IBM I5/OS - Manual (Page 24)

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Logical Partitions on the IBM Power5
Resources Management Concepts
Virtual I/O
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i Series. my Series.
Virtual I/O Concepts
Virtual I/O Facts
Each partition has virtual I/O slots
The number of slots is configurable
The more virtual slots you configure, the more the hypervisor will need memory !
Similar in concept to physical I/O adapter slot
Each slot can be populated with a virtual adapter instance
Serial, Network (Ethernet) or SCSI (Server or Client)
Adapters are defined into partition configuration profile
For each slot, the configuration profile contains adapter type and parameters
Adapters are “created” by the hypervisor when the partition is activated
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