IBM I5/OS - Manual (Page 25)

i Series. my Series.
Virtual I/O Concepts
Power Hypervisor
Partition
Virtual Bus
Virtual Slot
Virtual
IOP
Virtual Slot
Virtual
IOA
Virtual Slot
Virtual
IOA
Virtual Slot
Virtual
IOA
Virtual
Serial
Virtual
Ethernet
Virtual
SCSI
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i Series. my Series.
Virtual I/O Concepts
Virtual I/O Facts
What is dynamic
As for physical I/O adapters, virtual I/O adapters can be dynamically added, changed or removed
Unlike physical I/O slots, virtual I/O slots cannot be moved from one partition to another
What is not dynamic
Changing the number of slots requires a partition deactivation and reactivation
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