Compaq GS160 - Manual (Page 139)

Operation 7-27
Partitioning a system is done at the QBB level: You can have a maximum of
eight partitions. In hard partitioning mode:
• System partitions are independent.
• Each partition requires its own configuration tree.
• Hardware isolation is required.
• Address spaces are disjointed.
• Failures are isolated to a specific partition.