What's new for Using the Virtual I/O Server

Learn about new and significantly changed information for the Virtual I/O Server version 1.4.

GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) on Shared Ethernet Adapters

You can enable or disable GVRP on your Shared Ethernet Adapters to control dynamic registration of virtual LANs over networks.

LDAP client

You can configure Virtual I/O Server version 1.4 as an LDAP client. Then you can manage Virtual I/O Server from an LDAP server.

New HMC interface

HMC version 7 displays a different interface than prior versions of the HMC. The following tasks are new or updated to include how to use the new interface to complete the procedures that require an HMC:

SNMP

You can enable, disable, and work with SNMP on the Virtual I/O Server.

System plans

You can use the System Planning Tool (SPT), version 2.0, and the Deploy System Plan wizard on the Hardware Management Console (HMC), version 7, to plan for and deploy the Virtual I/O Server. In addition to basic configuration, like creating virtual Ethernet and virtual SCSI adapters, you can now plan for and deploy advanced configuration options like Shared Ethernet Adapter failover and multi-path I/O.

Tivoli agents and clients

Virtual I/O Server version 1.4 includes the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring premium agent, the IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager agent, and the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client. The following information is new or changed to help you work with the agents and clients: