Changing advanced partition settings

You can view and change advanced settings of a partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

The advanced settings for a partition include the following options:

Enable connection monitoring: Monitors the connection between the partition and the HMC.

Enable redundant error path information: If you enable the redundant error-path reporting, the partition reports common server hardware errors and partition hardware errors to the HMC. If you disable redundant error-path reporting, the partition reports only partition hardware errors to the HMC. If you want to move a partition, disable the redundant error-path reporting.

Enable time reference: Synchronize the PowerVM Hypervisor and Service Processors time-of-day based on the time-of-day setting of the concerned partition and other Time Reference partitions.

Disable migration: You can disable the Live Partition Mobility feature for an AIX®, Linux, or IBM® i partition.

Service partition: Indicates whether the partition is the service partition for the managed system. The service partition is the IBM i logical partition on an IBM System i® managed system that you can configure to apply server firmware updates to the service processor or to the Hypervisor and to communicate server common hardware errors to IBM. These abilities are useful if the HMC is undergoing maintenance or is otherwise unable to perform these functions. You must change the service partition on the managed system through the managed system properties.

Enable virtualized trusted platform module (VTPM): With the HMC Version 7 Release 7.4.0, or later, and IBM POWER7® processor-based servers with firmware at level 7.4, or later, you can enable the virtual trusted platform module (VTPM) on an AIX or Linux partition. A partition that is VTPM enabled supports the Trusted Boot capability. Trusted Boot is a capability that is supported on the Power® Security and Compliance (PowerSC™) Standard Edition. Up to 60 partitions per server can be configured to have their own unique VTPM by using the HMC. The VTPM is used to record the system boot and, in association with the AIX Trusted Execution technology, provides security and assurance of the boot image on disk, on the entire operating system, and in the application layers.

Enable performance information collection: Enable the operating system on a partition to collect performance information.

Restricted I/O partition: Determines whether an IBM i partition can be migrated by using the Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature. You can migrate the IBM i partition only if you select the Restricted I/O Partition option. On servers that do not support IBM i partitions with native I/O, you must always enable this option. On servers running firmware level FW860 or later, the IBM i native I/O capability of the server is available on the Licensed Capabilities page. This option can be enabled only when the partition is stopped.
Note: The Restricted I/O partition setting is applicable only to IBM i partitions.

OptiConnect: A feature of the IBM i operating system that allows a user to connect multiple System i systems by using SPD bus, high-speed link (HSL) loop, or virtual interpartition technologies. This option can be enabled only when the partition is stopped.

Enable Electronically report errors that cause partition termination or require attention: Select this option to set the HMC to send an electronic report to service and support whenever this IBM i logical partition terminates abnormally or encounters an error that requires service. (The HMC does not report errors that requires user intervention.) Use this feature to enable automatic service calls for IBM i logical partitions that run mission-critical applications. This field displays only for IBM i logical partitions.

To view and change the advanced settings of the partition, complete the following steps:

Choose one of the following navigation options depending on the interface type of the Hardware Management Console (HMC):
- If you are using an HMC Enhanced interface, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, expand Systems Management > Servers.
  2. Select the server on which the logical partition is located.
  3. Select Manage by using one of the following options:
    - Click the menu next to the partition name and select Manage. The Manage page opens.
    - In the work pane, select Manage. The Manage page opens.
- If you are using an HMC Enhanced+ interface, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
  2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
  3. In the work pane, select a system and click Actions > View System Partitions. In the Partitions page, you can view all the partitions that belong to the system.
  4. In the work pane, select the partition for which you want to view or change the properties and capabilities and click Actions > View Partition Properties. The Properties page is displayed. You can view and change the properties that are listed under the Properties area.
In the Properties area, click Properties > General Properties to view and change the properties of the selected partition.
Click the Advanced tab. The Advanced Settings options are displayed.
To enable the advanced settings in the selected partition, select the following options:
1. Enable Connection Monitoring to monitor the connection.
2. Enable Redundant Error Path Reporting to report common server hardware errors and partition hardware errors.
3. Enable Time Reference
4. Service Partition
5. Disable Migration to disable the Live Partition Mobility feature for an AIX, Linux, or IBM i partition.
6. Restricted I/O Partition
7. Specify a value in the Maximum Virtual Adapters field.
8. Enable Virtualized Trusted Platform Module (VTPM) to record the system boot and to provide security and assurance of the boot image on disk, on the entire operating system, and in the application layers.
9. Enable Performance Information Collection
10. Enable electronically report errors that cause partition termination or require attention
From the Save configuration changes to profile list, select one of the following options:
1. Enabled to apply and save the settings that you made on the partition.
2. Disabled to cancel the settings that you made on the partition.
3. Disabled until next activate or apply to temporarily disable the settings that you made and to apply the settings later when you activate the partition.
  Note: To save the current configuration of a logical partition to a new partition profile, you must be a super administrator, service representative, operator, or product engineer.
Click Apply/OK or Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.

Last updated: Tue, June 12, 2018