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ibm.com/redbooksFront coverLogical Partitions on System i5A Guide to Planning and Configuring LPAR with HMC on System iNick HarrisL.R JeyakumarSteve M

viii Logical Partitions on System i514.2.5 Updating firmware through an i5/OS service partition (in-band) . . . . . . . . . . . . 457Chapter 15. H

82 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 3-46 Open HMC multi-5250 sessionsThe following steps show you another way to access 5250 screen. In the HM

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 83Then the next panel prompts as shown in Figure 3-48, asking you to set up a 5250 session.Figure 3-48 Open 52

84 Logical Partitions on System i5Then the next panel prompts as shown in Figure 3-50. You can change it or use the default value, then click OK.Figu

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 85Then the next panel, which looks like Figure 3-52, shows a new connection added. Figure 3-52 Open 5250Termin

86 Logical Partitions on System i5Restart PartitionAs explained in the text shown in Figure 3-54, this option should only be used with caution. Resta

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 87Shut Down PartitionThis option is equivalent to a power failure (or pulling the power plug) on the server, or

88 Logical Partitions on System i5Partition properties - General tabThis provides basic information about the operating system running in the partiti

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 89Partition properties - Hardware tabUnder the Hardware tab, the slot level detail can be drilled down to by cli

90 Logical Partitions on System i5Hardware IO - Advanced options buttonBy clicking the Advanced Options button, you will see the panel shown in Figur

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 91Partition properties - Processors and MemoryThe panel displayed in Figure 3-59 shows a similar panel to the Sy

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. ixNoticesThis information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may

92 Logical Partitions on System i5Partition properties - virtual devicesThere are three tabs within this panel, virtual ethernet, virtual serial, and

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 93In Figure 3-61 you can also see that we have selected the first serial adapter and displayed its properties. Y

94 Logical Partitions on System i5In Figure 3-62 we have added an ethernet adapter by selecting the ethernet radio button and then clicking the Creat

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 95The panel shown in Figure 3-64 is how VLAN was configured on 8xx servers. Simply clicking the check boxes with

96 Logical Partitions on System i5Partition properties - SettingsThe Settings panel is where the IPL source, keylock, and automatic reboot functions

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 97Figure 3-66 Partition properties miscellaneous tabThe HSL opticonnect and virtual opticonnect are the same a

98 Logical Partitions on System i5Customize date and timeYou use this option to change the date and time and the time zone.View console eventsThis is

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 99Enable or disable remote command executionThis option allows you to enable or disable the ability to run remot

100 Logical Partitions on System i53.6.2 Inventory Scout servicesThe Inventory Scout is a tool that surveys managed systems for hardware and softwar

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 101Repair serviceable eventThis option allows the user or the service representative to view a serviceable event

x Logical Partitions on System i5TrademarksThe following terms are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States

102 Logical Partitions on System i5The window’s lower table displays all of the errors associated with the selected serviceable event. The informatio

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 103Figure 3-70 shows the options that are available for a serviceable event.Highlight a service event, and click

104 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Manage Dumps. Use this option to show any dumps associated with a service event. You can save them to DVD, send

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 105Chapter 4. HMC Guided SetupThis chapter provides an overview of the Guided Setup function in

106 Logical Partitions on System i54.1 HMC Guided SetupThe HMC Guided Setup wizard guides you through the main tasks needed to help you set up and t

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 1074.1.2 Using the Guided Setup wizardThis section walks you through an example of setting up an HMC via the Guided Setu

108 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 4-2 shows the HMC with the first panel of the Guided Setup wizard in French.Figure 4-2 HMC Guided Setup w

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 109Figure 4-3 HMC Guided Setup 4. The Guided Setup Wizard Welcome page appears (Figure 4-4). Click Next to continue wit

110 Logical Partitions on System i55. On the Guided Setup wizard - Change HMC Date and Time panel (Figure 4-5 on page 110), enter the correct date/ti

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 1116. The Guided Setup Wizard - Change hscroot Password panel is now displayed as shown in Figure 4-6. Enter the current

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. xiPrefaceThis IBM Redbook gives a broad understanding of the new System i5™ architecture as it

112 Logical Partitions on System i57. The Change root Password panel is now displayed as shown in Figure 4-7. The root user ID is used by the authori

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 1138. The Create additional HMC users panel is now shown (see Figure 4-8). You can now optionally create new HMC users at

114 Logical Partitions on System i510.This completes the first part of the Guide Setup wizard. The Guided Setup - The Next Steps panel is displayed (

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 11512.The Guided Setup - Configure DNS panel is now shown (see Figure 4-12). A DNS server is a distributed database for m

116 Logical Partitions on System i513.Now the Guided Setup - Specify Domain Suffixes panel is shown (see Figure 4-13).Enter a domain suffix in the Do

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 11714.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure Network Setting panel is then displayed (Figure 4-14). In our example we see tw

118 Logical Partitions on System i516.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure eth0 panel is now shown (Figure 4-16). As previously mentioned, we are sett

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 119The HMC provides DHCP services to all clients in a private network. These clients will be our managed systems and othe

120 Logical Partitions on System i518.The Guide Setup Wizard - configure eth0 panel is now shown (Figure 4-18). We can specify that one of our LAN ad

