CompanycomhasseveralAS/400serversintheirITinfrastructurerunningV5R2thattheywishto consolid
A.Resourcescannotbesharedwithani5partitionwhenitisputonapSeries.Thei5partitionneedsitsown9411-100towerbecauseofIOP.V5R3OSorlaterisrequired.Thereisamaximumoftwopartitionsina590.
B.Resourcescannotbesharedbetweenpartitionswheni5/OSisputonapSeries.Thei5partitionneedsitsown9411-100towerbecauseofIOP.i5/OScanbeatV5R2oraV5R3.Currentlyonlyonei5partitionisallowed.
C.V5R3isrequiredforthei5partitions.VirtualIOServerisnotsupportedforthei5/OSpartitionstosharestorage.Upto10i5partitionsperprocessorareallowed(amaximumoftwoprocessorsforupto20partitions).
D.ProcessorandmemoryresourcescanbesharedbetweenAIX5L,Linuxandi5/ospartitions.i5/OSneedstobeatV5R3,andVirtualIOServerisnotsupportedforthei5/OSpartitiontosharestorage.Ona1.65GHzPOWER5p5590thereisamaximumofonepartition.