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QuickSpecs
Configuration
Possible upgrades: If it is important to be able to use the Parmgr GUI on the PA HPUX 11i v1 you can
upgrade HPUX to HWE 0412 and follow the process in Scenario 2. If a customer upgrades to any 11i v1
HWE beyond HWE 0412 (HWE 0509 and later) then the proper nPar provider is already included in the
HWE and the firmware upgrades in Scenario 2 are sufficient to get full functionality.
Scenario 2: PA-8800 partitions or PA-8900 partitions running 11i v1 HWE 0412 mixed with Itanium 2 Scenario 2: Scenario 2: Scenario 2:
1.6 GHz
Known issue with the GUI version of Parmgr: HPUX 11i v1 HWE 0412 introduced Parmgr V2. This
version of Parmgr will exhibit the same issues as Scenario 1 with the minimum required firmware from the
table. However, upgrades to firmware and the nPar provider will make this version of Parmgr fully
functional and capable of managing Integrity partitions. See the upgrade section below for details.
Alternatives to running Parmgr GUI on the PA partitions: These are essentially the same as Scenario 1.
Integrity partitions (and PA partitions) may be managed from the SMS
Integrity partitions (and PA partitions) may be managed by parcmds from any partition
Integrity partitions (and PA partitions) may be managed by the GUI version of Parmgr on any Integrity
partition
The minimum firmware listed in the table above is sufficient for running this configuration.
Possible upgrades: If it is important to be able to use the Parmgr GUI on the PA partitions to manage the Possible upgrades: Possible upgrades: Possible upgrades:
Integrity partitions the following updates must be made to the system:
PDC must be at revision 22.3 or higher in the 11.i v1 partition. This version of PDC contains a single fix
on top of PDC 22.1 that compensates for the byte reversal in the cell info structure between PA and
Integrity (this is due to the different "endianness" of the processors). PDC 22.3 will be released as part of
SMS rel_6.0 in September 2005.
Integrity firmware must be upgraded to the version that supports vPars. This version of Integrity firmware
contains a fix that populates I/O slot information in cell info structures used by the PA partition
management stack. Currently shipping Integrity firmware does not populate this information and causes
the PA management stack to report errors for Integrity cells. This version of Integrity firmware will be
released as part of SMS rel_6.0 in September 2005.
The nPartition provider ("NPar" bundle) must be updated to version B.11.11.01.04 or above. This version
will first be released on HPUX 11.i v1 HWE 0509. The version of nPar provider that shipped with HWE
0412 did not properly handle the single core Madison 9M processors.
Scenario 3: Scenario 3: Scenario 3: PA-8800 partition or PA-8900 partition running 11.i v2 (HWE 0409 or 0505) mixed with Scenario 3:
Itanium 2 1.6 GHz
This is the simplest scenario. The minimum firmware listed in the table is sufficient and all the partition
management tools just work. The PA partition can manage other PA partitions and the Integrity partition
and vice versa. Enjoy.
Scenario 4: Scenario 4: Scenario 4: PA-8800 or PA-8900 partitions running a mixture of the above scenarios mixed with Itanium Scenario 4:
2 1.6 GHz
The previous scenarios apply to the individual partition pairs. For instance, say you have a Superdome
with a PA8800 11.i v1 HWE0406 partition, a PA8900 11.i v1 HWE0412 partition a PA8800 11.i v2
partition and an Integrity partition. As described in Scenario 1 the PA8800 11.i v1 HWE0406 partition
will not be able to recognize the Integrity cells. Manage the Integrity partition from the SMS, the PA8800
11.i v2 partition or using parcmds. As described in Scenario 2, the PA8900 11.i v1 HWE0412 partition
cannot manage the Integrity partition with out the firmware and nPar provider upgrades outlined above.
Use the SMS, the PA 11.i v2 partition or parcmds to manage the Integrity partition.
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