System plans
A system plan is a specification of the hardware
and the logical partitions contained in one or more systems. You can
use system plans in a number of ways that are useful for managing
your system.
Logical partitioning
You can set up, manage, and troubleshoot AIX®, IBM® i,Linux, and Virtual I/O Server logical partitions
by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC), Integrated Virtualization Manager, or Virtual Partition Manager. By creating logical
partitions, you can reduce the footprint of your data center by consolidating
servers, and you can maximize the use of system resources by sharing
resources across logical partitions.
PowerVM Editions
Learn about the components and editions of the PowerVM® Editions hardware feature.
Capacity on demand
Use Capacity on Demand (CoD)
offerings to dynamically activate one or more resources on your server
as your business peaks dictate. You can activate inactive processors
or memory units that are already installed on your server on a temporary
and permanent basis.
Virtualization performance: PowerVP
IBM® PowerVP is a performance monitoring tool that provides
detailed, real-time information about IBM Power Systems™ and partitioned
workloads. You can use IBM PowerVP to understand how virtual workloads
use resources, analyze performance issues, and make resource allocation
decisions.
Virtualization security: PowerSC
IBM PowerSC provides a security and compliance solution
optimized for virtualized environments on IBM Power Systems™ running
PowerVM® and the AIX® operating system.