Architecture of a software-defined infrastructure solution with IBM Power Systems servers and IBM PowerVC
This chapter provides an overview of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) and some architectural implementation examples with Power Systems and IBM PowerVC.
1.1 Software-defined infrastructure
The term SDI has many meanings to various individuals. But, it generally means using software-based systems to serve as an abstraction to the hardware. Beyond that, it also means controlling many different pieces of infrastructure (such as servers) as ...

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