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IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide
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IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide

by Sylvain Delabarre, Sorin Hanganu, Thomas Libor PhD
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
622 pages
14h 40m
English
IBM Redbooks

Overview

The IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides to systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power Systems™ servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide, SG24-7491 and also merges updated information from IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console: Version 8 Release 8.1.0 Enhancements, SG24-8232. It explains the new features of IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console Version V8.8.1.0 through V8.8.4.0. The major functions that the HMC provides are Power Systems server hardware management and virtualization (partition) management.

Further information about virtualization management is in the following publications:

  • IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590

  • IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940

  • IBM PowerVM Enhancements What is New in 2013, SG24-8198

  • IBM Power Systems SR-IOV: Technical Overview and Introduction, REDP-5065


  • The following features of HMC V8.8.1.0 through HMC V8.8.4.0 are described in this book:

  • HMC V8.8.1.0 enhancements

  • HMC V8.8.4.0 enhancements

  • System and Partition Templates

  • HMC and IBM PowerVM® Simplification Enhancement

  • Manage Partition Enhancement

  • Performance and Capacity Monitoring

  • HMC V8.8.4.0 upgrade changes

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