A Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) is a Power Virtual Machine (PowerVM) feature that provides a virtual connection between a physical Ethernet adapter to a single or several virtual Ethernet adapters in local client logical partitions (LPARs). Therefore, with an SEA operating on a virtual I/O server (VIOS), virtual Ethernet adapters running in an LPAR can still transmit network data traffic beyond the immediate virtual local area network (VLAN).
(SEAs) Are an Important
Component to Your IT Datacenter
