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Preface
Intended Audience
This manual is written for anyone wishing to understand the concepts and
requirements of logical partitions for a Compaq AlphaServer GS140 system, as
well as how to use the console firmware to define them.
Document Structure
This manual uses a structured documentation design. Topics are organized into
small sections for efficient online and printed reference. Each topic begins with
an abstract. You can quickly gain a comprehensive overview by reading only
the abstracts. Next is an illustration or example, which also provides quick
reference. Last in the structure are descriptive text and syntax definitions.
This manual has five chapters, as follows:
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Chapter 1, Introduction, gives an overview of logical partitions.
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Chapter 2, Configuration Rules, describes the hardware you need to run
logical partitions.
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Chapter 3, Environment Variable Settings, describes the environment
variables used to define logical partitions for an operating system.
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Chapter 4, Setting Up, Initializing, and Booting Logical Partitions ,
describes the sequence of console firmware commands you need to use to
enable logical partitioning and boot/install the operating system.
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Chapter 5, Tips and Troubleshooting, gives pointers on how to perform
common operations, correct problems, and run tools to debug a partition.
