When you create one or more logical partitions on IBM® Systems and eServer™ hardware, you are creating partitions that are independent of each other. Each logical partition has its own independent configuration of processor, memory, input/output (I/O) devices, Licensed Internal Code (also known as server firmware), operating system (Linux®), and optional software applications. Learn about procedures for managing Linux logical partitions.
To use features that require logical partitions on an IBM eServer OpenPower® system, you need the appropriate Advanced POWER® Virtualization technologies activated in your system's Hardware Management Console.
You can use the Hardware Management Console to manage your logical partitions. Most tasks that you perform are independent of the other logical partitions on the system. Consider each logical partition as an independent system.