Specifications

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98 IBM Power System S822 Technical Overview and Introduction
Table 3-5 Minimum requirements for HMC V8R8.1.0
򐂰 PowerVM simplification improves, and simplify the overall end-to-end management,
deployment of virtualization on Power Systems
򐂰 Comprehensive effort to simplify PowerVM and VIOS management.
򐂰 Simplification for HMC touch point users as well as programmatic consumers
򐂰 Simplified and automated initial set up via deploy templates
򐂰 No touch VIOS management - full GUI management interface
򐂰 Single point of management for all PowerVM configuration
򐂰 Integrated performance & capacity metrics
Figure 3-11 on page 99 illustrates new options in the HMC V8R1 available for PowerVM
simplification. Manage PowerVM opens a new window, where an user can view and manage
all the aspects of a PowerVM configuration such as Shared Ethernet Adapter, Virtual
Networks, Virtual Storage using the graphical interface only.
Templates allows specify the configuration details for the system I/O, memory, storage,
network, processor, and other partition resources. An user can use the predefined or
captured templates that are available in the template library to deploy a new system. Two type
of templates are available in the template library:
򐂰 System Template contains configuration details for system resources, such as system I/O,
memory, storage, processors, network, and physical I/O adapters. You can use these
system templates to deploy the system.
򐂰 Partition Template contains configuration details for the partition resources. An user can
configure Logical Partitions with the predefined templates or by creating a custom
templates.
Function Minimum requirement
HMC hardware 7042-C08 (deskside), 7042-CR5 (rack-mount) or later
HMC memory 2 GB
VIOS level 2.2.3.3