IBM PowerVM

Highlights

• Consolidate diverse sets of applications built for multiple operating systems on a single server: AIX®, IBM i, and Linux®
• Virtualize processor, memory, and I/O resources to increase asset utilization and reduce infrastructure costs
• Dynamically adjust server capability to meet changing workload demands
• Move running workloads between servers to maximize availability and avoid planned downtime

Complexity can work its way into your IT infrastructure, driven by the introduction of new applications and unanticipated growth. However, adding a server each time you have new demand for a new application means that you also require additional floor or rack space, power, cooling, network interfaces, data storage and administrative resources. Such complexity leads to inefficiency.

The answer is consolidation and virtualization. New technologies have emerged that allow organizations to consolidate multiple operating systems and software stacks on a single platform, and allocate the platform to meet specific business and application requirements in a more dynamic fashion. The latest IBM advances in virtualization break out of traditional silos and offer broader platform support and scalability than ever before.

The IBM Power™ Systems family of servers includes proven¹ server consolidation platforms that help you control costs while improving overall performance, availability and energy efficiency. With these servers and IBM PowerVM™ virtualization solutions, your business can consolidate applications and servers, virtualize its system resources, and provide a more flexible, dynamic IT infrastructure.

PowerVM delivers industrial strength virtualization for AIX, IBM i, and Linux environments on IBM POWER processor-based systems. IBM Power Systems servers coupled with PowerVM technology are designed to help clients build a dynamic infrastructure, reducing costs, managing risk and improving service levels.

PowerVM offers a secure virtualization environment, built on the advanced RAS features and leadership performance² of the Power Systems platform.

Operating system versions supported

• AIX 5.2, AIX 5.3, and AIX 6.1
• IBM i 5.3, IBM i 5.4, IBM i 6.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Hardware platforms supported

• IBM Power Systems with POWER5 and POWER6 processors