Re: LPARs

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On i5 hardware, partition 00 is reserved for the HMC/FSP.  The FSP is the
Flexible Service Processor, which is a proprietary (hidden) LINUX partition
on every i5.  It is locked at the hip with the HMC, if one exists.  Just
like every marriage, when they fight and don't talk, nothing gets done!

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The real issue is what shows up when our authorization code check
routines ask the box what LPAR they're running in. I don't even know (or
care) what LPAR APIs do.

Do non-LPARed machines still identify themselves, at the MI level, as
LPAR 00?

I am, however, still puzzled about this business of the FSP and/or HMC
being LPAR 00, and at least on an academic level, I'd like to know more
about this.

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