PowerVM™ virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual environments on POWER5™ , POWER5+™ and POWER6™ -based systems. It is a major tool to help simplify and optimize your IT infrastructure.
Available on most IBM® System p™ servers as optional Editions and supported by the AIX® , Linux® and i5/OS® operating systems, this set of comprehensive systems technologies and services is designed to enable you to aggregate and manage resources using a consolidated, logical view. The key benefits of deploying PowerVM virtualization and IBM System p are as follows:
- Cut energy costs through server consolidation
- Reduce the cost of existing infrastructure
- Manage growth, complexity, and risk on your infrastructure
To achieve this goal, PowerVM virtualization provides the following technologies:
- Virtual Ethernet
- Shared Ethernet Adapter
- Virtual SCSI
- Micro-Partitioning™ technology
Additionally, these new technologies are available on POWER6 systems:
- Multiple Shared-Processor Pools
- Optional PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
To take complete advantage of these technologies and master your infrastructure needs as they evolve, you need to be able to correctly monitor and optimally manage your resources.
This publication is an extension of PowerVM on System p Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940. It provides an organized view of best practices for managing and monitoring your PowerVM environment with respect to virtualized resources managed by the Virtual I/O Server.

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