Definition of Terms (continued)

• Virtual I/O

  • Virtual representations of physical adapters
  • May be shared between multiple systems simultaneously

• Live Partition Mobility

  • An IBM Power6 capability for moving a live running partition from one frame to another
  • Requires virtualized I/O
  • Requires equal or greater CPU and Memory on target frame
  • Requires synchronization of slot numbers between frames
  • Not a high availability or disaster recovery solution
  • Used to eliminate business function downtime utilizing two healthy systems
    • Planned maintenance outages
    • Preemptive problem management

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