RE: LPAR Windows 2003 server

Rob -

Each individual partition would need the functionality so it'd be
implemented in either the partition microcode or via a PCI-X card (one
per partition).  The connection to the KVM itself is made via LAN so it
could follow the bus to the system's regular Ethernet lines.  

- John

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:00 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: LPAR Windows 2003 server


Are you saying you could have one of these cards in your iseries and
have 
any number of partitions using this card at the same time and then the
KVM 
device would be able to tell which one you want active.

Or, you would have to have a seperate card for each partiton, and these 
would then fit into the KVM device?  Much like the KVM portion of the
2792 
card.

I think having one card simulaneously in use by multiple partitions
would 
be a big change in how LPAR currently works.

And I wonder if IBM could come up with a card that simulated the KVM 
portion of the 2792 card at a significant cost reduction of the 2792
card.

Rob Berendt
-- 
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
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