Partitions

When you select a managed server in the navigation pane, the work pane displays the list of partitions defined on the server as shown in the following figure.


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The Partitions work pane table displays the following attributes by default.

Name
Specifies the user-defined name of the logical partition.
ID
Specifies the ID of the partition
Status
Displays the current status of the partition (for example, running, not activated) and, in addition, displays icons representing an unacceptable state or active Attention LED. See Status: Unacceptable or Status: Attention LEDs for more information.
Processing Units
Displays the unit of measure for shared processing power across one or more virtual processors. Processing power can be specified in fractions of a processor.
Memory
Specifies the amount of memory allocated to the partition currently. The memory amount can be shown in MB or GB. Click MB or GB in the Memory column title.
Active Profile
Specifies the profile that was used to activate the partition last.
Environment
Specifies the type of object, logical partition, server, frame (for example: i5/OS, AIX/Linux, Virtual I/O Server).
Reference Code
Displays system reference codes for partition. For POWER6 systems, click the reference code in the table for a detailed description.

The Partitions work pane table can also display the following optional attributes in the table.

Processor
If the partition is using dedicated processors, this value indicates the number of processors currently allocated to the partition. If the partition is using shared processors, this value represents the virtual processors currently allocated to the partition.
Service Partition
Specifies whether the partition has service authority.
Configured
Specifies whether a partition is configured with all the required resources to power on.
Default Profile
Specifies the profile that is configured as the default profile. When users perform the Activate task from the partition, this profile is selected by default.

Optional attributes can be displayed when you select the Column configuration icon on the table toolbar. This function allows you to select additional attributes that you want displayed as columns in the table. It also allows you to reorder the columns, see Column configuration for more information.