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IBM® Power Systems™ terminology can differ from x86 terminology.
The following table lists the IBM Power Systems terminology that can differ from the x86 terminology.
| Power Systems terminology | x86 terminology | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Managed system | Server or system | A physical server, including physical processors, memory, and I/O resources that are often virtualized into virtual servers, which are also known as client logical partitions. |
| Management partition | Virtual machine, virtual server, management operating system, VMWare Service Console, or KVM Host partition | The logical partition that controls all the physical I/O resources on the server and provides the user interface from which you can manage all the client logical partitions within the server. The logical partition in which Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) is installed. |
| Client logical partition, logical partition, or virtual server | Virtual machine or virtual server | The collection of virtual or physical processor, memory, and I/O resources that are defined to run the operating system of the client and its workload. |
| IBM POWER Hypervisor™ | x86 hypervisor | The underlying software of the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) that enables the sharing of physical I/O resources between the client logical partitions within the server. In IVM environments, the terms VIOS and IVM are sometimes used interchangeably. |
