * Integrity VM administration, configuration, and VM management * VM CPU , memory, and I/O allocation * Accessing a Virtual Machines Console Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines * Implementing VLANs * Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) * Dynamic Memory * Clone and migrate Virtual Machines * Monitor VMs resource utilization * Serviceguard and HP Integrity VM Creating Virtual Partitions * vPars commands * Interacting with the vPars Monitor * Setting Integrity environment variables to allow booting in a vPars environment * Managing and accessing the vPars Console