Lpars on HP Proliant Server with RED HAT LINUX

[polani]

Hi Guys

A bit difficult task for me is aked by my management. My management wants to implement logical partitions ( in terms of Processors and memory and other resources ) on a newly purchased HP proliant server.

I have few questions , which i believe may appear foolish to u experienced guys but still have no other options than to ask:

1. There are no RED HAT CDs with this new system . Should i ask HP server provider to provide RED hat Linux CDs ( company has to purchase license , off course ) or i can download the enterprise distribution of red hat linux.


2. How can i implement Lpars here ... i have an IBM background where HMC ( hardware management console ) is there to do all laprs and resources distribution.
Will it be done on HP server basis or on Linux OS basis.

I appreciate if you guys may help me with some web links and guides also.

Thanks

Regards

Huy Jones


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[Kozusnik]

I'm sorry. I was unaware that HP had that type of technology. I know it's possible on iSeries and pSeries (IBMer too). I know you can do it through virtualization, i.e. VMWare, but I've not heard of a hardware "LPAR" for Intel-based HP servers. I hope someone can answer this for you, I'd be interested to read it.

Good luck,
Mark