In September 2021 IBM introduced the new E1080 server which uses our next generation for IBM Power processor, Power10. The E1080 is designed to scale core operational workloads and AI applications securely and efficiently across hybrid cloud. See Key Features of Power10 for an...
The establishment of a PowerVM Trusted System Key assists with providing a total security solution for your Power enterprise. For example, if you need to perform a Live Partition Mobility operation but there is a problem with the hardware TPM device, the Trusted System Key allows for secure...
Starting with system firmware FW950 and HMC 9.2.950 , the Platform Key S tore (PKS) feature creates an encrypted non-volatile store . This store provides logical partition s with additional capabilities to protect sensitive information. PowerVM provides an isolated PKS ...
IBM Virtualization Best Practice Guide - Version 4 updates The IBM Power System Performance team recently published an update to the IBM POWER Virtualization Best Practices Guide . This guide provides information, examples and in-depth information about the following topics: ...
Overview Platform firmware subsystems (Service processor firmware, PowerVM hypervisor) and the Operating Systems (logical partitions) generate and record Error/Event Logs for several types of events occurring on the system. These errors could be a result of a periodic diagnostic operation...
All Power servers for Power7 and newer allow for improved I/O adapter performance by reserving additional memory for high speed adapters. This additional memory is used to increase the I/O Address Translation Tables (ATT) in the Hypervisor and in turn increase the maximum DMA window a device...
vNIC (Virtual Network Interface Controller) is a new PowerVM virtual networking technology that delivers enterprise capabilities and simplifies network management. It is a high performance, efficient technology that when combined with SR-IOV NIC provides bandwidth control Quality of Service (QoS...
Last fall, we released the vNIC feature in PowerVM 2.2.4 ( vNIC - Introducing a New PowerVM Virtual Networking Technology ). vNIC is a new virtual networking technology that leverages the SR-IOV adapters and delivers high-performance and bandwidth apportioning Quality of Service (QoS) in...
Introduction PowerVM’s SR-IOV technology allows a partition to have direct access to a shared physical adapter to provide low overhead, high performance networking. Previously, partition mobility operations were not allowed when a partition’s configuration included direct access to physical I...