Physical resources 360 includes physical resources 367-371 which may be implemented as input/output devices connected to a platform, such as, for example, platform 200 via input/output adapters 248-262 in FIG. 2, as sections of memory or memories, such as for example, one of memories 240-246 in FIG. 2, or as sections of a storage device, such as for example, storage 270 in FIG. 2.