Plan for logical partitions

Understand the hardware and software requirements needed to successfully implement logical partitions. Read and go through the preorder tasks of completing the planning work sheet.

Once you understand logical partition concepts, you are ready to develop a plan that evaluates your hardware resources, software release levels, and your company's immediate and future workload demands. This section guides you through the necessary steps in the planning process before you create partitions on your iSeries™ server.

• Hardware requirements for logical partitions
  Determine if your hardware resources meet the minimum requirements needed to partition your server. Evaluate each iSeries model to determine how your hardware will function once you partition your server.
• Software requirements for logical partitions
  Learn what release levels are supported and how you can partition your system to support new functions.
• Plan for Linux in a guest partition
  Prepare your server to run a non-i5/OS™ operating system in a partition. Understand the hardware resources needed to install Linux^® on a partition.
• Order a new server or upgrade an existing server with logical partitions
  Determine if you need to purchase new hardware or upgrade existing hardware for your company. IBM^® can assist you in placing the correct order that meets your partition requirements.
• Design your logical partitions
  Perform capacity planning and complete the planning worksheets needed to successfully create partitions on your server. Examples of capacity planning worksheets and planning hardware worksheets guide you through the process.
• Examples: Logical partitioning
  Review examples of different iSeries models running variations of the logical partition concept. Create unique partition set-ups using Bus-level or IOP-level configurations.