IBM Power 780 User Manual

Chapter 3. Virtualization 153
3.4.9 Operating system support for PowerVM
Table 3-5 summarizes the PowerVM features that are supported by the operating systems
compatible with the POWER7+ processor-based servers.
Table 3-5 Virtualization features supported by AIX, IBM i and Linux
Feature AIX
5.3
AIX
6.1
AIX
7.1
IBM i
6.1.1
IBM i
7.1
RHEL
5.8
RHEL
6.3
SLES 10
SP4
SLES 11
SP2
Virtual SCSI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Ethernet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shared Ethernet Adapter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Fibre Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Tape Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logical partitioning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DLPAR I/O adapter
add/remove
Ye s Ye s Ye s 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 Ye s Ye s Ye s
DLPAR memory add Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DLPAR memory remove Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Micropartitioning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
a
Ye s
b
Ye s
a
Ye s
Shared dedicated capacity Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiple Shared Processor
Pools
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Virtual I/O Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Integrated Virtualization
Manager
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
Suspend and resume No Yes Yes No Yes
c
Yes Yes No No
Shared Storage Pools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
d
Ye s Ye s Ye s N o
Thin provisioning Yes Yes Yes Yes
e
Ye s
e
Ye s Ye s Ye s N o
Active Memory Sharing No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Active Memory
Deduplication
No Yes
f
Ye s
g
No Yes
h
No Yes No Yes
Live Partition Mobility Yes Yes Yes No Yes
i
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s

IBM Power 780 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	Power 780
Category	Server
Language	English