Utilization provider, Integrity vm, Legacy addressing – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual
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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 VM. 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 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
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 vPars.
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 VSP system, Serviceguard can
manage
or
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 (
). By installing Serviceguard on HP Integrity guests, each guest becomes
a Serviceguard cluster node. When a virtual machine or 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
that can be used by more than one active
or
.
Utilization Provider
The
services provider for real-time utilization data from
virtual CPU
See CPU.
virtual machine
A software entity provided by HP
. This technology allows a single server or
to act as a
for multiple individual VMs, each running its own instance of an operating system
(referred to as a
). VMs are managed systems under Matrix Operating Environment for
HP-UX. Other providers of VMs include VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V.
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