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 12119.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure Network Settings panel is now displayed (Figure 4-19). This completes the netwo

xii Logical Partitions on System i5Yogi Sumarga is an Account Product Services Professional working for IBM Global Services in Indonesia. He speciali

122 Logical Partitions on System i521.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure eth1 panel is now shown (Figure 4-21 on page 122). This time we select the

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 123Figure 4-23 Guided Setup - eth1 gateway selectionIn our example we enter our gateway address of 9.5.6.1. and click N

124 Logical Partitions on System i525.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure HMC firewall panel appears next (see Figure 4-25 on page 124). In the top p

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 125Figure 4-26 Guided Setup - eth1 firewall by IP addressIn our example we enter the remote IP address 9.5.6.124 and ma

126 Logical Partitions on System i527.The Guided Setup - The Next Steps display is shown (Figure 4-28). This completes the network configuration sect

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 12728.The Guide Setup Wizard - Specify Contact Information panel is presented (see Figure 4-29). This is the first of thr

128 Logical Partitions on System i530.The last panel for the Contact Information is now shown (Figure 4-31).You should enter the location details of

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 12931.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure Connectivity to Your Service Provider panel is now displayed (Figure 4-32). You

130 Logical Partitions on System i532.The Agreement for Service Programs panel is now shown (see Figure 4-33). Read the agreement details carefully a

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 13134.The Add Phone Number window is launched (see Figure 4-35). Use the drop down menus to select your Country/region an

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132 Logical Partitions on System i535.We return to the Guided Setup Wizard - Configure Dial-up from the Local HMC panel (see Figure 4-37). You can ad

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 13337.The Guided Setup Wizard - Configure Connectivity using a Pass-Through System panel is shown (Figure 4-39). The HMC

134 Logical Partitions on System i538.The Guided Setup Wizard - Authorize Users for Electronic Service Agent panel is now displayed (see Figure 4-41)

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 135Figure 4-42 Guide Setup Wizard - Notification of Problem EventsIn our example, we enter the SMTP server IP address/p

136 Logical Partitions on System i5In our example, we click the Finish button to apply all our HMC changes.41.The Guide Setup Wizard - Status panel i

Chapter 4. HMC Guided Setup 137If you have configured any network settings during the Guided Setup Wizard, then you will probably receive a message a

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 139Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMCIn this chapter we discuss the following topics:򐂰

140 Logical Partitions on System i55.1 System and partition profilesThis section discusses the concept of system and partition profiles and how they

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1415.2 Creating an i5/OS logical partition through the HMCCreating a partition is a multiple step proces

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142 Logical Partitions on System i55.2.2 Starting the create partition wizardIf initial setup and configuration of the HMC is required, refer to Cha

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1433. To start the partition creation process, right-click Partitions, and from the pop up menu shown in

144 Logical Partitions on System i5It may take a number of seconds before the wizard pane opens (Figure 5-3), since the HMC has a lot of information

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 145Figure 5-4 shows a sample partition name and partition ID for an i5/OS. Once the fields are filled in,

146 Logical Partitions on System i55.2.4 Workload management groupIf the partition will participate in a workload management group, select Yes and s

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1475.2.5 Partition profile nameEach logical partition requires at least one partition profile. The profi

148 Logical Partitions on System i55.2.6 Partition memoryFigure 5-7 shows the initial partition memory panel that is displayed. Memory can be alloca

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1495.2.7 Partition processors The next resource to configure for a partition profile is processing capac

150 Logical Partitions on System i5For any dedicated processor partition profile, three values are required (Figure 5-9).򐂰 Desired processors: This i

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 151Figure 5-10 shows a sample completed dedicated processor configuration. This partition profile would r

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. xvSummary of changesThis section describes the technical changes made in this edition of the bo

152 Logical Partitions on System i5Capped shared processor partitionTo use shared processors for a partition profile, select the Shared radio button

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 153Once these are filled in, click the Advanced button to bring up the sharing mode dialog (Figure 5-12).

154 Logical Partitions on System i5In the sharing mode properties, click the Capped radio button (Figure 5-13). The desired, minimum, and maximum num

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 155Figure 5-14 Sharing mode properties for an uncapped shared processor partition5.2.8 Interactive (52

156 Logical Partitions on System i5Once selected, add the resources to the profile by clicking either Add as Required or Add as Desired. Once complet

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 157Logical path location codesAn example of a logical path location code is as follows:U970305010ABCDE-P3

158 Logical Partitions on System i5Creating Virtual IO AdaptersThe following virtual IO adapters can be created:򐂰 Virtual Ethernet򐂰 Virtual Serial򐂰 V

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 159Migrating an existing VLAN or virtual ethernet configuration requires special consider. Refer to the i

160 Logical Partitions on System i5To create a virtual serial server adapter, select Server for the adapter type (Figure 5-20). The connection inform

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 161To create a virtual SCSI server adapter, select Server for the adapter type (see Figure 5-22). The con

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162 Logical Partitions on System i5Load sourceThe load source is used for IPLs from either the A or B side of the Licensed Internal Code. Selecting t

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 163Alternate IPL (restart) deviceThe Alternate IPL device (Figure 5-24) is used for D mode IPLs when Lice

164 Logical Partitions on System i5Operation console deviceSelecting the operations console device resource is optional, this was previously called E

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 165ConsoleThe console provides a display (Figure 5-26) to interact with the partition. Certain functions,

