Introduction to IBM PowerVM

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Planning for IBM PowerVM

This chapter includes guidance for planning for PowerVM before you start to implement the solution.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•PowerVM prerequisites

•Processor virtualization planning

•Memory virtualization planning

•Virtual I/O Server planning

•Storage virtualization planning

•Network virtualization planning

•Further considerations

3.1 PowerVM prerequisites

PowerVM requires a valid license (feature code) before its features can be used. All IBM Power9 and IBM Power10 processor-based systems have PowerVM ...

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