<s>
PowerVM	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Advanced	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Virtualization	I-Application
(	O
APV	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
chargeable	O
feature	O
of	O
IBM	O
POWER5	B-Device
,	O
POWER6	B-Device
,	O
POWER7	B-Device
,	O
POWER8	B-Device
,	O
POWER9	B-Device
and	O
Power10	B-Operating_System
servers	O
and	O
is	O
required	O
for	O
support	O
of	O
micro-partitions	B-Device
and	O
other	O
advanced	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
IBM	B-Application
i	I-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
PowerVM	B-Application
has	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
media	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	O
I/O	O
Server	O
(	O
VIOS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
service	O
partition	B-Device
providing	O
sharing	O
services	O
for	O
disk	O
and	O
network	O
adapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
withdrawal	O
from	O
marketing	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
PowerVM	B-Application
also	O
came	O
with	O
installation	O
media	O
for	O
Lx86	B-Device
,	O
x86	B-Operating_System
binary	O
translation	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
compiled	O
for	O
the	O
Intel	B-Operating_System
x86	I-Operating_System
platform	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
POWER-emulation	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
supported	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
was	O
a	O
co-requisite	O
for	O
use	O
of	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
PowerVM	B-Application
comes	O
in	O
two	O
editions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
PowerVM	B-Application
Standard	O
:	O
supported	O
on	O
all	O
POWER6	B-Device
,	O
POWER7	B-Device
and	O
POWER8	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unrestricted	O
use	O
of	O
partitioning	O
–	O
10×	O
LPARs	B-Device
per	O
core	O
(	O
20×	O
LPARs	B-Device
for	O
Power7+	O
and	O
Power8	B-Device
servers	O
)	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
1,000	O
per	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
Shared	O
Processor	O
Pools	O
(	O
on	O
POWER7	B-Device
and	O
POWER8	B-Device
systems	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
PowerVM	B-Application
Enterprise	O
:	O
supported	O
on	O
POWER7	B-Device
and	O
POWER8	B-Device
systems	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
PowerVM	B-Application
Standard	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Live	B-General_Concept
Partition	I-General_Concept
Mobility	I-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
allows	O
running	O
virtual	O
machines	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
another	O
system	O
)	O
and	O
Active	O
Memory	O
Sharing	O
(	O
which	O
intelligently	O
reallocates	O
physical	O
memory	O
between	O
multiple	O
running	O
virtual	O
machines	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
withdrawal	O
from	O
marketing	O
in	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
third	O
edition	O
,	O
IBM	O
PowerVM	B-Application
Express	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
710/730	O
,	O
720/740	O
,	O
750	O
and	O
Power	O
Blades	O
)	O
,	O
limited	O
to	O
three	O
partitions	B-Device
(	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
a	O
VIOS	O
partition	B-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
Multiple	O
Shared	O
Processor	O
Pools	O
.	O
</s>
