3-2 Getting Started with Logical Partitions
3.1
Environment Variables Used
Four environment variables and the lpinit command define partitions.
Figure 3–1 Environment Variables and lpinit Command
lp_count (0, 2, or 3)
P0
P1
define:
1. Number of partitions:
2. CPU modules in each partition:
Environment Variables
lpinit command
initializes partitions defined
lp_cpu_mask* (bit mask)
3. I/O modules in each partition:
lp_mem_mode isolate
lp_io_mask* (bit mask)
P0
P1
P0
P0
P1
P1
4. Memory mode:
P00>>> lpinit
BX-0100G-99
