Manage PowerVM
You can use the Manage PowerVM® function on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to manage the system-level virtualization capabilities of your IBM® Power Systems™ servers.
Note: This task is available on the HMC by using
the HMC Enhanced graphical
user interface (GUI).
You can use the Manage PowerVM task to manage virtual resources that are associated with a system, such as configuring a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), virtual networks, and virtual storage. You can manage the PowerVM functions at the managed system level in response to changes in workloads or to enhance performance.
The Manage PowerVM function
includes the following tasks:
Managing Virtual I/O Servers
Managing virtual networks
Managing virtual storage
Managing SR-IOV adapters, host Ethernet adapters (HEAs), and host channel adapters (HCAs)
Managing shared processor pools
Managing a shared memory pool
Managing a reserved storage pool
