Creating a partition profile

You can create a new partition profile using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

About this task

To create a new partition profile using the HMC, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon The icon represents the Resources function of the HMC.
  2. Click All Partitions. Alternatively, click All Systems. In the work pane, click the server name that has the logical partition. Click View System Partitions. The All Partitions page is displayed.
  3. In the work pane, select the logical partition and click Actions > Profiles > Manage Profiles.
  4. In the Manage Profiles wizard, click Actions > New. The Create Lpar wizard is displayed.
  5. In the Partition Profile page, specify a name for the logical partition profile in the Profile name field.
    1. Select the Use all the resources in the system check box if you want the logical partition to have all the resources that are available in the system.
    2. Click Next. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and to close the window.
  6. In the Processors page, select Shared to assign partial processor units from the shared processor pool or select Dedicated to assign the entire processor that can only be used by the logical partition, and click Next.
  7. In the Processing Settings page, specify values for the processor units in the Minimum processing units, Desired processing units, and Maximum processing units fields. Select a shared processor pool from the Shared processor pool list.
    1. In the Virtual Processors section, specify values for the virtual processor in the Minimum virtual processors, Desired virtual processors, and Maximum virtual processors fields.
    2. If you want to specify uncapped weight value for the virtual processors, select the Uncapped Weight check box and specify a value in the Uncapped Weight field, and click Next.
  8. In the Memory Settings page, specify values for the logical partition memory in the Minimum Memory, Desired Memory, and Maximum Memory fields, and click Next.
  9. In the I/O page, select the adapters that you want to be included in the partition profile from the adapter list and click Add as required, or Add as desired. Click Remove to remove the selected adapter from the partition profile, and click Next.
  10. In the Virtual Adapters page, select the virtual adapter from the available adapter list and click Actions > Properties to view the properties of the virtual adapter.
    1. In the Maximum virtual adapters field, specify the number of maximum virtual adapters for the logical partition.
    2. To create a virtual adapter, click Actions > Create Virtual Adapter and select Ethernet Adapter, Fibre Channel Adapter, SCSI Adapter, or Serial Adapter.
    3. In the Virtual Adapters page, click Next.
  11. In the SR-IOV Logical Ports page, click Actions > Create Logical Port and select Ethernet Logical Port, or RoCE Logical Port. The Add SR-IOV Logical Port is displayed.
    1. From the SR-IOV Port list, select the SR-IOV logical port to create the corresponding logical port, and click OK.
    2. In the SR-IOV Logical Ports page, click Next.
  12. In the OptiConnect Settings page, select the Use virtual OptiConnect check box to set virtual OptiConnect. Select Use High Speed Link (HSL) OptiConnect check box to set High Speed Link (HSL) OptiConnect.
  13. In the Tagged I/O page, specify the load source that you want the logical partition to use as its load source from the Load source list. Select an alternate device on which the system restarts from the Alternate restart device list. Select the console from the Console list. Select an alternate console from the Alternate console list. Select the operations console from the Operations Console list, and click Next.
  14. In the Optional Settings page, select the Enable connection monitoring check box to enable connection monitoring. Select the Automatically start when the managed system is powered on check box to start the partition profile automatically when the managed system is powered on. Select the Enable redundant error path reporting check box to receive reports about any redundant errors. Select Enable electronic reporting of errors that cause partition termination or require attention to receive electronic reports about any errors that cause logical partition termination or that require attention, and click Next.
  15. The Profile Summary page displays the summary information about the logical partition and the partition profile. Click Details to view details about the physical I/O devices. Click Finish to create the logical partition and the partition profile.