Read about new or significantly changed information for
system plans since the previous update of this topic collection.
The
System Plans topic collection contains information about using the System Planning Tool (SPT) to work with
system plans that you create with the Hardware Management Console (HMC) or the IBM® Systems Director Management Console (SDMC).
May 2011
The following
updates have been made to the content:
- The SDMC can be used to manage IBM Power Systems™ servers.
You can use the SDMC to manage AIX®, IBM i, and Linux logical partitions on IBM Power Systems servers.
The following information is new or updated for system plans on the SDMC:
February 2010
- Added information for IBM Power Systems servers
that contain the POWER7® processor.
- The February 2010 version of the SPT, and later versions,
no longer support the ability to plan Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) provisioning or operating
environment installation on POWER7 managed
systems.
- The HMC Version
7 Release 7.1, and later, no longer supports the ability to create
system plans that contain VIOS provisioning
or operating environment information on POWER7 managed systems. Also,
you can no longer deploy VIOS provisioning
or install operating environments by using a system plan on the HMC for POWER7 managed systems.
- The Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) Version 2.1.2
with Fix Pack 22.1 and Service Pack 1, and later, no longer supports
system plans on POWER7 managed
systems.
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