IBM BladeCenter PS700 User Manual

98 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
For additional information about NPIV, see the following resources:
򐂰 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage, SG24-7825
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247825.html
򐂰 IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247590.html
NPIV is supported in PowerVM Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions on the IBM
POWER7 processor-based systems.
3.3.8 Supported PowerVM features by operating system
Table 3-7 summarizes the PowerVM features that are supported by the operating systems
and that are compatible with the POWER7 processor-based blade servers.
Table 3-7 PowerVM features supported on AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
Feature AIX
V5.3
AIX
V6.1
IBM i
6.1.1
SLES
10 SP3
SLES
11 SP1
RHEL
5.5
Dynamic simultaneous
multithreading (SMT)
Ye s
a
a. Support for only two threads
Ye s
b
b. AIX 6.1 up to TL4 SP2 supports only two threads, and supports four threads as of TL4 SP3
Ye s
c
c. IBM i 6.1.1 and later support SMT4
Ye s
a
Ye s Ye s
DLPAR I/O adapter add/remove
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
DLPAR processor add/remove
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
DLPAR memory add
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
DLPAR memory remove
Ye s Ye s Ye s No Ye s No
Micro-Partitioning
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Shared Dedicated Capacity
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Virtual I/O Server
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
IVM
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Virtual SCSI
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Virtual Ethernet
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
NPIV
Ye s Ye s Ye s No Ye s Ye s
Live Partition Mobility
Ye s Ye s No Ye s Ye s Ye s
Active Memory Sharing
No Ye s Ye s No Ye s No
Note: Most of the features listed in Table 3-7 require that IVM and VIOS be installed.
Native OS does not support the functions described in Table 3-7.

IBM BladeCenter PS700 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	BladeCenter PS700
Category	Server
Language	English