Creating the Virtual I/O Server logical partition on an HMC managed system

You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version 7, release 7.1, or later to create the Virtual I/O Server partition and profile manually. Or, you can deploy a system plan to create the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) partition and profile. When you deploy a system plan you can optionally create client logical partitions and their profiles on the managed system as well.