iSeries. mySeries.
Architecture
TIMI
HMC
Hardware
Power Hypervisor
P1 P2 P3 P4
SLIC
i5/OS
Open
Firmware
RTAS
Linux
Open
Firmware
RTAS
AIX
Starting a LINUX or AIX partition
Hypervisor will operates ...
Open Firmware contains boot-time drivers and the boot manager
RTAS is a service that passes platform-dependent system calls to the Hypervisor
Other is characteristic to the guest operating system
E.g. Linux has a “monolithic” kernel, while AIX has a “microkernel-hybrid” structure
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Architecture
HMC
Service
Processor
NVRAM
Permanent Temporary
Power Hypervisor
Service Partition
TIMI
SLIC
i5/OS
A B
Firmware
Firmware
MHxxxxx
Hypervisor Code Maintenance
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