Adding physical I/O devices and slots dynamically
You can dynamically add a physical I/O slot (and the adapter and devices that are connected to that slot) to a running logical partition using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). This allows you to add I/O capabilities to a running logical partition without having to shut down the logical partition.
Before you begin
- A Linux distribution that supports dynamic partitioning is installed on the Linux logical partition. Distributions that support dynamic partitioning include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, and later.
- The DynamicRM tool package is installed on the Linux logical partition. To download the DynamicRM tool package, see the Service and productivity tools for Linux on POWER® systems website.
You cannot add physical I/O devices and slots to logical partitions that use shared memory. You can assign only virtual adapters to logical partitions that use shared memory.
About this task
For more information about managing physical I/O adapters, see Managing physical I/O adapters.