Affinity:
[root@labo]/root# lssrad -va REF1 SRAD MEM CPU 0 0 109259.62 0-47 [root@labo]/root# mpstat -d 5 2 System configuration: lcpu=48 ent=3.0 mode=Uncapped cpu cs ics bound rq push S3pull S3grd S0rd S1rd S2rd S3rd S4rd S5rd ilcs v 0 2049 478 1 4 0 0 0 79.1 0.4 0.0 20.5 0.0 0.0 100 [root@labo]/root# hvlpconfigdata -affinity -domain
On Power servers, all threads on a core haven't the same power. The first are more powerful than latest. Then when you use the firsts it will be more efficient.
On AIX 7.1 the default is auto (0). To use less cores (development LPARs, recommended value 4), 4 threads used on 1 core before using the next core. DO NOT change to 1 !
To change this value and list the result:
[root@labo]/root# schedo -o vpm_throughput_mode=4 Setting vpm_throughput_mode to 4 [root@labo]/root# schedo -o vpm_throughput_mode vpm_throughput_mode = 4
scpu take care to CPU frequency changes.