A、Virtual Ethernet uses the system processors for all communication functions instead of offloading that load to processors on network adapter cards. Virtual Ethernet is supported on AIX 5L and Linux 2.5 and above. 
B、Virtual Ethernet can be used within groups of shared OR groups of dedicated processor partitions, but not both simultaneously. Virtual Ethernet comes with AIX 5L, and is supported in AIX 5.2 or AIX 5.3 partitions, but not Linux. 
C、Virtual Ethernet can be used in both shared and dedicated processor partitions. Virtual Ethernet can run in an AIX 5.3 or Linux 2.6 Kernel, but not AIX 5.2 partitions. Virtual Ethernet can only connect partitions within a single system. 
D、Virtual Ethernet uses the system processors for all communication functions instead of offloading that load to processors on network adapter cards. Virtual Ethernet can connect partitions between systems if the HMC is shared between systems.