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For information about AIX® 5.3 system management, see System management.
For information about AIX 6.1 operating system and device management, see Operating system and device management.
For POWER6® information about managing logical partitions, see Managing logical partitions. For POWER7® information about managing logical partitions, see Managing logical partitions.
For POWER6 information about managing the Virtual I/O server, see Managing the Virtual I/O Server. For POWER7 information about managing the Virtual I/O server, see Managing the Virtual I/O Server.