Virtual I/O Server - IBM

AIX VUG 2010
Enhancements added with v2.1.2 (Oct 2009)
� Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
– Preservation of Virtual Target Device names or ability to change names
– IPSEC Encryption of MSP to MSP traffic
– Network Interface selection for MSP to MSP communications
– Ability to create non-symmetric VIO server configurations
– Support for shared persistent reservations (PR_shared)
� N_Port Id Virtualization (NPIV)
– Dynamic remapping of vFC adapter to a physical port
– Concurrent microcode updates for NPIV adapters/ports
– Support for additional Blade Fibre Channel adapters
• FC 8240
• FC 8242
• FC8271
� New commands chkdev, postprocesssvc, and viosbr
� Official support for Solid State Drives in a virtual environment
� Latest version of SDDPCM
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