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required If you desire to use advanced operations available under PowerVM
Enterprise Edition, such as Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory™
Sharing (AMS).
The decision regarding whether to use a shared processor pool or dedicated
processors should be made prior to configuring an LPAR. Changing from one
mode to the other with the IVM UI requires the deletion of the LPAR and the
creation of a new one, the VIOS CLI can use the chsyscfg command. The
chsyscfg command can be used to switch when the partition is in the Not
Activated state.
Network
EtherChannel configuration (if used), as well as BladeCenter switch module type
and bay location, require pre-planning. HEA ports cannot be mixed with the
PCI-X adapter ports available on the CFFh combo cards to create an
EtherChannel device. The use of the HEA ports to create an EtherChannel will
require the use of pass -thru modules, the Intelligent Copper Pass-thru Module
for IBM BladeCenter in switch module bay one to retain Serial over LAN (SOL)
capability, or Ethernet modules that provide for logical grouping of switches.
Network Interface Backup or NIB, can mix HEA and other adapter ports types
4.1.2 Internal and external storage considerations
Different types of storage can be used with the Virtual I/O Server. Each type of
storage offers advantages and disadvantages. This section explains possible
configuration scenarios with the IBM BladeCenter JS23 or JS43. For information
about supported I/O expansion cards, along with their feature codes and option
part numbers, refer to 3.8.2, “I/O Expansion Cards” on page 54.
There are currently two form factor types of I/O expansion cards supported in the
IBM BladeCenter JS23 or JS43. They are:
Combinational I/O vertical (CIOv) I/O expansion cards
Note: The HEA adapter implementation on IBM BladeCenter JS23 or JS43
blades will always show a link status of Up, as shown using the entstat
command:
$ entstat -all ent1 |grep Link
Logical Port Link State: Up
Physical Port Link State: Up
When an HEA adapter is used as primary in a network interface backup (NIB)
configuration, the link state cannot be used as the failover determination. NIB
should be set up using the
ping option.
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