Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 832.12 Operating system supportThe IBM POWER7 processor-based systems support three families of operating systems: AIX IBM i LinuxIn addition, the Virtual I/O Server can be installed in special partitions that provide support tothe other operating systems for using features such as virtualized I/O devices, PowerVM LivePartition Mobility, or PowerVM Active Memory Sharing.The PS703 and PS704 blades support the operating system versions identified in thissection.Firmware updates Inband through OS; notconcurrentService Focal Point™ withconcurrent firmware updatesUpdate Manager, concurrentfirmware updatesServiceable eventmanagementService Focal Point Light:Consolidated management offirmware- and managementpartition-detected errorsService Focal Point supportfor consolidated managementof operating system- andfirmware-detected errorsService and Support Managerfor consolidated managementof operating system- andfirmware-detected errorsPowerVM functionFull PowerVMCapabilityPartial Full FullCapacity onDemandEntry of PowerVM codes only Full Support Full SupportI/O Support for IBMiVirtual Only Virtual and Direct Virtual and DirectMultiple SharedProcessor PoolNo, default pool only Yes YesWorkloadManagement(WLM) GroupsSupportedOne 254 254Support for multipleprofiles per partitionNo Yes YesSysPlan Deploy &mksysplanLimited no POWER7 support,no Deploy on bladesYes Not in initial release, no bladesupportCharacteristic IVM HMC SDMCNote: For details about the software available on IBM POWER servers, see PowerSystems Software™ at the following web page:http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/
