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Virtualisation options in POWER5

Without APV With APV
LPAR Yes  Yes
DLPAR Yes  Yes
Virtual LAN Yes  Yes
Micro Partitions  -   Yes
Partition Load Manager  -  Yes
Vitual IO Server  -   Yes


Virtualisation POWER6

Features None Express Standard Enterprise
Maximum LPARs 1 per CPU 3/server 10/core 10/core
Management HMC IVM IVM/HMC IVM/HMC
Virtual LAN yes yes yes yes
Micro Partitions  - yes yes yes
Virtual IO Server  -  yes yes yes
PowerVM Lx86  - yes yes yes
Shared Dedicated Capacity  - yes yes yes
NPIV  - yes yes yes
Multiple Shared Processor Pools  -  -  yes yes
Active Memory Sharing  -  -  -  yes
Live Partition Mobility  -  -   -  yes
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