Hardware Management Console; Hmc Code Level - IBM Power Systems E870 Technical Overview And Introduction

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2.11 Hardware Management Console

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a dedicated appliance that allows
administrators to configure and manage system resources on IBM Power Systems servers
that use IBM POWER6, POWER6+™ POWER7, POWER7+, and POWER8 processors and
the PowerVM hypervisor. The HMC provides basic virtualization management support for
configuring logical partitions (LPARs) and dynamic resource allocation, including processor
and memory settings for selected Power Systems servers. The HMC also supports advanced
service functions, including guided repair and verification, concurrent firmware updates for
managed systems, and around-the-clock error reporting through IBM Electronic Service
Agent™ for faster support.
The HMC management features help improve server usage, simplify systems management,
and accelerate provisioning of server resources by using the PowerVM virtualization
technology.
Requirements: When using the HMC with the Power E870 and Power E880 servers, the
HMC code must be running at V8R8.2.0 level, or later.
The Power E870 and Power E880 platforms support two main service environments:
Attachment to one or more HMCs. This environment is the common configuration for servers
supporting logical partitions with dedicated or virtual I/O. In this case, all servers have at least
one logical partition.
Hardware support for customer-replaceable units comes standard along with the HMC. In
addition, users can upgrade this support level to IBM onsite support to be consistent with
other Power Systems servers.

2.11.1 HMC code level

HMC V8R8.2.0 contains the following new features:
Support for managing Power E870 and Power E880 servers
Support for the new HMC model 7042-CR8
PowerVM management enhancements:
– Enhanced and simplified HMC management of PowerVM virtualization enables
automation and simplifies the setup and operation of PowerVM
– Improved
administration from the HMC
Virtualization-oriented capacity and performance monitor and performance statistics
These performance statistics can help you understand the workload characteristics and to
plan for capacity
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