Glossary

a CPU that cannot be migrated from or to partitions while the involved partitions are running. Bound CPUs can handle I/O interrupts.

the vPars ability to add or remove floater CPUs while a partition is running.

a physical partition of a computer that divides the computer into groups of cell boards where each groups operates independently of other groups. A hard partition can run a single instance of HP-UX or be further divided into virtual partitions.

a CPU that can be migrated from and to partitions while the involved partitions are running. Unbound CPUs cannot handle I/O interrupts. Unbound CPUs are also referred to as floater CPUs.

a vPars feature that allows console I/O to be multiplexed to one hardware console port.

a software partition of a computer or hard partition where each virtual partition contains an instance of HP-UX. Though a hard partition can contain multiple virtual partitions, the inverse is not true. A virtual partition cannot span a hard partition boundary.

HP software product that allows software partitioning.

the program that manages resources using the partition database, boots virtual partitions and their kernels, and emulates certain firmware calls.

the database that contains the configuration for all the virtual partitions.