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Course description
Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization Duration: 4 days Purpose
This course provides an overview of the PowerVM editions features on POWER6 processor-based systems. It explains the new features and benefits of virtualization including the processor virtualization, the Integrated Virtual Ethernet, the virtual I/O server, and the virtual devices such as the virtual Ethernet and virtual SCSI adapters. Basic and advanced configurations of the virtual I/O server and its clients are discussed including various availability options. Students are also given additional details about PowerVM features that were introduced in AN11 - Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning.

Audience
This intermediate course is intended for System Administrators, technical support personnel, and business partners responsible for implementing LPARs on IBM System p servers.

Prerequisites
Students must have advanced system administration experience with AIX V5.3 or AIX 6. This prerequisite may be met by attending one of the following courses: Power Systems for AIX II: Implementation and Administration (AN12) Power Systems for AIX III: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination (AN15) AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AW18) or students must have equivalent AIX and LPAR skills.

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General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended. This prerequisite may be met by attending AIX 5L TCP/IP I: Configuration (AU07). Students are also expected to have logical partition administration skills on POWER6 processor-based systems, which can be obtained by attending Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11).

Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to: Discuss the advantages or value of PowerVM editions features Define Micro-Partitioning and Shared Processor LPARs Discuss the benefits of simultaneous multi-threading Discuss and configure the Integrated Virtual Ethernet (IVE) Install and configure the Virtual I/O Server Configure virtual devices, such as Virtual Ethernet, Shared Ethernet, and Virtual SCSI Disks Define file-backed storage pools and file-backed virtual optical devices Identify single points of failure in virtualized environments Configure multiple VIO Servers for high availability Configure advanced virtual networking options Configure the Shared Ethernet Adapter Failover feature Configure advanced virtual SCSI options Configure MPIO in a VIO servers client partition Manage the service events, configure call home, add, exchange FRUs, discuss FSP failover

Curriculum relationship
AU11G AU30G

Agenda

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Day 1
(00:30) (02:00) (00:30) (01:30) (01:30) Welcome Unit 1: Introduction to partitioning Exercise 1: Power System documentation overview Unit 2: Processor virtualization Exercise 2: Processor virtualization configuration

Day 2
(01:30) Unit 3: Integrated Virtual Ethernet (01:00) Exercise 3: Integrated Virtual Ethernet configuration (01:00) Unit 4: Virtual Ethernet (01:00) Exercise 4: Virtual Ethernet Adapter configuration (01:00) Unit 5 - Topic 1: Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices (01:00) Exercise 5 - Topic 1: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration

Day 3
(01:45) Unit 5 - Topic 2: Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices (01:45) Exercise 5 - Topic 2: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration (01:30) Unit 6: Virtual network configurations with dual VIOS (01:30) Exercise 6: Shared Ethernet adapter failover setup

Day 4
(01:30) Unit 7: Virtual SCSI configurations with dual VIOS (01:30) Exercise 7: Dual VIO servers configuration with MPIO in the client partition (01:00) Unit 8: HMC Service Management. (00:30) Exercise 8: Manage Service Events (01:00) Exercise 9: (Optional) file-backed virtual disk and virtual media repository configuration Wrap up / Evaluations