The Create Logical Partition wizard on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) guides you through
the procedure of creating logical partitions and partition profiles
on your server.
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.
Creating additional partition profiles
You can create more than one partition profile for a logical
partition using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Each partition profile
can specify a different amount of system resources and different logical
partition startup attributes. You can change the attributes used by
a logical partition by shutting down the logical partition and restarting
the logical partition using a different partition profile.
Creating a system profile
You can create a system profile using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). A system profile is
an ordered list of partition profiles. When you activate a system
profile, the managed system attempts to activate the partition profiles
in the system profile in the order in which the partition profiles
are listed.
Creating an AIX logical partition that uses IBM i virtual I/O resources
You can create an AIX® logical
partition that uses IBM i virtual
I/O resources on IBM Power 520,Power 550, Power 570, and IBM System i® models that
are managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC). This allows you to
maximize utilization of the physical hardware and simplify the backup
procedure for your managed system.
Creating an IBM i logical partition that uses IBM i virtual I/O resources
You can create an IBM i logical
partition that uses IBM i virtual
I/O resources on IBM Power 520,Power 550, Power 570, and IBM System i POWER6® processor-based models that are managed
by a Hardware Management Console (HMC). This allows you to
maximize utilization of the physical hardware and simplify the backup
procedure for your managed system.
Creating a Linux logical partition that uses IBM i virtual I/O resources
You can create a Linux® logical partition
that uses IBM i virtual
I/O resources on IBM Power 520,Power 550, Power 570, and IBM System i models that
are managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC). This allows you to
maximize utilization of the physical hardware and simplify the backup
procedure for your managed system.
Designating the service logical partition for your managed system
The service logical partition is the IBM i logical partition on
an IBM System i
server 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 Hardware Management Console (HMC) is undergoing maintenance
or is otherwise unable to perform these functions.
Resetting the managed system to a nonpartitioned configuration
You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) and the Advanced System
Management Interface (ASMI) to erase all of your logical partitions
and reset the managed system to a nonpartitioned configuration. When
you reset the managed system, all of the physical hardware resources
are assigned to a single logical partition. This allows you to use
the managed system as if it were a single, nonpartitioned server.
Deleting a logical partition
You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to delete a logical
partition and all of the partition profiles associated with the logical
partition.
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