New features in this release of IBM® PowerVM® V2.2.4 include support for the following:
- New NovaLink architecture for IBM POWER8® based systems, which allows for greater scalability for OpenStack cloud deployments
- New Virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC), which enables improved efficiency, performance, and VM mobility for VMs with SRIOV adapters
- Live Partition Mobility improvements in resiliency, performance, and NPIV validation
- New features for Shared Storage Pool
New or improved features in this release of IBM PowerVC V1.3.0 include support for the following:
- New advanced policy-based management to automate the dynamic optimization of systems
- Exploitation of the PowerVM NovaLink architecture, which improves scaling and performance
- New storage management capabilities, including support for IBM DS8000® NPIV and vSCSI storage
- Support for PowerVM Multiple Shared Processor Pools