IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration

Scott Vetter, Mel Cordero, Lucio Correia, Hai Lin, Vamshikrishna Thatikonda, Rodrigo Xavier, IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks, Jun 9, 2017 - Computers - 786 pages

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an introduction to PowerVMTM virtualization technologies on Power System servers.

PowerVM is a combination of hardware, firmware, and software that provides CPU, network, and disk virtualization. These are the main virtualization technologies:

POWER7, POWER6, and POWER5 hardware
POWER Hypervisor
Virtual I/O Server

Though the PowerVM brand includes partitioning, management software, and other offerings, this publication focuses on the virtualization technologies that are part of the PowerVM Standard and Enterprise Editions.

This publication is also designed to be an introduction guide for system administrators, providing instructions for these tasks:

Configuration and creation of partitions and resources on the HMC
Installation and configuration of the Virtual I/O Server
Creation and installation of virtualized partitions
Examples using AIX, IBM i, and Linux

This edition has been updated with the latest updates available and an improved content organization.

Contents

• Figures: 13
• Processor virtualization overview: 19
• Memory virtualization overview: 25
• IO virtualization overview: 35
• Server virtualization overview: 79
• Management console overview: 85
• Plan: 91
• Processor virtualization planning: 111
• Memory virtualization planning: 143
• Server virtualization planning: 257
• Install: 311
• Server virtualization implementation: 355
• Set up: 387
• Memory virtualization setup: 403
• IO virtualization setup: 421
• Server virtualization setup: 621
• Appendix: 675
• Appendix B POWER processor modes: 685
• Appendix E Active Memory Expansion: 699
• E1 Active Memory Expansion example partition: 701
• Appendix F IBM i Virtual Partition Manager: 707
• Appendix G AIX Workload Partitions: 711
• H1 The partition and slot numbering plan of virtual storage adapters: 718
• H5 The SPT Edit Virtual Slots window: 722
• H6 System Planning Tool ready to be deployed: 723
• H9 The System Plan validation window: 724
• H11 The Deployment Steps: 725
• H12 The Deployment Progress window: 726
• H13 Partition profiles deployed on the HMC: 727
• Initial setup checklist: 728
• Index: 741

Bibliographic information

• Title: IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration; IBM redbooks
• Authors: Scott Vetter, Mel Cordero, Lucio Correia, Hai Lin, Vamshikrishna Thatikonda, Rodrigo Xavier, IBM Redbooks
• Publisher: IBM Redbooks, 2017
• ISBN: 0738438146, 9780738438146
• Length: 786 pages
• Subjects: Computers / General