This IBM Redbooks publication provides a broad understanding of logical partitioning on the IBM eServer p5 servers, focusing particularly on the increased function available when these servers are combined with AIX 5L Version 5.3 and Advanced POWER Virtualization features. It also provides a discussion of available Linux support and IBM eServer OpenPower systems. This book covers the following subject areas:

* Advanced POWER Virtualization

* Micro-Partitioning technology

* Virtual I/O

* Dynamic logical partitioning implementation

The audience for this book are technical support specialists, customers, and business partners.

Chapter 1. Logical partitioning primer

Chapter 1. Logical partitioning primer

Chapter 2. Partitioning implementation on p5 and OpenPower servers

Chapter 3. Basic partition management

Chapter 4. Virtualized resource management

Chapter 5. Dynamic logical partitioning

Chapter 6. The POWER Hypervisor

Appendix A. Dynamic logical partitioning program templates

Appendix B. Dynamic logical partitioning output samples