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30 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook
Eserver i5 hardware provides a IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Virtual Ethernet switch as
part of the POWER Hypervisor. Up to 4094 VLANs are available with i5/OS V5R3
running on Eserver i5 hardware. For systems prior to the POWER5
technology-based models, up to 16 independent high-speed internal bus-to-bus
communication paths are supported between logical partitions.
The enablement and setup of Virtual Ethernet is easy and does not require an
IPL or any special hardware or software. When a virtual communications port is
enabled for a given partition, a communication resource (CMNxx) is created for
that partition. The user can then create a high-speed 1 Gb Ethernet line
description over this resource and set up TCP/IP configuration appropriately to
start communicating to another partition. A maximum of 16 virtual ports can be
enabled for high-speed communications per partition for systems prior to the
POWER5 technology-based models. For i5/OS V5R3 partitions running on
Eserver i5 hardware, thousands of virtual ports can be created per partition.
AIX 5L for Eserver i5
AIX 5L is rapidly emerging as the preferred platform for UNIX users and
independent software vendors. AIX 5L delivers industrial strength UNIX reliability,
availability and security while offering flexible system administration and ease of
integration with Linux. With innovative virtualization and micro-partitioning, AIX
5L helps you make no compromises and accept no limits in the on demand
world.
AIX 5L is an open standards-based operating system. It is designed to conform
with the Open Group’s Single UNIX Specification Version 3. It provides fully
integrated support for 32- and 64-bit applications running concurrently, in their full
range of scalability. AIX 5L supports the IBM Eserver i5, IBM Eserver p5, IBM
Eserver pSeries, and IBM RS/6000 server product lines, as well as
IntelliStation POWER and RS/6000 workstations.
The benefits of AIX on the Eserver i5 include:
Simplify your Infrastructure
– Consolidate UNIX servers
– Extend i5/OS with complementary AIX 5L applications
Optimize your investments
– Share processor and memory resources
– Move resources to where they are needed
– Exploit i5/OS storage subsystem
– Leverage Skills and Best Practices
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