Configuring virtual resources for logical partitions
You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to configure virtual resources such as virtual Ethernet adapters, Host Ethernet Adapter, and shared processor pools. Configure virtual resources to help optimize the use of physical system resources.
Note: HEA is not supported on POWER8® processor-based server.
- Configuring Active Memory Expansion for AIX logical partitions
You can configure Active Memory™ Expansion for an AIX® logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Configuring Active Memory Expansion for a logical partition compresses the memory of the logical partition and thus expands its memory capacity. - Configuring a virtual Ethernet adapter
You can configure a virtual Ethernet adapter dynamically for a running logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Doing so will connect the logical partition to a virtual LAN (VLAN). - Changing the VLAN IDs of a virtual Ethernet adapter
You can dynamically change the VLAN IDs of a virtual Ethernet adapter for a running logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). - Configuring the Quality of Service priority for a virtual Ethernet adapter
You can dynamically configure the Quality of Service (QoS) priority of a virtual Ethernet adapter of a running logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). You can prioritize the logical partition network traffic by specifying the value of IEEE 802.1Q priority level for each virtual Ethernet adapter. - MAC address controls using the HMC
The HMC version 7 release 7.2.0 or later, introduces HMC controls and policies for MAC address assignment to virtual Ethernet adapters and to logical Host Ethernet Adapter (LHEA). - Configuring the MAC address controls for a virtual Ethernet adapter
By using the Hardware Management Console (HMC), you can configure the MAC address controls of a virtual Ethernet adapter of a logical partition during logical partition creation, during partition profile modification, or when dynamically adding a virtual Ethernet adapter. You can also specify controls to MAC address overrides that are specified at the operating-system level. - Configuring a virtual Fibre Channel adapter
You can configure a virtual Fibre Channel adapter dynamically for a running logical partition using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). - Configuring physical ports on a Host Ethernet Adapter
You can use a Hardware Management Console (HMC) to configure the properties of each physical port on a Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA). These properties include port speed, duplex mode, maximum packet size, flow control setting, and the promiscuous logical partition for unicast packets. The physical port properties are also used by the logical ports that are associated with each physical port. HEAs are also known as Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapters (IVE adapters). - Configuring shared processor pools
If your managed system supports more than one shared processor pool, you can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to configure shared processor pools on your managed system in addition to the default shared processor pool. These additional shared processor pools allow you to limit the processor usage of the logical partitions that belong to the shared processor pools. All shared processor pools other than the default shared processor pool must be configured before you can assign logical partitions to these shared processor pools. - Configuring the shared memory pool
You can configure the size of the shared memory pool, assign paging space devices to the shared memory pool, and assign one or two Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) logical partitions (that provide access to the paging space devices) to the shared memory pool using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). - Creating a logical Host Ethernet Adapter for a running logical partition
If your managed system has a Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA), you can set up a logical partition to use HEA resources by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create a logical Host Ethernet Adapter (LHEA) for the logical partition. A logical Host Ethernet Adapter (LHEA) is a representation of a physical HEA on a logical partition. An LHEA allows the logical partition to connect to external networks directly through the HEA. HEAs are also known as Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapters (IVE adapters). - Creating a virtual switch
You can create a virtual switch on a server by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). - Changing the virtual switch mode setting
When the virtual switch is created, the default setting is the Virtual Ethernet Bridging (VEB) mode. You can change the virtual switch mode to Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregation (VEPA) by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). - Synchronizing the virtual switch mode
When a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) logical partition is in the shutdown state during the activation of a logical partition or when the external switch is downgraded, the Virtual Station Interface (VSI) profile type information is not updated in the VIOS. - Creating a Shared Ethernet adapter for a VIOS logical partition using the HMC
You can create a Shared Ethernet Adapter on the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console. - Creating a virtual disk for a VIOS logical partition using the HMC
You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create a virtual disk on your managed system. Virtual disks are also known as logical volumes. - Creating storage pools
You can use the Hardware Management Console to create a volume-group-based or file-based storage pool on your managed system. - Entering the activation code for Active Memory Expansion
You can enable Active Memory Expansion for a server by entering an activation code on the Hardware Management Console (HMC). When you enable Active Memory Expansion, you can configure the logical partitions that run on the server to compress their memory and thus expand their memory capacities. - Reassigning logical partitions to shared processor pools
If you use more than one shared processor pool on your managed system, you can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to reassign logical partitions from one shared processor pool to another shared processor pool on your managed system.
Parent topic: Partitioning with the HMC
Last updated: Fri, July 05, 2019