Thanks to the IBM Virtual Loaner Program, I was able to try out my first POWER7 LPAR today. Some interesting items for me to research.


# lparstat -i

Node Name : node1

Partition Name : node1

Partition Number : 5

Type : Shared-SMT-4

Mode : Uncapped

Entitled Capacity : 0.50

Partition Group-ID : 32773

Shared Pool ID : 0

Online Virtual CPUs : 2

Maximum Virtual CPUs : 2

Minimum Virtual CPUs : 1

Online Memory : 4096 MB

Maximum Memory : 4096 MB

Minimum Memory : 1024 MB

Variable Capacity Weight : 128

Minimum Capacity : 0.25

Maximum Capacity : 0.50

Capacity Increment : 0.01

Maximum Physical CPUs in system : 32

Active Physical CPUs in system : 32

Active CPUs in Pool : 32

Shared Physical CPUs in system : 32

Maximum Capacity of Pool : 3200

Entitled Capacity of Pool : 550

Unallocated Capacity : 0.00

Physical CPU Percentage : 25.00%

Unallocated Weight : 0

Memory Mode : Dedicated

Total I/O Memory Entitlement : -

Variable Memory Capacity Weight : -

Memory Pool ID : -

Physical Memory in the Pool : -

Hypervisor Page Size : -

Unallocated Variable Memory Capacity Weight: -

Unallocated I/O Memory entitlement : -

Memory Group ID of LPAR : -

Desired Virtual CPUs : 2

Desired Memory : 4096 MB

Desired Variable Capacity Weight : 128

Desired Capacity : 0.50

Target Memory Expansion Factor : -

Target Memory Expansion Size : -


It appears to be a POWER7 750 (8233-E8B) with 32 x 3.55 GHz processors.


System Model: IBM,8233-E8B

Machine Serial Number: XXXXXXX

Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER7

Processor Implementation Mode: POWER 7

Processor Version: No Data Available

Number Of Processors: 2

Processor Clock Speed: 3550 MHz

CPU Type: 64-bit

Kernel Type: 64-bit

LPAR Info: 1 node1

Memory Size: 4096 MB

Good Memory Size: 4096 MB

Platform Firmware level: AL710_039

Firmware Version: IBM,AL710_039