Patent ID: 8707322

Claim:
A method of migrating a logical partition (LPAR), comprising: determining a configuration of the LPAR having allocated resources residing on a computer and assigned to a first physical port of the computer, wherein the configuration includes a label that specifies a first network topology that is provided by the first physical port of the computer, and a sub-label that specifies a characteristic of the first physical port; identifying a first target physical port with available capacity to service the LPAR, the first target physical port being identified by a port label and port sub-label that matches the label and sub-label included in the configuration of the LPAR and that specifies a second network topology that is provided by the first target physical port; automatically selecting the first target physical port from one or more target physical ports, each having a respective port label and port sub-label, based on the label and sub-label included in the configuration for the LPAR; and migrating the LPAR from the first physical port to the selected first target physical port by reassigning the LPAR to the selected first target physical port.