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Feature
Shared dedicated capacity
Multiple Shared Processor
Pools
Virtual I/O Server
Integrated Virtualization
Manager
Suspend and resume
Shared Storage Pools
Thin provisioning
Active Memory Sharing
Active Memory
Deduplication
Live Partition Mobility
Simultaneous
multithreading (SMT)
Active Memory Expansion
n
Capacity on Demand
AIX Workload Partitions
a. This version can only support 10 virtual machines per core.
b. Need RHEL 6.3 Errata upgrade to support 20 virtual machines per core.
c. Requires IBM i 7.1 TR2 with PTF SI39077 or later.
d. Requires IBM i 7.1 TR1.
e. Will become fully provisioned device when used by IBM i.
f. Requires AIX 6.1 TL7 or later.
g. Requires AIX 7.1 TL1 or later.
h. Requires IBM i 7.1.4 or later.
i. Requires IBM i 7.1 TR4 PTF group or later. Access this link for more details:
j. Only supports two threads.
k. AIX 6.1 up to TL4 SP2 only supports two threads, and supports four threads as of TL4 SP3.
l. IBM i 6.1.1 and up support SMT4.
m. On AIX 6.1 with TL4 SP2 and later.
n. Available on selected models.

3.4.11 Linux support

IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) contributes to the development of Linux by providing
support for IBM hardware in Linux distributions. In particular, the LTC makes tools and code
available to the Linux communities to take advantage of the POWER7+ technology and
develop POWER7+ optimized software.
AIX
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IBM i
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6.1
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