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host
The
, which is the controlling operating system that allows multiple
(VMs) to be booted on a single server or nPartition.
1.
2.
A system or partition that is running an instance of an operating system.
Integrity VM
HP Integrity Virtual Machines. The HP product that allows you to install and run multiple systems
(
) on the same physical
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
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
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
created by default when
is installed on a
. The local network
created by this vswitch can be used for communications among
but not for communication
between the VM Host 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
servers can be grouped into an Integrity
VM MSE group, as required when a set of Integrity VM servers is also configured as a
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
.
See also core.
Serviceguard
HP Serviceguard. A product that allows you to create high-availability
of HP 9000 or HP
Integrity servers. By installing Serviceguard on an HP Integrity VM Host system, Serviceguard can
manage
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 VM Host system fails, the
guests automatically fail over to another node in the Integrity VM multiserver environment (
). By installing Serviceguard on HP Integrity guests, each guest becomes a Serviceguard
cluster node. When a virtual machine fails, the guest applications can fail over to another guest
configured as a Serviceguard node or to another server or partition.
shared vswitch
A
that can be used by more than one active
.
Utilization Provider
The
services provider for real-time utilization data from
vCPU
Virtual CPU. A single-core virtual processor in a
.
See also core, processor.
virtual CPU
See vCPU.
virtual machine
A software entity provided by HP
. This technology allows a single
server or
to act as a
for multiple individual virtual machines, each running its
own instance of an operating system (referred to as a
). Virtual machines are managed
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