Managing logical partitions by using System i Navigator, DST, and SST
On a system without logical partitions, you can use the control panel to perform many tasks. However, for systems with logical partitions, secondary partitions do not have physical control panels. To control your secondary partitions you can use the remote control panel graphical user interface (GUI).
For more information about how to use the remote control panel for logical partitions, see Accessing control panel functions.
Security considerations
For uses who want to access logical partition information in System i® Navigator, dedicated service tools (DST), and system service tools (SST) require either operations or administration authority to the logical partition function. In addition, for users who want to utilize the Operations Console remote panel for secondary partitions from their PCs, a remote panel authorization is required.
Care should be taken in administering the appropriate service tool authority for partition control. See Service tools user IDs for more information about administering service tool security.
System i Navigator
System i Navigator is a graphical interface used to configure, monitor, and manage the System i platform. System i Navigator comes packaged with IBM® i Access for Windows and does not require a System i Access license to use.
System i Navigator contains a graphical wizard you can use to create logical partitions; easily configure and manage logical partitions; dynamically move processors, memory, interactive performance, and some I/O processors; and share processors with the new shared processor pool. In addition, you can also use System i Navigator to enable or disable virtual OptiConnect, virtual Ethernet, or HSL OptiConnect, or change the status of the system bus to dedicated or shared mode without restarting the system. With each logical partition function, System i Navigator provides you with detailed help text that corresponds with each task.
System i Navigator versus DST/SST functions
There are some logical partitions functions that still require you to use DST or SST through a character-based interface display. For example, some logical partition recovery actions and printing system configurations tasks are accessible through DST and SST functions only. However, since SST is easier to access than DST, we recommend that you use SST whenever possible to access these tasks.
To start SST or DST on a character-based interface display, go to Start SST and DST.
The following table illustrates the configurations that you can make to logical partitions using System i Navigator, or DST and SST.
| Function | System i Navigator | DST and SST |
|---|---|---|
| Accept a disk unit as load source for a logical partition | X | |
| Change a bus ownership type | X | X |
| Change a default electronic customer support resource | X | X |
| Change a partition name | X | X |
| Change communication options | X | X |
| Change I/O configuration of primary and secondary partitions | X | X |
| Change operating mode for a logical partition | X | X |
| Change the alternate restart device | X | X |
| Change the guest partition host information | X | X |
| Change the partition type | X | X |
| Change the restart source command line parameters of a guest partition | X | X |
| Change the restart (or IPL) source for a logical partition | X | X |
| Clear nonreporting resources on logical partitions | X | X |
| Clear partition configuration data for logical partitions | X | X |
| Clear partition configuration from nonconfigured disk units | X | |
| Create a new IBM i logical partition | X | X |
| Create a guest partition | X | X |
| Copy partition configuration data between IPL sources | X | |
| Delete a logical partition | X | X |
| Delete all logical partition configuration data | X | X |
| Display available hardware resources | X | X |
| Display system resources | X | X |
| Display the communication options of a logical partition | X | X |
| Display the console for a partition | X | X |
| Display the logical partition operating system release level | X | X |
| Display the operating system type for a partition | X | X |
| Display the partition ID | X | X |
| Display the PCI information | X | X |
| Display the remote control panel for a logical partition | X | X |
| Display the system reference code history for a primary partition. | X | |
| Display the system reference code history for secondary partitions | X | X |
| Dynamic movement of interactive performance | X | X |
| Dynamic movement of I/O processors | X | X |
| Dynamic movement of memory | X | X |
| Dynamic movement of processors | X | X |
| Enable high-speed link (HSL) OptiConnect | X | X |
| Enable virtual Ethernet communication | X | X |
| Enable virtual OptiConnect communication | X | X |
| Find a logical address for a resource | X | X |
| Move a dedicated processor | X | X |
| Move a dedicated processor to the shared processor pool | X | X |
| Move an I/O processor | X | X |
| Move interactive performance, memory or shared processing power | X | X |
| Move an IOA assigned to an IOP to a guest partition | X | X |
| Move an IOA to a guest partition | X | X |
| Move an IOA assigned to an IBM i partition | X | X |
| Perform main storage dumps on servers with logical partitions | X | X |
| Prevent a secondary logical partition from restarting during a system restart | X | X |
| Print system configuration for logical partitions | X | |
| Recover logical partition configuration data | X | X |
| Reset a disk unit I/O processor with logical partitions | X | |
| Restart a secondary logical partition during a system restart | X | |
| Restart a system with logical partitions | X | X |
| Restore all logical partition configuration data | X | |
| Save all logical partition configuration data | X | |
| Schedule a dedicated processor move | X | |
| Schedule an interactive performance move | X | |
| Schedule an I/O processor move | X | |
| Schedule a memory move | X | |
| Schedule a shared processor move | X | |
| Update configuration data | X | X |
| Use remote service with logical partitions | X | X |
| View the status of a logical partition | X | X |