IBM PowerVM, Linux Edition

IBM® PowerVM®, Linux Edition includes all the features of PowerVM Enterprise Edition, and runs only on Linux based servers.

IBM PowerVM, Linux Edition includes the following components of the PowerVM Editions hardware feature:

• PowerVM Active Memory™ Sharing
• Micro-Partitioning® technology
• Live Partition Mobility
  Note: On POWER7® processor-based servers with firmware at level 7.3, or later, you can evaluate Live Partition Mobility at no charge by using Trial Live Partition Mobility. Trial Live Partition Mobility requires an activation code. You must have a valid license and an active Software Maintenance contract for PowerVM Standard Edition to use Trial Live Partition Mobility.
• Partition suspend and resume is supported on POWER8® processor-based servers when the firmware is at level 8.4.0, or later.
• N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
• PowerVM NovaLink
• Remote restart
• Shared processor pools
• Shared storage pools
• Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
• Thin provisioning
• Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
• Power Virtualization Performance (PowerVP™)
  Note: PowerVP requires the firmware to be at level 7.7, or later.
• Virtual Network Interface Controller adapters