Supported Powervm Features By Operating System - IBM BladeCenter PS700 Technical Overview And Introduction

For additional information about NPIV, see the following resources:
PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage, SG24-7825
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247825.html
IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247590.html
NPIV is supported in PowerVM Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions on the IBM
POWER7 processor-based systems.

3.3.8 Supported PowerVM features by operating system

Table 3-7 summarizes the PowerVM features that are supported by the operating systems
and that are compatible with the POWER7 processor-based blade servers.
Table 3-7 PowerVM features supported on AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems
Feature
Dynamic simultaneous
multithreading (SMT)
DLPAR I/O adapter add/remove
DLPAR processor add/remove
DLPAR memory add
DLPAR memory remove
Micro-Partitioning
Shared Dedicated Capacity
Virtual I/O Server
IVM
Virtual SCSI
Virtual Ethernet
NPIV
Live Partition Mobility
Active Memory Sharing
a. Support for only two threads
b. AIX 6.1 up to TL4 SP2 supports only two threads, and supports four threads as of TL4 SP3
c. IBM i 6.1.1 and later support SMT4
Note: Most of the features listed in Table 3-7 require that IVM and VIOS be installed.
Native OS does not support the functions described in Table 3-7.
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AIX AIX IBM i
V5.3 V6.1 6.1.1
a b c
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
No Yes Yes
SLES SLES RHEL
10 SP3 11 SP1 5.5
a
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No