What's new in PowerVM NovaLink

Read about new or significantly changed information in IBM PowerVM® NovaLink since the previous update of this topic collection.

June 2018

The following updates were made to the content:

PowerVM NovaLink supports storage redundancy in the PowerVM Open I/O mode as a Technology Preview.

June 2017

The following updates were made to the content:
  • The PowerVM NovaLink installer now supports automated installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) by using a configured kickstart file. For more information about installing PowerVM NovaLink on an RHEL logical partition, see Installing the PowerVM NovaLink software on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux partition.
  • PowerVM NovaLink supports PowerVM Open I/O, which supports Software Defined Environments (SDE) for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and storage.

December 2016

The following updates were made to the content:




Last updated: Fri, December 06, 2019