Chapter 5. Systems Director Management Console 173Figure 5-26 Editing and creating new virtual server profilesAfter a new profile is created it will be included in the profile list as shown in Figure 5-27.Figure 5-27 List of available profiles for a virtual server5.5.3 Dual VIOS on POWER-based bladesOne of the new capabilities that has been added to POWER6- and POWER7-based bladesmanaged by an SDMC is the ability to implement dual Virtual I/O Servers in the same wayHMC-managed systems are able to.Previously, under IVM-managed systems, the VIOS/IVM would install itself in LPAR numberone, then additional LPARs could be created using IVM. No additional VIOS LPARs areallowed to be created under this management method.With SDMC the creation of virtual servers and the type of operating system environment thatthey support can occur prior to any operating system installation. The only limitation from adual VIOS perspective is the availability of disk and network physical resources. Physicalresource assignment to an virtual server is made at the expansion card slot or controller slot(physical location code) level. Individual ports and internal disks cannot be individuallyassigned. This type of assignment is not unique to POWER-based blades and is commonpractice to all POWER platforms.A minor exception is the 4Gb or 8Gb CFFh combo cards that have both two Ethernet and twoFibre Channel ports. The Ethernet section of the expansion card can be assigned to adifferent virtual server from the virtual server that is using the Fibre Channel section.However, a split assignment of the same type of port is still not allowed.