166 Logical Partitions on System i5Specifying console resourceIf some device other than the HMC is to provide console function, select the radio butt

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 167As when selecting other partition resources, you are now presented with a dialog similar to the one in

168 Logical Partitions on System i5Alternate consoleAn alternate console can provide console functions if the primary console is not functioning or n

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1695.2.12 OpticonnectIf the partition profile will be using either Opticonnect or HSL Opticonnect, this

170 Logical Partitions on System i55.2.13 Specifying power control partitionsFor a hosted guest partition, the HMC by default gets power control, th

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 171Figure 5-32 Miscellaneous partition profile settings5.2.15 Review profile summaryBefore the partiti

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 1Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5This chapter provides an overview of the Syste

172 Logical Partitions on System i55.2.16 New partition profile has been createdFigure 5-34 shows the partition and partition profile. This partitio

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1735.3 Creating another profile for an existing partitionFigure 5-35 shows the flows for creating a part

174 Logical Partitions on System i5Each partition profile needs to have a name. After that, the creation of another partition profile follows the sam

Chapter 5. Partition creation using the HMC 1755.4 Changing the default profile for a partitionChanging the default profile is a relatively straight

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 177Chapter 6. Working with the HMCIn addition to providing an interface for creating logical pa

178 Logical Partitions on System i56.1 Accessing LPAR functionsOn the HMC, LPAR functions for a logical partition can be accessed in two main ways.

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 179Figure 6-2 Accessing LPAR functions via the Selected menu bar item6.2 Viewing partition propertiesSome of the i

180 Logical Partitions on System i5Table 6-1 Partition states and their meaningThe Resource configuration value indicates if the partition profile

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 181HardwareThe Hardware tab shows which hardware resources are currently in use by the partition. There are two sub-t

2 Logical Partitions on System i51.1 HMC, Hypervisor, and partitionsThe IBM ^ System i5 systems provide a new system architecture for logical partit

182 Logical Partitions on System i5Allow shared processor utilization authority indicates if the partition has the authority to view utilization info

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 183SettingsThe Settings tab (Figure 6-18 on page 192) shows information about partition boot, service support and tag

184 Logical Partitions on System i56.2.2 Partition profile propertiesThis section covers the properties available for partitions through the tabs at

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 185Figure 6-9 Partition profile Memory tabProcessorsThe Processors tab displays information about the profile’s pro

186 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-10 Partition profile Processors tab for dedicated processorsThe processor properties of a shared proces

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 187Physical I/OThe Physical I/O tab (Figure 6-12) identifies what physical I/O is available on the entire system and

188 Logical Partitions on System i5Tagged I/O resourcesThe Tagged I/O tab (Figure 6-13) identifies which resources are selected to perform partition

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 189Virtual I/O resourcesFor details on the Virtual I/O tab, see 6.4.4, “Virtual IO adapters” on page 197.OpticonnectT

190 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-15 Partition profile Power Controlling tabSettingsThe Settings tab (Figure 6-16) of the partition profi

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 1916.3 Starting and stopping partitionsOne of the more common partition tasks involves starting and powering down pa

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 3The HMC is ordered as a required priced feature of any LPAR or CuOD configuration for new orders or

192 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-18 Partition settings 4. In the Boot section of the dialog, the IPL Source and Keylock position can be

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 1936.3.3 Restarting a running partitionThe preferred method of restarting an active partition is to issue the follow

194 Logical Partitions on System i56.3.4 Stopping (powering down) a running partitionThe preferred method of powering down an active partition is to

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 1954. After selecting the desired shutdown type, press OK to start the shutdown process. See Figure 6-21.Figure 6-21

196 Logical Partitions on System i5In order to add, move, and remove physical adapters using DLPAR, perform the following steps:AddDynamic Logical Pa

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 1976.4.3 MemoryIn this section we discuss dynamic LPAR (DLPAR) operations on memory.Figure 6-24 shows how to access

198 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-26 Virtual I/O properties for a partition profileCreateBefore creating a virtual IO adapter, increase t

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 1996.5.1 Displaying reference code informationIn order to display reference code information for a partition, select

200 Logical Partitions on System i5You will need to signon to DST with the appropriate service tools user ID and password, as shown in Figure 6-28.Fi

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 201Figure 6-29 Activate and Deactivate remote service functionsIn order to activate the remote service communicatio

4 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 1-2 Reallocating resources with system profiles򐂰 A disaster recovery site. Businesses have disaster recover

202 Logical Partitions on System i5To delete a partition, access the LPAR functions menu and select Delete. A confirmation dialog is displayed. Click

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 2036.5.6 Working with IOP functionsIn this section we discuss operational considerations and actions that can be per

204 Logical Partitions on System i5Manually, you can initiate IOP control storage dump by performing the following steps:1. Expand Service Applicatio

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 205Power On I/O DomainTo perform power on I/O domain, do the following steps:1. Expand Service Applications from the

206 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-36 Enabling SSH (Secure Shell)SSH clientIn order to connect to the HMC via SSH, an SSH client needs to

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 207Figure 6-37 PuTTY SSH configFigure 6-38 SSH logon to HMCExample SSH commandBelow is a relatively simple exampl

208 Logical Partitions on System i5HMC commandsThe HMC command line interface (CLI) is discussed in Appendix A, “HMC command list” on page 473.6.6.1

