Ensure that your hardware meets the minimum processor, memory, and I/O requirements for an i5/OS® logical partition.
Every i5/OS logical partition requires the following hardware resources. Furthermore, if you plan to run i5/OS on an IBM System p5™ or eServer™ p5 model, you must adhere to additional configuration requirements. For more information on requirements for i5/OS logical partitions on an IBM System p5 or eServer p5 model, see Requirements for i5/OS on IBM System p5 and eServer p5 servers.
1 dedicated processor or 0.1 shared processing unit
128 MB
HMC 5250 emulation requires an HMC.
Operations Console requires either a LAN connection or an asynchronous IOA that supports Operations Console connections. The Operations Console LAN connection can be either an embedded port, a LAN IOA with an associated IOP, or, if you install i5/OS V5R3M5 or later, a LAN IOA that does not require an IOP. All supported Operations Console asynchronous IOAs require an IOP.
Twinaxial console requires a twinaxial workstation IOA with an associated IOP.
On IBM System i5 and eServer i5 models, at least one i5/OS logical partition in the managed system must have a physical LAN adapter that the i5/OS logical partition can use for serviceable event reporting and connection monitoring. You can then create a virtual LAN that connects the i5/OS logical partition with the physical LAN adapter with the other logical partitions on the managed system and bridge the physical LAN adapter to the virtual LAN. If the system is managed using an HMC, the physical LAN adapter must be able to communicate with the HMC so that serviceable event reporting can be routed through the HMC.
On IBM System p5 and eServer p5 models, the i5/OS logical partitions can use either a physical LAN adapter or a virtual LAN adapter whose virtual LAN is bridged to a physical LAN adapter. In either case, the physical LAN must be able to communicate with the HMC so that serviceable event reporting can be routed through the HMC.