Glossary

HMC (Hardware Management Console)

HMC

The appliance or virtual appliance used to manage LPARs, firmware, and virtualization on IBM Power hardware.

Current HMC code versions do not manage Power7 (or Power8) hardware -- a migration to Power9 or later typically requires a current HMC alongside (or replacing) whatever console currently manages the Power7 system.

Related Terms

PowerVM

IBM's virtualization platform for Power servers, providing LPAR partitioning and the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS).

Power7

IBM's 2010 processor and server generation, covering systems from the Power 710 through the Power 795. Every Power7 model is now past standard IBM hardware support.

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