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 209The first piece of information required in the signon process is the hostname or IP address of the HMC (see Figure

210 Logical Partitions on System i5Once the signon process is complete, a Web-based System Management remote client display is shown that is similar

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 2116.8 Licensed Internal Code UpdatesFigure 6-44 shows that this option is divided into three main areas of Licensed

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 5This allows one system to adopt multiple personalities. In this type of scenario we are assuming th

212 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-44 Licensed Internal Code Maintenance option6.8.1 HMC Code UpdateClicking HMC Code Update presents fou

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 213The option to install corrective service fixes on the HMC is similar to the same option for the Frame. It allows y

214 Logical Partitions on System i56.9.2 Correcting the managed system operating stateIf you find the following status, use these procedures to put

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 2155. If the power indicator is on, wait 5 minutes for the HMC to attempt to reestablish contact. The service process

216 Logical Partitions on System i5– If the restore failed, reset the service processor. See “Service processor reset” on page 225. Then continue wit

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 217Table 6-4 Progress code list and their meaning6.9.4 Using progress codesProgress codes (or checkpoints) offer i

218 Logical Partitions on System i52. Select System Information, then select either Previous Boot Progress Indicators or Progress Indicator HistorySe

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 219򐂰 The third column, Failing Item, offers instructions for recovering from a hang on a progress code. Click the lin

220 Logical Partitions on System i5C1009x68 Wire test IPL step in progressC1009x70 Memory size IPL step in progressC1009x78 Long scan initialization

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 221C11120FF Power on: completed Standby-PowerOnTransition transition file (primary)C1122000 Power on: starting PowerO

6 Logical Partitions on System i51.2.3 Simple scenario with dedicated and shared capped partitionsHere is a simple example of a 4-way System i5 syst

222 Logical Partitions on System i5C14420FF IPL: completed IdleTransition-Idle transition file (secondary)C1452000 IPL: starting Ipl-StandbyVerificat

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 223(D1xx) Service processor progress codes (SP dump & Platform dump)Service processor dump status codes use the f

224 Logical Partitions on System i5(D1xx) Service processor status progress codes(Platform power off)D1xx reference codes, posted by the service proc

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 225Table 6-7 (D1xx) Service processor status progress codes(Platform power off)6.9.6 Service processor resetIf the

226 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-48 shows an example to reset SP with ASMI.Figure 6-48 ASMI-to reset SPReset SP with reset buttonFollow

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 2274. Choose from the following options: – If there is no firmware update available, continue with the next step. – I

228 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 6-49 shows the hardware and software that might require fixes, including the HMC, I/O adapters and devices

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 229e. Click Test. f. Verify that the test completes successfully. If the test is not successful, troubleshoot your co

230 Logical Partitions on System i5– Download fixes from a Web site to an FTP server that can accept an FTP request from your HMC. To use this method

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 231Firmware (Licensed Internal Code) fixes This topic describes the following types of firmware (Licensed Internal Co

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 71.2.5 Complex scenario with shared uncapped partitionsHere is a complex example of an 8-way System

232 Logical Partitions on System i5FRU SVCPROC-replace SPThe service processor is failing. After you have replaced the part, set the configuration ID

Chapter 6. Working with the HMC 2336.11 Determining the HMC serial number For some HMC or Service Processor troubleshooting situations, a Product En

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 235Chapter 7. HMC security and user managementIn this chapter we discuss security implementatio

236 Logical Partitions on System i57.1 System Manager SecuritySystem Manager Security ensures that the HMC can operate securely in the client-server

Chapter 7. HMC security and user management 2377.2 Overview and statusThe overview and status window displays the following information about the se

238 Logical Partitions on System i5To download the security package so that the client/server connection, that is, the PC to HMC, is secure, type in

Chapter 7. HMC security and user management 239Service RepresentativeA service representative is the person who installs or repairs the system.Produc

240 Logical Partitions on System i52. Insert the new user ID, a description of the user ID, the password for the new user ID, and re-type the new pas

Chapter 7. HMC security and user management 241Add a new user with Viewer roleIf you want to grant a person permission to sign in to the HMC and view

8 Logical Partitions on System i51.3 Processor use in System i5 LPARsIn this section we discuss the basic concepts of dedicated processor, shared ca

242 Logical Partitions on System i5The HMC Viewer is only given very limited access to functions in the HMC. Figure 7-9 shows the limited menu for th

Chapter 7. HMC security and user management 243To create a new managed resource role, click Edit → Add, and the Add Role window will be displayed. Fi

244 Logical Partitions on System i5To create a new user task role, click Edit → Add, and the Add Role window will be displayed. Fill in the name for

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 245Chapter 8. HMC duplication and redundancyIn this chapter we introduce HMC cloning — attachin

246 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 8-1 Two HMCs directly attachedFigure 8-2 shows the same redundant HMCs connected via a hub. This configur

Chapter 8. HMC duplication and redundancy 2478.2 Multiple managed system configurationTo save space and to centralize multiple system management con

248 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 8-4 shows one HMC managing three iSeries servers.Figure 8-4 HMC with three managed systems8.3 Cloning HM

Chapter 8. HMC duplication and redundancy 2498.4 Redundant HMC configuration considerationsIn a redundant HMC configuration, both HMCs are fully act

