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Add a Logical Partition for an IBM AIX Computer

You can use the Provisioning wizard to create logical partitions for an IBM AIX system.

To add a logical partition for an IBM AIX computer

1. Click Resources.
2. Right-click IBM PowerVM Group in the Explore pane, and select Provisioning, Provision LPAR.

   The Provisioning wizard appears with the Partition and Memory page.

3. Select the HMC/IVM server and managed system name. Specify the partition name and, if using an HMC server, the profile name. Specify the minimum, desired, and maximum memory for the partition. Click Next.

   The Processors page appears.

4. Specify whether to allocate partial processor units or dedicated processors and the minimum, desired, and maximum processors units. Advanced settings are available for shared modes and virtual processors. Click Next.

   The I/O Components page appears.

5. Select the I/O devices to associate with the partition, and click Next.

   Note: For each I/O device, you can specify that the I/O device is required or optional for logical partition activation. If the I/O device is required, the partition cannot be activated if the I/O device is unavailable or in use by another logical partition. If the I/O device is optional, and if the desired I/O device is available when the partition is activated, the managed system commits the I/O device to the partition. If the optional I/O device is not available, the managed system skips the I/O device.

   The I/O Pools page appears.

6. (Optional) To create a new I/O pool, click the + (Add) on the I/O Pools table, enter a numerical value, and click Save.

   Note: When you add an I/O device to a partition, and the I/O device belongs to an I/O pool. When this partition is activated, the managed system automatically adds the I/O pools defined for the partition to the logical partition.

7. Click Next.

   If an HMC server was selected, the Virtual Serial page appears.

8. (Optional) Specify the maximum virtual adapters for the partition. To create a new virtual serial adapter, click + (Add) and specify the Adapter ID, Remote Partition, and Remote Slot Number. You can require that the virtual adapter must be allocated and the managed system must have enough memory to run the required virtual adapters for the partition profile, or the logical partition does not activate.
9. Click Next.

   The Virtual Ethernet page appears.

10. Specify the maximum virtual ethernet adapters for the partition. (Optional) You can add new virtual ethernet adapters by clicking + (Add) and selecting an Adapter ID, Virtual LAN ID, Access External Network, Trunk Priority, IEEE 802.1 Q Compatibility, additional Virtual LAN IDs, and whether the Ethernet adapter is required.
11. Click Next.

    The Virtual Disks page appears.

12. Specify the virtual SCSI devices for the partition. (Optional) To add a new virtual SCSI adapter, click + (Add) on the Virtual SCSI Adapters table.

    Select an Adapter ID, specify whether the SCSI adapter is Required, and pick a Device name from the SCSI Devices table. If the desired device is on the SCSI Devices list, click OK, click Next in the Virtual SCSI panel, and skip to the last step. To add a new SCSI backing device, click + (New Backing Device) on the SCSI devices table.

    Note: If the selected device has a slot number, that is the slot number of the virtual SCSI server adapter defined to the Virtual I/O server partition. If the selected device doesn’t have a slot number, that means it isn’t associated with a virtual SCSI server adapter yet. When the job to create the partition takes place, the virtual SCSI server adapter will be created and assigned to the device.

    Note: If a physical fibre channel port that supports NPIV is selected, a virtual fibre channel server adapter and virtual fibre channel client adapter are created for the partition.

13. Click Next.

    The Summary page appears.

14. Verify the Summary and click Add Computer.

    The logical partition is created.