IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console: Version 8 Release 8.1.0 EnhancementsThe IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power SystemsTM servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide, SG24-7491. It explains the new features of IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console Version V8.8.1.0. The major function that the HMC provides are Power Systems server hardware management and virtualization (partition) management. You can find information about virtualization management in the following documents:
The following new features of HMC V8.8.1.0 are described:
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Capable True Capacity Monitor Capacity On Demand Capture Configuration Click OK client partition Create Partition custom template Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated Default deployment wizard displays DLPAR dynamic logical partitioning firmware Hardware Management Console Hardware Virtualized I/O Hypervisor IBM Power Systems IBM Redbooks Level Utilization Link Aggregation Linux logical partition logical ports LPAR Manage PowerVM managed system Memory Pool mkprofdata network bridge operating system options pane partition configuration Partition from Template partition template Performance and Capacity Physical I/O Adapters Power Enterprise Pools POWER8 processor-based systems Processing Units processor compatibility mode processor mode Properties Remote Restart right-click Scheduled Operation settings Shared Storage Pool shown in Figure specified SR-IOV Storage Pool Volume suit your environment system template Systems Management Systems Management Servers target system Template Library Template Name trend graphs Updates Utilization Trend Virtual Fibre Channel Virtual I/O Server Virtual Optical Device Virtual SCSI Virtual Storage VLAN window