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 251Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMCUsers of logical partitioning have a ne

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 9If there are three processors in the System i5 system unit, with all three processors in the shared

252 Logical Partitions on System i59.1 Migration planningThis section focuses on the planning activities required to move POWER4™ LPAR configuration

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 2534. On the Work with Partitions screen, select Option 1, Display Partition Information.5. Sel

254 Logical Partitions on System i5To download the tool, visit the IBM eServer iSeries Support Web site and look for iSeries Tools. Use the following

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 2559.1.9 Order the System i5Order the necessary hardware and software based on the output from

256 Logical Partitions on System i59.3 Migrating Linux partitionsThis topic describes the options and requirements for migrating a Linux installatio

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 2579.4.1 Information gathering and pre-sales planning In the first scenario, the current syste

258 Logical Partitions on System i5In the second scenario, the current system has three OS400 LPARs (P0, P1and P2) and consists of the 825 system uni

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 259The following tasks provide the necessary information to plan the migration. After reviewing

260 Logical Partitions on System i5b. Complete the System Selection window (each option is described below) and click Next (Figure 9-4):i. System Typ

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 261c. Complete the Partition Specifications window (each option described below) and click Fini

10 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 1-6 Basic flow of data from disk to processor Next we show an example of two shared capped logical partiti

262 Logical Partitions on System i5d. Select applicable features (IOPs, IOAs, Disk, Towers, etc.). To add a feature first select the IOP, IOA, Drives

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 263f. The resulting report can be viewed or saved to disk by selecting Report. For more complet

264 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 9-10 LVT report — current system first scenario page 2Figure 9-11 LVT report — current system first sce

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 265Figure 9-12 LVT report — current system second scenario page 1Figure 9-13 LVT report — c

266 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 9-14 LVT report — current system second scenario page 3Figure 9-15 LVT report — current system second s

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 267Figure 9-16 LVT report — current system second scenario page 54. Using these reports, you

268 Logical Partitions on System i5– In the second scenario, there are also enough available disk slots and PCI slots in the 5094 to relocate the (15

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 269Figure 9-19 Detail LVT report — proposed system first scenario page 1Figure 9-20 Detail

270 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 9-21 Detail LVT report — proposed system first scenario page 3Figure 9-22 Detail LVT report — proposed

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 271Figure 9-23 Detail LVT report — proposed system second scenario page 2Figure 9-24 Detail

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 11However, job B1 must stop after 2 milliseconds in the second processor cycle again because the pro

272 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 9-25 Detail LVT report — proposed system second scenario page 4Figure 9-26 Detail LVT report — proposed

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 2733. Export the LPAR configuration. Perform the following steps:a. Start an iSeries Navigator

274 Logical Partitions on System i5c. Select Logical Partitions, then right-click and select Configure Partition (Figure 9-29).Figure 9-29 iSeries

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 275e. Right-click Physical System and select Recovery. Then select Save All Configuration Data

276 Logical Partitions on System i59.4.3 Post sales tasks: IBMThe IBM Customer Service Representative (CSR) performs the following tasks:1. Sets up

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 277Figure 9-34 Example of HMC attached to 520 System i5 system now with ECS connection9.4.4

278 Logical Partitions on System i5b. Click the right mouse key on the blank screen. The box in Figure 9-35 is displayed.Figure 9-35 HMC windowc. S

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 279Figure 9-38 xTerminal session window4. After the LPAR configurations are migrated (Figure

280 Logical Partitions on System i59.5.1 Backing up Critical Console DataUsing your HMC you can back up the following data:򐂰 User-preference files򐂰

Chapter 9. Migration of existing LPAR profiles to HMC 2813. In the Contents area, select Back up Critical Console Data (Figure 9-42).Figure 9-42 Ba

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12 Logical Partitions on System i5for the partition to the tasks submitted for processing. The Power Hypervisor attempts to put a partition back onto

282 Logical Partitions on System i59.5.2 Scheduling and reviewing scheduled HMC backupsYou can schedule a backup to DVD to occur once, or you can se

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 283Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management InterfaceThis chapter describes the setup

284 Logical Partitions on System i510.1 ASMI introductionAll System i5 systems would use an ASMI to communicate with the service processor. The ASMI

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 28510.3 Initial tour of the interfaceWhen you connect to the server using the correct se

286 Logical Partitions on System i5When you first log in to the server, you will see the panel shown in Figure 10-2. You can choose to expand one or

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 28710.3.1 Power/restart controlFigure 10-3 shows the expanded Power/Restart Control menu

288 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-4 Powering off the systemFirmware boot side for the next bootSelect the side from which the firmware w

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 289Boot to system server firmwareSelect the state for the system server firmware: standby

290 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-6 shows an example of the confirmation you will receive when you successfully power on the system.Figure

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 291Figure 10-8 Immediate power offSystem rebootYou can reboot the system quickly using

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 13When a partition with dedicated processors is powered down, their processors will be available to

292 Logical Partitions on System i510.3.2 System service aidsFigure 10-11 shows the expanded System Service Aids menu. Using this menu, you can:򐂰 Di

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 293Error/event logsFrom the System Service Aids menu, you can select the option to displa

294 Logical Partitions on System i5A panel similar to Figure 10-14 will be displayed for each of the events that you may have selected. You would the

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 295Figure 10-16 shows the options you can choose relating to a system dump. You can choos

