In this course you begin with an overview of LPAR on Power Systems, followed with more detailed information on configuration planning and implementation using hands-on exercises to create and implement logical partitions.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the PowerVM features
Identify, describe, and locate hardware components in the Power Systems, Flex System and Power Blade models
Identify virtualization options available, reliability features and single points of failure for Power Systems
Implement System Planning Tool in design or update your own system
Explain Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
Describe memory allocation and affinity concepts
Describe and configure a partition profile, including shared processors:
Capped
Uncapped
Virtual processors
Weighting factor
Shared Processor Pools
Explain virtual I/O: Serial, Ethernet and SCSI
Understand and implement: IBM i installation through NFS, image virtual repository in VIOS, and assigning VSCSI disks to partitions in VIOS
Understand base characteristics of IVM and how to implement IBM i on Power Blades
Describe the NPIV PowerVM feature, how to configure virtual Fiber Channel adapters on the Virtual I/O Server and client partitions
Discuss how to use the HMC GUI and commands to work with the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) pairs
Identify commands used to examine the NPIV configuration
$2,900
Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)
Level: