BladeSymphony 2000 GVAE55S3 including hardware partitioning (also known as Virtage in Japan)

Certifications

Product Versions Level
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x86_64) 6.2 - 6.x Certified [1]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (i386) 6.2 - 6.x Certified [2]
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (x86_64) 4.x Certified [3]
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (x86_64) 3.x Certified [4]

Additional Notes

  1. Why does Virtage(version 97) with KVM requires a VT-x(Intel Virtualization Technology) feature enabled on logical partitions.

  2. What is "Virtage"?*

    What is Hitachi's Host Bus Adapter (HBA), why does it use an additional binary driver and why doesn't Red Hat support it directly?

    Why does my video change when I enable Virtage hardware partitioning?

    Why does Virtage(version 97) with KVM requires a VT-x(Intel Virtualization Technology) feature enabled on logical partitions.

    Potential performance impact for a RHEL or RHEV hypervisor when I enable Virtage on my Hitachi server.

    Why do the PCIIDs change on my NICs when I change from "dedicated" to "shared" mode on my BladeSymphony server via the Virtage hardware partitioning firmware when this function is enabled?

    What version of RHEL 6 is required to kdump to nfs filesystem via tg3 driver?

  3. What is "Virtage"?*
    Why does my video change when I enable Virtage hardware partitioning?
    Why does Virtage(version 97) with KVM requires a VT-x(Intel Virtualization Technology) feature enabled on logical partitions.
    Potential performance impact for a RHEL or RHEV hypervisor when I enable Virtage on my Hitachi server.
    What is Hitachi's Host Bus Adapter (HBA), why does it use an additional binary driver and why doesn't Red Hat support it directly?
    Why do the PCIIDs change on my NICs when I change from "dedicated" to "shared" mode on my BladeSymphony server via the Virtage hardware partitioning firmware when this function is enabled?
  4. What is "Virtage"?*
    Why does my video change when I enable Virtage hardware partitioning?
    Why does Virtage(version 97) with KVM requires a VT-x(Intel Virtualization Technology) feature enabled on logical partitions.
    Potential performance impact for a RHEL or RHEV hypervisor when I enable Virtage on my Hitachi server.
    What is Hitachi's Host Bus Adapter (HBA), why does it use an additional binary driver and why doesn't Red Hat support it directly?
    Why do the PCIIDs change on my NICs when I change from "dedicated" to "shared" mode on my BladeSymphony server via the Virtage hardware partitioning firmware when this function is enabled?
Vendor:
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