296 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-17 Service processor dumpSettingEnable or disable the service processor dump function. The default val

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 297Serial port setupYou can configure the serial ports used with the call-home and call-i

298 Logical Partitions on System i5Call-Home TestYou can test the call-home configurations and settings after the modem is installed and set up corre

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 299Factory configuration resetUse this procedure only under the direction of your service

300 Logical Partitions on System i5Vital product dataFrom the System Information menu, you can select the option to display the system Vital Product

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 301A panel similar to Figure 10-30 will be displayed for each of the vital product detail

14 Logical Partitions on System i5The shared processors pool is created from the processors left over after the dedicated processors are assigned to

302 Logical Partitions on System i5After several minutes, you will see a panel similar to Figure 10-31. Your service provider can make use of this da

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 303Figure 10-33 shows an example of the progress indicator history selection panel. You c

304 Logical Partitions on System i5If you have the required authority level, you will see a panel similar to Figure 10-36.Figure 10-36 Real-Time Pr

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 305System nameFrom the System Configuration menu, you can select the system name option t

306 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-40 Reset the processing unit identifierProcessing unit identifier valuesThe power control network iden

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 307Refer to Figure 10-41 to see how you can modify the following options for each enclosu

308 Logical Partitions on System i5Time of dayYou can display and change the system’s current date and time. This function is not available if your s

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 309For example, if you choose the Hardware Management Console (HMC) as the source for a f

310 Logical Partitions on System i5Interposer Plug CountWe can track the number of times that a multiple chip module (MCM) has been replaced or re-se

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 311I/O Adapter Enlarged CapacityYou can increase the amount of I/O adapter memory for spe

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 15It is possible for uncapped partitions to have their processing capacity exceed the current proces

312 Logical Partitions on System i5Hardware deconfiguration policiesYou can set various policies to deconfigure processors and memory in certain situ

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 313Figure 10-53 General hardware deconfiguration policiesDeconfigure on predictive fail

314 Logical Partitions on System i5A processor is marked deconfigured under the following circumstances:򐂰 If a processor fails built-in self-test or

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 315Processor deconfigurationRefer to Figure 10-55 to see how a processor might be deconfi

316 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-56 Memory deconfiguration, processing unit selectionFigure 10-57 Memory deconfiguration, memory bank

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 317Program vital product dataFigure 10-58 shows the expanded Program Vital Product Data m

318 Logical Partitions on System i5System keywordsThis menu is available only when the system is powered off (Figure 10-60).Figure 10-60 System key

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 319Storage facility system unique IDEnter a system-unique serial number as 12 hexadecimal

320 Logical Partitions on System i5ReservedReserved — this should be set to blanks unless directed by Level 4 Service.Service indicatorsFigure 10-62

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 321Enclosure indicatorsFigure 10-64 shows the enclosure indicators.Figure 10-64 Select

16 Logical Partitions on System i5The server firmware distributes the processing units evenly among all virtual processors assigned to a logical part

322 Logical Partitions on System i5ContinueClick this button to display another page of indicators for the selected enclosure.Save settingsClick this

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 32310.3.4 Network servicesFigure 10-70 shows the expanded Network Services menu. Using t

324 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-72 Display of network interface port 1When the system is powered off, you will be able to see the curr

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 325Host nameEnter a new value for the hostname. The valid characters are: hyphen and peri

326 Logical Partitions on System i5Selecting Save Settings will then cause the network configuration changes to be made and the service processor to

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 327To allow access to the service processor from any IP address, enter “ALL” in the allow

328 Logical Partitions on System i5Logical memory block sizeUsing this option, you can display or change the Logical Memory Block (LMB) size used by

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 329For System i5 systems running as a single server image this has much less impact. You

330 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-79 On Demand Utilities menuCoD order informationYou can use this option to generate the system informa

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 331CoD activation keysYou will use the display shown in Figure 10-81 to enter the process

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 17Figure 1-11 Shared processor processing units setting for logical partitionIn the foregoing exam

332 Logical Partitions on System i5CoD commandsThere may be situations where your service provider may need to have CoD commands entered into the sys

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 333Control panelSelecting Control Panel from the Concurrent Maintenance menu will show th

334 Logical Partitions on System i5With the control panel now replaced, you can now return and use the Install action shown in Figure 10-88 to activa

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 335To perform concurrent maintenance, you would identify, by location code, the failing I

336 Logical Partitions on System i510.3.8 Login ProfileYou must use a Login Profile each time you access the ASMI menus. This Login Profile consists

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 337Figure 10-93 Change passwordUser ID to changeSelect the user ID of the user whose pa

338 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 10-94 Show successful login attemptsFigure 10-95 Show failed login attemptsChange default languageUsing

Chapter 10. Using the Advanced Systems Management Interface 339From the pull down menu, select the default language to use for the ASMI Welcome panel

340 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 341Chapter 11. OpenSSHThe licence program 5733-SC1 contains the OpenSSH (Secure SHell), OpenSSL

18 Logical Partitions on System i5Configuring the virtual processors setting is similar to telling the logical partition how many processors it can r

342 Logical Partitions on System i511.1 Utilities available in Open SSHThe following utilities are available in Open SSH:1. ssh — A secure telnet re

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 343Figure 11-1 Installed licence program -5722SS1-33The installed licence program 5733SC1 is shown in Figure 11-2.Figure 11-2

