Specifications

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3.8 VIOS 2.2.3 features
Shared Storage Pools have been enhanced to improve flexibility, scalability, and resiliency.
These improvements include mirroring of the storage pool, dynamic contraction of the storage
pool, dynamic disk growth within the storage pool, and scaling improvements. Virtual I/O
Server Performance Advisor has been enhanced to provide support for NPIV and Fibre
Channel, Virtual Networking and Shared Ethernet Adapter, and Shared Storage Pool
configurations. Shared Ethernet Adapter Failover configuration has been simplified by
removing the extra complexity when configuring a control channel. The functionality of the
Virtual I/O Server has been improved along with Live Partition Mobility performance
򐂰 Simplified Shared Ethernet Adapter Failover configuration setup
򐂰 Shared Storage Pools enhancements
򐂰 Shared Ethernet Adapter by default uses largesend attribute
򐂰 The Virtual I/O Server Performance Advisor has been enhanced to provide support for
NPIV and Fibre Channel, Virtual Networking, Shared Ethernet Adapter, and Shared
Storage Pool configurations.
򐂰 Support for Live Partition Mobility performance enhancements to better utilize 10 Gb
Ethernet Adapters used within mobility process, and PowerVM server evacuation function.