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Security, scalability, and flexibility
Known for their computing power, IBM System p™ servers depend on world class operating systems to support user needs across a broad range of applications including transaction processing, Web publishing, data mining, systems management and many more. IBM's track record of continuous innovation in operating system capabilities from security to scalability to system management helps to ensure that user applications will perform well in an on demand computing environment.

Operating systems for System p servers

AIX
AIX® is IBM's strategic operating system for the UNIX® market. As an open standards UNIX solution, AIX allows you to meet the needs of an expanding business by providing outstanding performance and flexibility. Features of the latest release, AIX Version 6.1, such as Workload Partitions and Live Application Mobility can provide even more flexibility, reliability, security and performance. AIX operates on IBM Systems based on Power Architecture™ technology.



Linux on System p
Get leadership 64-bit performance and available IBM virtualization technologies, capabilities and offerings for your Linux® operating system applications with IBM Power Architecture™ technology-based System p™ servers and BladeCenter® blade servers. These systems offer a highly reliable foundation for the thousands of Linux applications natively ported to Power Architecture technology and support for the new PowerVM™ Lx86 feature which is designed to install and run most x86 Linux applications using a supported Linux operating system. (See application qualifications.)


Free technical know-how

Getting started with PowerVM Lx86
Virtualizing an Infrastructure with System p and Linux
Introduction to Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6.1
IBM System p Live Partition Mobility
A Systems Management Guide to Performance Management for System i and System p servers
Hardware Management Console V7 Handbook
Implementing InfiniBand on IBM System p
IBM Director on System p5
AIX V6 Advanced Security Features Introduction and Configuration
IBM Electronic Services Support using Automation and Web Tools
Tuning Linux OS on System p The POWER Of Innovation
Virtualization and Clustering Best Practices Using IBM System p Servers
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Community
AIX 5L and Linux on POWER community
AIX 5L and Linux on POWER community
Interact online with other users of these leading-edge technologies as well as virtualization.
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AIX SWMA and upgrade center
Take the puzzle out of ordering System p server software maintenance and support.

Take the puzzle out of ordering System p server software maintenance and support.

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New release and service strategy for AIX
New release and service strategy for AIX
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Run x86/Linux Applications on your System p servers
Run x86/Linux Applications on your System p servers
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