IBM Implementation Services for System p – Advanced POWER Virtualisation

Learn how this service can help you leverage leading IBM virtualisation technology to improve system utilisation and performance, reduce costs, decrease complexity and free resources for business-driven activities.

Leverages leading virtualisation technology

Helps improve server utilisation and performance

Simplifies IT management and optimises existing IT investments

Enables you to redirect IT resources toward business-critical applications

Server sprawl - it’s a growing problem in many organisations. Whether you’re big or small, upgrading your infrastructure or merging with another company, it’s likely that you’re deploying new applications and facing data proliferation challenges. All of which leads to one thing: too many servers. Redundant servers can clutter your network, compromising performance levels and costing you more to manage and maintain it.

Wouldn’t you like to get more performance and efficiency out of the hardware assets you already own? You can, if you own or are considering purchasing IBM System p servers, for which leading virtualisation technology is usually available. Designed to help you avoid using your valuable in-house resources on time-consuming virtualisation implementation projects, IBM Implementation Services for System p – Advanced POWER Virtualisation provides fixed-cost planning, installation, configuration, training and project management services.

Advanced POWER Virtualisation capabilities can help your organisation simplify server management, reduce costs, and improve server utilisation and performance. These capabilities include:

Virtual I/O server

• Facilitates the sharing of physical input/output (I/O) resources among logical partitions
• Enables sharing of Ethernet adapters, small computer system interface (SCSI) devices and Fibre Channel storage

Partition load manager

• Balances processor and memory requests automatically
• Shifts resources dynamically based on demand

IBM Micro-Partitioning™ technology

• Supports up to ten logical partitions on one processor 
• Automates CPU and memory reconfiguration
• Provides real-time partition configuration and load statistics 
• Supports dedicated and shared-processor logical partition groups 

• Allows for manual resource provisioning

Leveraging IBM’s world-class System p and virtualisation expertise can help you speed implementation time and reduce the risk of business disruption during your transition to a consolidated and virtualised server platform.  This service is available for System p servers that are based on IBM POWER5TM and POWER6TM technology.