What's new in Virtual I/O Server
Read about new or changed information in Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) since the previous update of this topic collection.
October 2020
The following information is a summary of the updates made to this topic collection:
- Updated the topic Disk with information about the virtual SCSI device read or write command timeout feature.
- Updated the topic Networking considerations for shared storage pools with information about utilizing primary network interface and information about the limitations of using virtual IP address (VIPA).
July 2020
Updated the multiple (TCP/IP) network support section with information about utilizing primary network interface, and the limitation for using virtual IP address (VIPA) in the topic Networking considerations for shared storage pools.
May 2020
Replaced the information about the supported models with a reference to System software maps in the topic Limitations and restrictions for IBM i client logical partitions.
January 2020
The following topics were added or updated with information about networking considerations and restrictions for shared storage pools:
July 2019
Added information about new attributes for Shared Ethernet Adapters (SEA) in the topic Network attributes.
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.
- Added information about new attributes for Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) failover in the topic Network attributes.
- Added information about the virtual Small Computer System Interface (vSCSI) disk attribute, rw_timeout, in the topic Disk.
- Miscellaneous updates were made in various topics.
October 2016
- Added information about Shared Ethernet Adapter health check in the topic Network attributes.
- Miscellaneous updates were made in various topics.
May 2016
- Added information about the Suspend/Resume feature in Virtual I/O Server overview.
- Added information about VIOS rules management in Virtual I/O Server rules management.
- Added information about the load sharing mode of Shared Ethernet Adapters (SEA) in the following topics:
- Added information about restricted system tiers in Setting the storage tier type.
- Added information about configuring IP addresses in Configuring virtual Ethernet on the Virtual I/O Server.
October 2015
- Added information about storage tiers in Storage tiers and Managing storage tiers.
- Added information about the virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC) in Shared Ethernet Adapters
- Added information about N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) partition migration validation in NPIV disk validation for Live Partition Migration
- Added information about VIOS rules management in Virtual I/O Server rules management
- Added information about Solid-State Drive (SSD) device caching on client partitions in Cache device management
- Added information about increasing the size of an existing Logical Unit (LU) in Increasing the size of an existing logical unit
June 2015
- Added information about SAS adapter performance in the topic Limitations and restrictions for IBM i client logical partitions.
- Added information about Shared Ethernet Adapter transmit and receive statistics in the topic Shared Ethernet Adapter statistics.
- Restored information and references about system plans in various topics.
October 2014
Added information about Quality of Service (QoS) in Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) in the topic Configuring a Shared Ethernet Adapter with the Virtual I/O Server command-line interface.
June 2014
Added information for IBM Power Systems servers that contain the POWER8 processor.
