System information

144 Logical Partitions on System i5
It may take a number of seconds before the wizard pane opens (Figure 5-3), since the HMC
has a lot of information gathering to perform.
Figure 5-3 Partition wizard first pane
5.2.3 Specifying the partition name, partition ID, and partition type
Each partition needs to have the following pieces of information:
򐂰 Partition ID Number, a numeric value between1 and 254
򐂰 Partition Name, a text string up to 31 characters
򐂰 Partition Type, indicating which operating system will be installed on the partition:
– AIX or Linux
–i5/OS
– Virtual I/O Server