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Learn about the editions of the PowerVM™ Editions (formerly known as Advanced POWER® Virtualization) hardware feature.
The PowerVM Editions hardware feature includes the following editions:
The following table describes each component of the PowerVM Editions feature, the editions in which each component is included, and the processor-based hardware on which each component is available.
| Component | Description | Editions | Hardware |
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| PowerVM Active Memory Sharing | The ability to share memory among logical partitions in a shared memory pool. | Enterprise Edition | POWER6™ |
| Micro-Partitioning™ technology | The ability to allocate processors to logical partitions in increments of 0.1 allowing multiple logical partitions to share the system's processing power. |
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| Virtual I/O Server | Software that facilitates the sharing of physical I/O resources between client logical partitions within the server. |
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| Integrated Virtualization Manager | The graphical interface of the Virtual I/O Server management partition on some servers that are not managed by an Hardware Management Console. |
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| Live Partition Mobility | The ability to migrate an active or inactive AIX® or Linux® logical partition from one system to another. | Enterprise Edition | POWER6 |
| Lx86 | A product that makes a POWER system compatible with x86 applications. This extends the application support for Linux on POWER systems, allowing applications that are available on x86 but not on POWER systems to be run on the POWER system. |
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POWER6 running SUSE or Red Hat Linux |