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Abstract
This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes IBM Power Enterprise Pools, a technology for dynamically sharing processor and memory activations among a group (or pool) of IBM Power Systems™ enterprise class servers. Using mobile Capacity on Demand (CoD) activation codes, your systems administrator can perform tasks without contacting IBM. You need only to upgrade to Hardware Management Console (HMC) V7.7.8.
This Solution Guide is directed at experienced IBM Power Systems users and financial decision-makers who want to know how Power Enterprise Pools can improve IT efficiencies. The process uses an easy-to-follow HMC GUI.
Contents
This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes IBM Power Enterprise Pools, a technology for dynamically sharing processor and memory activations among a group (or pool) of IBM Power Systems™ enterprise class servers. Using mobile Capacity on Demand (CoD) activation codes, your systems administrator can perform tasks without contacting IBM. You need only to upgrade to Hardware Management Console (HMC) V7.7.8.
This Solution Guide is directed at experienced IBM Power Systems users and financial decision-makers who want to know how Power Enterprise Pools can improve IT efficiencies. The process uses an easy-to-follow HMC GUI, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. The IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) main window
Did you know?
IBM delivers industrial-strength virtualization in IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux environments on IBM POWER® processor-based systems. Technical benefits of implementing Power Enterprise Pools include improved flexibility and load balancing of Power Systems, and a number of new HMC V7.7.8 functions that support Power Enterprise Pool management and IBM Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC) Standard Edition enablement.
Business value
From a business perspective, using Power Enterprise Pools can provide your organization with a dynamic infrastructure, reduced cost of performance management, improved service levels, and controlled risk management. The Power Enterprise Pools technology is ideal for further improving the flexibility, load balancing, and disaster recovery planning and operations of your Power Systems.
The reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) of your Power Systems environment can be increased significantly by using Power Enterprise Pools.
Here are some of the technical benefits that can improve your business efficiencies:
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