Creating logical partitions

The Create Logical Partition wizard on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) guides you through the procedure of creating logical partitions and partition profiles on your server.

1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
3. In the work pane, select the system and click Actions > View System Partitions. The Partitions page is displayed.
4. Click Actions > Partitions.
5. Click Create Partition. You can create a logical partition with minimum resources. By default, the logical partition is created in the shared mode with 0.1 processing units for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields and 1 virtual processor for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields. When the server does not support shared processor pools, the logical partition is created in the dedicated mode with 1 processor for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields. The default value for the Maximum field is 4 GB, and 1 GB for the Allocated, and Minimum fields, for both the shared and dedicated modes. Before you activate the logical partition, you must assign storage and network resources to the logical partition. Optionally, you can change the default values that were assigned by using the Manage Partition functions.

   Alternatively, you can select the Assign All System Resources check box to assign all the resources to the partition. The logical partition creation succeeds only when all the other active logical partitions and Virtual I/O Servers are shut down.

   You can also click the Create Using Templates tab to create a logical partition by using the Create a Partition from Template wizard.