System information

158 Logical Partitions on System i5
Creating Virtual IO Adapters
The following virtual IO adapters can be created:
򐂰 Virtual Ethernet
򐂰 Virtual Serial
򐂰 Virtual SCSI
All virtual IO adapters reside on a single virtual system bus (Figure 5-17). The maximum
number of virtual adapters is a user editable field that specifies how many virtual IO
adapters can connect to the virtual system bus. Clicking Next > will advance to the next
panel. In order to create a virtual IO adapter, select the adapter type radio button and click the
Create button.
Slot numbers 0 and 1 are reserved for system use.
Figure 5-17 Creating virtual IO adapters
Virtual Ethernet
Virtual ethernet allows for high speed (1 gigabit) interpartition communications. The slot
number refers to the position of the virtual ethernet adapter on the virtual system bus. Port
virtual LAN ID is analogous to the current virtual LAN/Ethernet ID. For two partitions to be
able to talk, they will need to have a virtual ethernet adapter that has the same port virtual
LAN ID. Having the virtual ethernet adapter occupy the same slot is not a requirement. See
Figure 5-18.