It takes careful planning to create logical partitions on the iSeries™ . This includes planning for all the required hardware.
The Guide to Completing the Configuration Planning Worksheet on the Logical
Partition 
web site, gives a framework for providing the information necessary
to build a server capable of supporting logical partitions. On the web site,
you can also download the worksheet as a Lotus® Smartmaster, Microsoft® Word,
or HTML document (when prompted, save the document to your computer).
This planning worksheet can help you prepare the necessary information
for completing the Configuration Planning Worksheet. The Configuration Planning
Worksheet is available from the Logical Partition web site.