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IBM PowerVM deployment modeling features for virtualization

How to customize the Rational Software Architect topology editor

Frederico Muñoz (frederico.munoz@pt.ibm.com), IT Architect, IBM

Frederico Muñoz is an IT architect at IBM, in Portugal.

Summary: This tutorial shows how to use IBM® Rational® Software Architect customization abilities to model IBM® PowerVM™ topologies. It walks you through the steps for adding new units, with new capabilities and requirements, and shows how to leverage existing building blocks to add a new virtualization layer. It also describes the existing support for x86 and IBM® System z® virtualization modeling through a step-by-step approach that explains the underlying concepts used and how to apply them in building the new PowerVM model.

Date: 08 Mar 2011
Level: Intermediate
PDF: A4 and Letter (3944 KB | 61 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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