84 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
technology, other advanced virtualization functions such as Shared Dedicated Capacity
can be exploited.
PowerVM Enterprise Edition
The Enterprise edition is suitable for large server deployments such as multi-server
deployments and cloud infrastructure. This edition includes all the features of PowerVM
Standard Edition plus a new capability called Live Partition Mobility. Live Partition Mobility
allows for the movement of a running AIX or Linux partition from one POWER7
processor-based server to another with no application downtime, resulting in better
system use, improved application availability, and potential energy savings. With Live
Partition Mobility, planned application downtime due to regular server maintenance can be
a thing of the past.
For each VIOS license ordered, an order for either the one-year (5771-VIO) or three-year
(5773-VIO) Software Maintenance (SWMA) is also submitted. You must purchase a license
for each active processor on the server.
Table 3-3 lists the PowerVM Edition available on each model of POWER7 processor-based
blade servers with their feature code:
Table 3-3 PowerVM Edition and feature codes
Table 3-4 lists the offerings of the three PowerVM editions for Power7 blades.
Table 3-4 PowerVM capabilities by edition for POWER7-based blades
Note: PowerVM Express Edition, PowerVM Standard Edition, and PowerVM Enterprise
Edition are optional when running AIX or Linux. PowerVM Express Edition, PowerVM
Standard Edition or PowerVM Enterprise Edition is required when running the IBM i
operating system on the PS 700, PS701 and PS702 Blade Servers
Blade Servers Power VM Express Power VM Standard PowerVM Enterprise
PS700 #5225 #5227 #5228
PS701 #5225 #5227 #5228
PS702 #5225 #5227 #5228
Note: It is possible to upgrade from the Express Edition to the Standard or Enterprise
Edition, and from Standard to Enterprise Editions.
PowerVM Offerings Express Standard Enterprise
Micro-partitions
Ye s Ye s Ye s
Maximum LPARs up to 3 per server 10 per core 10 per core
Management IVM IVM IVM
Virtual I/O Server
Ye s Ye s Ye s
NPIV
Ye s Ye s Ye s
Live Partition Mobility
No No Ye s
Active Memory Sharing
No No Ye s
LX86
Ye s Ye s Ye s
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