344 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 11-3 HMC Users򐂰 Click the User tab from the User profiles window.򐂰 Click Add to add the user (Figure 11-4

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 345򐂰 Click OK to continue. See Figure 11-5. Figure 11-5 Add User Details򐂰 As shown in Figure 11-6, displaying User profiles wil

346 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Logon as fred from the i5/OS and run the command call qp2term (Figure 11-8).Figure 11-8 Qp2term򐂰 Create the di

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 347The following directory and files will be created under the directory /home/fred:/home/fred/.ssh/home/fred/.ssh/id_rsa (privat

348 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Copy the key from 5250 emulator screen as shown in Figure 11-12.Figure 11-12 SSH Key content򐂰 Establish the co

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 349Follow the instructions shown in Figure 11-13 above to logon into the HMC.򐂰 Once you logon to the HMC, run the command mkauthk

350 Logical Partitions on System i511.4 Running DLPAR scripts from i5/OSOnce you logon to the HMC from i5/OS, all the HMC commands are available to

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 351Refer to the script shown in Figure 11-17.Figure 11-17 systemname - script򐂰 Run the script (systemname) from the QSHELL comm

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 19Figure 1-14 Logical partition profile processing unit configurationEnter the number of virtual p

352 Logical Partitions on System i5Example 11-2 mem-statusPATH=$PATH:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11:/usr/sbin:.:/usr/binssh -

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 353򐂰 Move the memory from the partition (5095 RCHAS55B 4 Disk) to partition (RCHAS55 #1 Partition) by executing the script mem-m

354 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 11-21 shows the results.Figure 11-23 mem-status-after script executionTable 11-2 Memory allocation afte

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 35511.5 Scheduling the DLPAR function from i5/OSScripts can be scheduled to run from the i5/OS using the job scheduler. Scripts

356 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 11-26 shows the added job schedule entry.Figure 11-26 addjobscde-addedThe history log shows the memory si

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 357Refer to Chapter 11, “OpenSSH” on page 341 for information on creating user ids in the HMC and i5/OS as well as the ssh authen

358 Logical Partitions on System i5You can write a script as shown in Example 11-5 to see the iodetails of the partition.Example 11-5 iodetails-scr

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 359Figure 11-32 iodetails - continued 1Figure 11-33 iodetails - continued 2 QSH Command Entry

360 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 11-34 iodetails - continued 3Figure 11-35 iodetails - continued 4 QSH Command Entry

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 361Figure 11-36 iodetails - continued 5Figure 11-31 through Figure 11-36 have shown the output of the iodetails script. In this

20 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 1-16 New number of current virtual processors after addition1.3.8 Configuring dedicated processors for th

362 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 From the i5/OS main menu, run the command wrkjobscde and press Enter, then press F6 to add the entry (Figure 11-

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 363Figure 11-39 shows the added job schedule entry.Figure 11-39 io-add-scheduled-entryOnce the scheduled activity is completed,

364 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Run the script iodetails from the QSHELL to see the resource status as shown in Figure 11-41.Figure 11-41 iode

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 365The removal script is shown in Figure 11-42.Figure 11-42 io-remove -script򐂰 From the i5/OS main menu, run the command wrkjob

366 Logical Partitions on System i5The removal script is shown in Figure 11-44.Figure 11-44 io-remove - scheduledFigure 11-45 shows the added job s

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 367Once the scheduled activity is completed, you can check the history log (which shows the completion of the job) as shown in Fi

368 Logical Partitions on System i5Moving the i/o from one partition to anotherTo move the i/o from one partition to another, we need to know the par

Chapter 11. OpenSSH 369Download the PuTTY utility programs (putty.exe and plink.exe) from the Internet to the folder c:\putty as shown in Figure 11-4

370 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 371Chapter 12. Using Work Management to influence System i5 resourcesThis chapter describes the

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 21Click the Next button to continue.Enter minimum, desired, and maximum processors for the logical p

372 Logical Partitions on System i512.1 Main storage and processor affinity concept In some environments and system configurations, processes and th

Chapter 12. Using Work Management to influence System i5 resources 373Figure 12-1 Processors and memory layout for n-way PowerPC MCMsThe memory aff

374 Logical Partitions on System i512.2.1 QTHDRSCAFN (thread affinity)This specifies whether secondary threads will have affinity to the same group

Chapter 12. Using Work Management to influence System i5 resources 37512.2.3 ADDRTGE command — new parametersIn the following sections we provide a

376 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 377Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager In this chapter we discuss the following topics:򐂰 Intr

378 Logical Partitions on System i513.1 Introduction to Virtual Partition Manager for eServer System i5 systems With the recently announced System i

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 37913.2 Planning for Virtual Partition Manager Virtual Partition Manager is enabled by enhancing the partition

380 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Migration of partition configuration data to HMC is not available. If HMC is deployed at a future stage, you nee

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 38113.2.4 Design and validate your partition configurationUse the Logical Partition Validation Tool (LVT) to h

© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, dupli

22 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 1-19 Shared processing mode for logical partition with shared processorsNext, fill in the amount of minimu

382 Logical Partitions on System i513.3.1 Minimum configuration requirementsThe following requirements apply for Linux partitions created on an eSer

