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Title: Step-by-step Virtualization configuration on an IBM eServer p5 server, part 1: configure VIO Server

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Abstract: The IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIO Server), announced in July 2004, facilitates the sharing of physical resources between partitions on the IBM eServer p5 family of servers. The innovative VIO Server technology is driven by the IBM POWER5 Virtualization Engine. This paper offers a step-by-step (screen-by-screen) explanation of the process for installing a VIO Server on an eServer p5 model 9117-570. This paper serves as a guide for installing a VIO Server on all models of the eServer p5 family of servers.

NOTE: A step-by-step illustration of the process for configuring a client partition is explained in Part 2 of this set of three white papers. The third paper in this series demonstrates how to configure the Virtual devices.