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...
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...
I recently spoke with a major client who was a big fan like me of Live Partition Mobility, or LPM. Live Partition Mobility is a vital aspect of concurrent maintenance on IBM POWER servers. LPM enables migration (e.g. MOVING IN REAL TIME) of running partitions from one physical server to another...
Introduction I BM has multiple test organizations with their own specific missions. In the System Assurance organization there is a Software Test team, Hardware Test team, and Storage Test Team. The Software Test mission includes verification of Operation Systems, VIOS, and Management...
Overview Towards the end of 2007, when HMC support for Live Partition Mobility (LPM) was first released in V7R3.2.0, both source and target managed systems had to be managed by the same HMC. Starting with the V7R3.4.0 release one year later, the source and target could be managed by two...
Live Partition Mobility (LPM) allows active partitions to be migrated from one Power server to another Power server without any downtime. LPM provides for 24x7 operations even if there is a planned outage such as for hardware repairs or firmware updates. Starting with server firmware FW920,...
Partition Mobility is a function that has become critical to many customers environments to provide higher availability for planned outage such as firmware or server updates, workload balancing between servers and such. Because of this, we are frequently providing additional enhancements and...
PowerVM Version 2.2.5 is a major upgrade that includes many new enhancements. As with prior PowerVM releases, one of the major areas of focus has been improvements to Live Partition Mobility (LPM). LPM is at the heart of any cloud solution and provides higher availability for planned outages....
PowerVM Version 2.2.4 is a major upgrade that includes many new enhancements. One of the major areas of focus has been improvements to Live Partition Mobility (LPM). LPM is at the heart of any cloud solution and provides higher availability for planned outages. Better NPIV Storage...