3 Chapter 3. Creating logical partitions This section will present methods for creating logical partitions (LPARs) on the System i platform for supporting Linux instances. Information in this section will include the use of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) for creating logical partitions as well as the the use of Virtual Partition Manager for creating of logical partitions. Creating logical partitions with both virtual I/O as well as I/O dedicated to the Linux partitions will be presented. Our discussion of HMC here is focused on configuration of Logical partitions for Linux. For general discussions of HMC and LPAR, refer to Logical Partitions on System i5: A Guide to