What's new in Logical partitioning

August 2017

• When the Hardware Management Console (HMC) is at version 8.7.0, or later, the HMC Classic interface is not supported. The functions that were previously available with the HMC Classic interface are now available with the HMC Enhanced+ interface. Multiple topics have been updated to include this information.

October 2016

• The following topic is new for IBM® i partitions with native I/O capability:
  • Verifying that the server supports IBM i native I/O capability

• The following topics were updated for IBM i partitions with native I/O capability:
  • Creating IBM i logical partitions on a new or nonpartitioned managed system
  • Creating additional logical partitions

• The following topics were updated for the virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC) failover support:
  • Viewing the vNIC properties in a partition profile
  • Changing partition profile properties

• The following topic was updated for dynamically enabling or disabling the remote restart capability:
  • Enabling or disabling the remote restart capability or the simplified version of the remote restart capability

May 2016

• The following topics were updated for the remote restart feature:
  • Validating the remote restart operation of a logical partition
  • Remotely restarting a logical partition
  • Viewing the details of a remote restart operation
  • Aborting a remote restart operation
  • Recovering a remote restart operation

October 2015

• The following topic is new for virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC):
  • Viewing the vNIC properties in a partition profile

• The following topic was updated for vNIC:
  • Changing partition profile properties

• The following topic was updated for shared processor pools:
  • Shared processors

• The following topic was updated for shared storage pools:
  • Configuration requirements and restrictions for the remote restart capability of a logical partition

• The following topics were updated for PowerVM NovaLink:
  • Hardware Management Console
  • Partition profile

• The Suspend/Resume feature for logical partitions is supported on POWER8® processor-based servers when the firmware is at level FW840, or later.

June 2015

• The following topic was updated for changing the virtual switch mode setting:
  • Changing the virtual switch mode setting

• The following topic is new for remote restart:
  • Remote restart states

• Restored information and references about system plans in various topics.

January 2015

• The following topic is new for managing the resources of a shutdown logical partition.
  • Managing the resources of a shutdown logical partition

October 2014

• The following topics are new for the simplified version of the remote restart capability:
  • Verifying that the server supports partitions that are capable of the simplified version of the remote restart feature
  • Verifying that the logical partition supports the simplified version of the remote restart feature
• The following topics were updated for the simplified version of the remote restart capability:
  • Configuration requirements and restrictions for the remote restart capability of a logical partition
  • Creating a logical partition with the simplified remote restart or remote restart capability
  • Enabling or disabling the remote restart capability or the simplified version of the remote restart capability
  • Remotely restarting a logical partition

• The following topics were updated for the cable card adapter:
  • Creating IBM i logical partitions on a new or nonpartitioned managed system
  • Creating an AIX or Linux logical partition on a new or nonpartitioned managed system
  • Activating a partition profile

• The following topic is new for the creation of a virtual switch:
  • Creating a virtual switch

June 2014