AIX version comparison

Feature 6.1 7.1 7.2

Binary compatibility 3 3 3

Live Partition Mobility 3 3 3

nPort ID virtualization (NPIV) 3 3 3

NFSv4 3 3 3

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) 3 3 3

Workload Partitions 3 3 3

Trusted Execution 3 3 3

Role-based access control (RBAC) 3 3 3

Live system backup (mksysb) 3 3 3

ProbeVue 3 3 3

Active system optimizer 3 3 3

Native POWER8 support 3 3

Dynamic Flash Caching 3 3

Versioned Workload Partitions (5.2 and 5.3) 3 3

Cluster Aware AIX 3 3

vNIC support 3 3

RootVG health monitoring 3 3

AIX Live Update for i-fixes, SPs, and TLs 3

Dynamic System Optimizer (DSO) 3

CAPI support 3

RDSv3 support for RoCE 3

Hardware system support comparison

System AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.2

POWER9 3 3 3

POWER81 3 3 3

POWER7 3 3 3

POWER6 3 3

POWER5 3 3

POWER4 3 3

IBM Hyperconverged Systems with POWER8 2

3

1. A IX is not supported on POWER8 L or LC models. More info:

2. AIX 7.2 TL 2 with SP2, or later, is required for IBM Hyperconverged Systems with POWER8 technology Detailed AIX-to-hardware mapping information >
3. 7
 .1 Versioned WPARs are an option to run AIX 5.3 environments on POWER8.
AIX on Power hardware mode mappings >
 POWER processor mode support comparison
System AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.2

POWER91 3

POWER8 3 3

POWER7 3 3 3

POWER6 3 3

POWER5 3 3

POWER4 3 3

1. A IX 7.2 TL2 with SP2, or later, is required for POWER9 processor mode support More info:
Detailed AIX-to-hardware mapping information >
AIX on Power hardware mode mappings >

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