Planning

This information can help you plan for the virtualization of the IBM® Power systems servers and for the components of the PowerVM® Editions hardware feature.

IBM System Planning Tool
The IBM System Planning Tool (SPT) is a browser-based application that helps you design system configurations; it is useful for designing logically partitioned systems. The SPT is integrated with the IBM Systems Workload Estimator (WLE), which enables you to plan a system based on existing performance data or based on new workloads. System plans generated by the SPT can be deployed on the system by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The SPT is available to assist the user in planning, design, and validation of the system and to provide a system validation report that reflects the system requirements of the user without exceeding system recommendations.
Planning for logical partitions
This information can help you plan to create logical partitions on your IBM Power systems servers. It provides information about the hardware and software prerequisites, and other information that you require to create logical partitions on your server.
Planning for the Virtual I/O Server
This information can help you plan for the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS).

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Last updated: Wed, September 27, 2023