IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide

The IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides to systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power Systems™ servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide, SG24-7491 and also merges updated information from IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console: Version 8 Release 8.1.0 Enhancements, SG24-8232. It explains the new features of IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console Version V8.8.1.0 through V8.8.4.0. The major functions that the HMC provides are Power Systems server hardware management and virtualization (partition) management.

Further information about virtualization management is in the following publications:

IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590
IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940
IBM PowerVM Enhancements What is New in 2013, SG24-8198
IBM Power Systems SR-IOV: Technical Overview and Introduction, REDP-5065

The following features of HMC V8.8.1.0 through HMC V8.8.4.0 are described in this book:

HMC V8.8.1.0 enhancements
HMC V8.8.4.0 enhancements
System and Partition Templates
HMC and IBM PowerVM® Simplification Enhancement
Manage Partition Enhancement
Performance and Capacity Monitoring
HMC V8.8.4.0 upgrade changes