Creating additional logical partitions
You can use the Create Logical Partition wizard on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create a new logical partition. When you create a logical partition, you also create a partition profile that contains the resource allocations and settings for the logical partition.
Before you begin
Use this procedure only if you are creating logical partitions on a managed system that has already been partitioned. If you are creating logical partitions on a new or nonpartitioned managed system, you must test the hardware on your managed system to ensure that the hardware is in working order. Testing the hardware helps you detect potential problems with your managed system and makes such problems easier to correct.
If you plan to create AIX® logical partitions that use Active Memory Expansion, you must first enable Active Memory Expansion for the server by entering an activation code. For instructions, see Entering the activation code for Active Memory Expansion.
If you want to assign single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) logical ports to a logical partition during partition creation, verify whether the managed system supports SR-IOV before you create the logical partition.