IBM p5 servers with POWER5 processors contain new technologies called simultaneous multi-threading and optionally, Micro-Partitioning. AIX 5L Version 5.3 contains support for these new technologies. Micro-Partitioning is a mainframe-inspired technology that is based on two major advances in the area of server virtualization. This white paper describes these new technologies and the AIX 5L support for them.
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