PowerVM
IBM's virtualization platform for Power Systems, introduced as a unified brand alongside the POWER6 launch in May 2007.
PowerVM is IBM's virtualization technology for Power Systems hardware, covering logical partitioning and the Virtual I/O Server. IBM introduced PowerVM as a unified brand name in May 2007, alongside the POWER6 launch, consolidating virtualization capabilities previously marketed separately across System i and System p.
Related Terms
POWER6
IBM's dual-core processor generation shipped starting May 2007, notable for very high clock speeds and hardware decimal floating-point support.
LPAR
A logical partition: an independent, virtualized instance of an operating system running on a shared physical Power server.
Power Systems
The unified IBM server brand created in April 2008 when System i and System p, previously separate product lines, merged on the POWER6 processor generation.