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Relationship Between nPar and vPar Systems

In the HP-UX nPar system, there can be multiple nPars. Each nPar identifies the other nPar by its partition ID and partition name. All of these nPars share the same serial number.

The nPar does not have any information about:

• The host name of the other nPars
• Any vPar system it owns

Note: One nPar system can have multiple vPars.

Similarly, for the vPar system, each vPar identifies the other vPar by its partition name. All of these vPars share the same serial number with their parent nPar.

The vPar knows about:

• The nPar it belongs to
• The other vPars this nPar owns, and their partition name

However, the vPar does not have information about the host name of the other vPars. The other vPar systems identify themselves with the partition name.