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Step-by-step virtualization configuration on an IBM eServer p5 server, part 1: configure VIO Server
Abstract
The IBM® Virtual I/O Server (VIO Server), announced in July 2004, facilitates the sharing of physical resources between partitions on the IBM eServer™ p5 family of servers. The innovative VIO Server technology is driven by the IBM POWER5™ Virtualization Engine™. This paper offers a step-by-step (screen-by-screen) explanation of the process for installing a VIO Server on an eServer p5 model 9117-570. This paper serves as a guide for installing a VIO Server on all models of the eServer p5 family of servers.
NOTE: A step-by-step illustration of the process for configuring a client partition is explained in Part 2 of this set of three white papers. The third paper in this series demonstrates how to configure the Virtual devices.
Introduction
Virtual I/O Server and Partition Load Manager are part of the Advanced POWER™ Virtualization Engine hardware feature. Together with Partition Load Manager, the VIO Server provides:
Micro-Partitioning™ support for up to 10 logical partitions to share one processor
Virtual SCSI (VSCSI) disks that allow partitions to share physical storage adapters and devices
Automated CPU and memory reconfiguration
Real-time partition configuration and load statistics
Support for dedicated and shared processor logical partitioning (LPAR) groups
Support for manual provisioning of resources
Virtual networking
The VIO Server is a single function appliance that resides in a partition to provide Virtual SCSI target and shared Ethernet adapter Virtual I/O function to client partitions. This partition is not intended to run applications or for general user logins. The VIO Server partition is created using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The VIO Server installation media ships with eServer p5 servers and is installed via CD. It supports the following operating environments as client partitions: IBM AIX 5L™ Version 5.3, SUSE Linux™ Enterprise Server 9 for POWER, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER, Version 3, as VIO clients.
[ 本帖最后由 小猪 于 2007-12-4 07:09 编辑 ]
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