| Feature | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Virtualization | |
| AIX Workload Partitions | Reduced administration, improved system efficiency |
| Live Application Mobility | Increased application availability, enhanced workload manageability and energy savings |
| AIX Live Partition Mobility | Increased application availability, enhanced workload manageability and energy savings1,2 |
| Multiple Shared Processor Pools | Greater resource management flexibility and reduced application software expense1,2 |
| Shared Dedicated Processors | Improved server utilization1,2 |
| Security | |
| Role Based Access Control | Improved security, decreased administration costs |
| Encrypting Filesystem | Improved security |
| Trusted AIX | Highest level of security for critical government and business workloads |
| AIX Security Expert | Improved security, decreased administration costs by enabling federated management of security across multiple AIX systems |
| Secure by Default | Improved security on initial installations of AIX 6 |
| Trusted Execution | Improved security |
| Filesystem Permissions Tool | Improved security |
| Near-continuous Availability | |
| Concurrent AIX Updates | Greater system availability, improved security by enabling critical security patches to be installed without causing an outage |
| Storage Keys | Improved AIX availability1 and improved application availability2 |
| Dynamic Tracing | Easier resolution to application execution and performance problems |
| Enhanced First Failure Data Capture | Increased AIX reliability and quicker problem resolution |
| Nonintrusive Service Aids | Increased AIX reliability and quicker problem resolution |
| Functional Recovery Routines | Increased AIX and application reliability and availability |
| Manageability | |
| AIX Workload Partitions | Reduced administrative expense by reducing the number of AIX operating systems to maintain. Greater flexibility to deploy and manage workloads |
| Live Application Mobility | Improved flexibility to improve application availability and performance and to reduce energy costs |
| PowerVM Workload Partitions Manager | Reduced management costs by providing federated management of workload partitions across the enterprise |
| AIX Live Partition Mobility | Improved flexibility to improve application availability and performance and to reduce energy costs1,2 |
| IBM System Director Console for AIX | Reduced administrative costs and improved administrative effectiveness by enabling Web-based administration across multiple AIX instances |
| Automatic Variable Page Size | Improved performance with reduced administrative effort |
| AIX Runtime Expert | Simplifies providing consistent configuration of multiple AIX systems. |
| IBM Systems Director agent included in base AIX installation | Enables AIX systems for immediate management by IBM Systems Director |
| Supported versions of openssh and openssl included on base AIX installation media | Simplified installation of the commonly used open source tools |
1 Supported only on Power Systems servers with POWER6 or POWER7 processor technology
2 Also supported by AIX 5.3
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