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Title: Step-by-step Virtualization configuration on an IBM eServer p5 server, part 3: configure virtual devices

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Abstract: This paper, the third in a three-part series, offers a step-by-step (screen-by-screen) explanation of the process for Virtual I/O devices on an IBM eServer p5 model 9117-570. These steps serve as a broader guide for installing Virtual I/O devices on all current models of the IBM eServer pSeries family of servers. The Virtual devices created in this example will be shared by client partitions via the IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIO Server), which is driven by the IBM POWER5 Virtualization Engine.

NOTE: A step-by-step illustration of the process for configuring a VIO Server is explained in part one of this set of three white papers. The second paper in this series demonstrated how to configure the client partitions.