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6 IBM Systems Director Management Console: Introduction and Overview
1.3 IVM, HMC, and SDMC support
The transition will begin in the second half of 2011, as new virtualization features
will be only supported by the SDMC. Systems in current installations will be
supported by the Hardware Management Console as long as firmware
requirements are met. See Table 1-1 for an overview of which POWER processor
based systems are supported.
Table 1-1 Server firmware support
Both Hardware Management Console and Integrated Virtualization Manager will
receive updates to support systems in the POWER7 family. No support for future
advanced virtualization and availability features will be added. Also, no support
will be available for future POWER processors, as these will be exclusively
managed by the SDMC.
IVM HMC SDMC
High-end
servers
Not Supported Supported Supported (hardware appliance
only)
Low-end
Servers
and
midrange
Servers
Supported Supported Supported
Blades Supported Not Supported Supported
Server
families
supported
POWER5/POWER5+: Yes
POWER6/POWER6+: Yes
POWER7™: Yes
POWER5/POWER5+: Yes
POWER6/POWER6+: Yes
POWER7: Yes
POWER5/POWER5+: No
POWER6/POWER6+: Yes
POWER7: Yes
Multiple
system
support
No Yes Yes
Firmware
version
support
Same supported firmware
versions as HMC
Same supported firmware
versions as HMC
Same supported firmware
versions as HMC
For Blades:
POWER6®: Version
350_107
POWER7: 730_035
PS703 PS705: 730_031
Server
families
support
details
Blades: JS21 and beyond
POWER5/POWER5+: 550Q
Express and below
POWER6/POWER6+: All HV
POWER7: All HV
Blades: None
POWER5/POWER5+: All
POWER6/POWER6+: All
POWER7: All
Blades: JS22 and beyond
(POWER6 and POWER7)
POWER5/POWER5+:
None
POWER6/POWER6+: All
POWER7: All