Types of logical partition configurations

There are many different types of logical partition configurations on IBM® Systems and eServer™ hardware.

Manufacturing default configuration
The manufacturing default configuration is the initial partition setup of the managed system as received from your service provider.
Service partition
If you are using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to manage systems and the HMC becomes unavailable, then you can use the service partition to perform service-related tasks on systems.
Virtual I/O Server partition
The Virtual I/O Server provides virtual SCSI and shared Ethernet capability to client logical partitions on IBM eServer p5, IBM System p5®, and IBM eServer OpenPower® systems.
Partition workload groups
Partition workload groups identify sets of logical partitions that workload management tools can manage. For example, Enterprise Workload Manager (EWLM) can automatically distribute processing capacity within a partition workload group in response to workload performance goals.
i5/OS on IBM System p5 and eServer p5 servers
You can install and run i5/OS® logical partitions on an IBM System p5 and eServer p5 server.

Parent topic: Concepts for partitioning the server

Last updated: Fri, Oct 30, 2009