Hardware requirements for the advanced node failure detection

Advanced node failure detection feature can be used provided all the hardware requirements are met.

The following minimum hardware requirements are needed for the advanced node failure detection feature:
  • At least two IBM® i models or logical partitions
  • Start of changeEither Hardware Management Console (HMC) or a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) on an Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) managed serverEnd of change