Re: lpar on 520 Express Edition

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And the "One" i5/OS partition is the i5/OS that ships with the system, 
isn't it?

I was hoping to get one more in addition to the "base" i5/OS partition. 

Thanks for the information.

Pete


Philipp Rusch wrote:
> Hello Pete,
> it's exactly like that:
> with Virtual Partition Manager (VPM) you can handle one i5/OS-partition 
> and up to four Linux-partitions.
> There are other restrictions on POWER 5 as well: the worst for me is to 
> have only one virtual LAN per
>  Linux-partition between that Linux and i5/OS. That is, there is no way 
> to have an "Inter-Partition VLAN"
>  between all Linux partitions. And, even worse, this is even true when 
> you have only one Linux but you
>  want this partition to have a common VLAN with IXS- or IXA-attached 
> (Windows)-Servers.
> WIth an HMC you can define all of these VLANs without restrictions, so 
> this is not a lack of the POWER 5
> hardware or the LIC, it is simply not manageable through VPM.
>
> HTH,
> Philipp
>
> Pete Helgren schrieb:
>   
> > And to piggy back on this question, do all LPAR activities require an 
> > HMC?  I thought that you could use the VPM tool to create and manage the 
> > partition but the document you referenced seems to indicate that all 
> > LPARing has to be done from an HMC.  The Redbook on VPM seems to 
> > indicate that the VPM can only be used for Linux.  Does that mean then 
> > that i5/OS partitions can only be created and managed with an HMC?  This 
> > about the only thing I am unclear on when it comes to LPAR's.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete Helgren
> >
> >
> > Jim Franz wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > Can anyone speak to the performance of 2 lpars on a 
> > > model 520 Express #0901 (1000 cpw, 2 gig memory) ?
> > > One production, 20-30 light to moderate green screen rpg users,
> > > and 3 developers on 2nd lpar.
> > > Charts say it can take up to 4 lpars. 
> > > Have never lpar'd such a small box. 
> > > Already have the 520. 
> > > jim franz
> > >   
> > >     
> > >