AN11DG: AIX I: IBM PowerVM Logical Partition Management (Digital Course)

IBM Systems Training

on July 29, 2022

      

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Table of Contents

  1. Short Summary
  2. Duration
  3. Content Description
  4. Objectives
  5. Agenda
  6. Audience
  7. Skill Level
  8. Labs?
  9. Keywords
  10. Prerequisites
  11. Enrollment
  12. Errata
  13. Follow-on Courses

Short Summary

Learn about the features of IBM PowerVM (our hypervisor), and how to start configuring and managing Logical Partitions (LPARs) for AIX using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Duration in Hours ⌚

8

Content Description

This course introduces system administration concepts in an IBM Power environment. Learn about the features of IBM PowerVM, our hypervisor, and how to start configuring and managing Logical Partitions (LPARs) for AIX using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

This course will help anyone who wants to use LPARs on IBM Power.

Objectives

  • Describe essential concepts that are associated with managing POWER processor-based systems, such as logical partitioning, dynamic partitioning, virtual processors, virtual consoles, and shared processors
  • Describe the functions provided by the HMC
  • Configure and manage LPARs by using the HMC graphical user interface (GUI) and HMC commands
  • Power on and power off the Power Systems server

Agenda

  • Unit 1: Introduction to PowerVM logical partitioning  
  • Unit 2: Using the HMC to manage servers and partitions  
  • Unit 3: Basic LPAR operations 
  • Unit 4: Power processor and memory virtualization  
  • Unit 5: Power I/O resources  
  • Unit 6: Logical partition management  Demo: Logical partition management 

Audience

Enrollment in this course is not restricted. Typical students may include:

  • Customers
  • Technical IBM personnel
  • Business Partner technical personnel
  • IT consultants and architects

Skill Level

Basic

Labs? 💻

No

Keywords

AN11;partitioning;LPAR;AN11DG;AN11DG;AIX;Power;PowerVM;Power10

Prerequisites

This introductory course does not require any logical partitioning experience.

General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended.

Enrollment

https://www.ibm.com/training/course/AN11DG

Errata

None specified.

Follow-on Courses

AN12G,AN15G,AN30G


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