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Hardware type
IBM Power servers
IBM Power 575
POWER5-based systems or
earlier
Storage adapters (Fibre
Channel, SAS, SCSI)
Storage devices and
subsystems
Network adapters
Optical devices
Tape devices
To determine the storage, network and optical devices supported on each IBM Power server
model, refer to the Sales Manual for each model: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss.
To determine the storage, network and optical devices supported only by IBM i 6.1, refer to the
upgrade planning Web site: https://www-
304.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/futurehdwr.html.
2.2. Software and firmware
Software or firmware type
IBM i 6.1 or later
IBM i 5.4 or earlier
IBM Power server system
firmware 320_040_031 or later
HMC firmware HMC V7 R3.2.0
or later
3. IBM i hosting IBM i concepts
The capability of an IBM i partition to host another IBM i partition involves hardware and
virtualization components. The hardware components are the storage, optical and network
adapters and devices physically assigned to the host IBM i LPAR. The virtualization components
Supported for
IBM i hosting
IBM i
Yes
Includes IBM Power 520 Express, IBM
Power 550 Express, IBM Power 560
Express, IBM Power 570 and IBM Power 595
Does not include IBM POWER6 processor-
based blade servers, such as IBM
BladeCenter JS12 and JS22
No
No
Yes
Must be supported by IBM i 6.1 or later and
supported on POWER6-based IBM Power
server
Yes
Must be supported by IBM i 6.1 or later and
supported on POWER6-based IBM Power
server
Yes
Must be supported by IBM i 6.1 or later and
supported on POWER6-based IBM Power
server
Yes
Must be supported by IBM i 6.1 or later and
supported on POWER6-based IBM Power
server
No
Supported for
IBM i hosting
IBM i
Yes
Required on both host and client IBM i
partition
No
Not supported on host or client partition
Yes
This is the minimum system firmware level
required
Yes
This is the minimum HMC firmware level
required
Notes
Notes
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