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 383Figure 13-1 Prerequisite tool selections13.3.2 Complete initial setup of your eServer i5 Before you defin

384 Logical Partitions on System i513.4 Preparing your system for Virtual Partition ManagerThis section provides step-by-step instructions on how yo

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 3852. Enter your user ID and a password as seen in Figure 13-3. This assumes that your Security Officer already

386 Logical Partitions on System i53. From the Start Service Tools (SST) menu, select option 5. Work with system partitions as seen in Figure 13-4.Fi

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 387An informational message appears as shown in Figure 13-5. This message appears when you enter the option to

388 Logical Partitions on System i54. Press Enter at the message. The Logical Partition management tasks appear, as seen in in Figure 13-6.Figure 13-

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 3896. From the Work with Partition Configuration menu, select option 2. Change partition configuration for your

390 Logical Partitions on System i5With a new system, one i5/OS partition will be defined and the Change Partition Configuration display will show th

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 3917. Make several changes here, based on the resources you want to set for the i5/OS partition. You need to as

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 23Figure 1-21 Capped sharing mode for shared capped processor configurationHMC will automatically

392 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Shared Processor Pool Units: Specifies the total number of processing units that will be available to the partit

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 393򐂰 Size of Partition Memory: Linux partitions require a minimum of 128 megabytes. In this example, the value

394 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 Enable Workload Manager: The default value for Virtual Partition Manager is set to 2 = No, meaning that the part

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 3959. Press Enter again on the Confirm Changed Partition screen, which will complete the changes required on th

396 Logical Partitions on System i511.Figure 13-13 shows the available CPU and memory resources for creating new partitions. In the next section, we

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 397When you exceed the allocation of five virtual I/O slots, the partition hypervisor sends a command to alloca

398 Logical Partitions on System i52. Assign the values for creating the new Linux partition as per your Logical Partitioning Validation Tool (LVT) o

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 399– Minimum / Maximum Shared Processor Pool Units: A minimum of 0.10 processing units is required for every

400 Logical Partitions on System i53. Once these values are set, you will get a confirmation display as shown below in Figure 13-16. Press Enter, a

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 4014. Once you have defined all of your partitions, you can view them using Option 3 from Work with System Part

24 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 1-22 Uncapped sharing mode for shared uncapped processor configurationAdjust the uncapped weight for this

402 Logical Partitions on System i55. 5. You can either update the partitions to change any resource configurations, or delete them and recreate them

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 403Recover configuration dataIf for some reason you want to restart from the very beginning by deleting all of

404 Logical Partitions on System i5Migration considerations when moving to HMCThe following steps outline some of the planning considerations for mig

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 405There are a number of steps that you must complete for a Proxy ARP configuration, which include the followin

406 Logical Partitions on System i52. Use the CRTLINETH command to create the Ethernet line descriptor. See Figure 13-21.Figure 13-21 Create Ethern

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 4073. Once the Ethernet line descriptor is created, it needs to be varied on. You can accomplish this with the

408 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 13-23 Add TCP/IP interface– Internet Address: Type the address of the network interface for the i5/OS par

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 409Figure 13-24 Start TCP/IP interface6. Proxy ARP requires that TCP/IP packets flow between two network inte

410 Logical Partitions on System i513.7 Setting up i5/OS virtual I/O resources for Linux partitionsThere are three components you need create in i5/

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 411– Network server description: This is the user-defined name for the Network Server.– Resource name: The Reso

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 25If you could determine the processor requirement for your partition workload and predict the workl

412 Logical Partitions on System i5– IPL source: The IPL source indicates where to look for the initial boot file. A *NWSSTG setting indicates that t

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 413Use the following steps to create the Network Server Storage Space:1. Type the Create Network Server Storage

414 Logical Partitions on System i53. Associate the Network Server Storage Space with the Network Server, by linking the storage space to the network

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 415Virtual console accessAccess to the Linux console is provided through the hosting i5/OS partition via a TCP/

416 Logical Partitions on System i54. Press Enter. The Create Service Tools User ID screen appears, as shown in Figure 13-31.Figure 13-31 Create Se

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 4177. On the Work with Server Tools User IDs, select option 7 (Change Privileges) for the user just created as

418 Logical Partitions on System i52. A list of Linux partitions is provided. Type the number that corresponds to the partition for which you want to

Chapter 13. Virtual Partition Manager 41913.8 Virtual medial managementThis section covers virtual medial management.13.8.1 Linux native backup wit

420 Logical Partitions on System i5We receive the output as shown in Figure 13-36.Figure 13-36 Tape status5. Type the following command, where tape

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 421Chapter 14. Firmware maintenanceThis chapter describes the various options available for mai

26 Logical Partitions on System i5So rather than a memory granularity of 1MB, the System i5 memory granularity will be between16 MB and 256 MB. Again

422 Logical Partitions on System i514.1 HMC firmware maintenanceThe HMC software level has to be maintained just like the i5/OS operating system and

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 42314.1.1 How to determine the HMC installed software levelThere are various ways to display the current HMC softwa

424 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 14-2 Websm HMC software levelHMC ssh client/restricted shell terminalYou can start an ssh client to the H

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 425Figure 14-4 shows the HMC support Web site for HMC version 4 release 4.Figure 14-4 HMC support Web siteObtainin

426 Logical Partitions on System i5You can also use the external IBM FTP server to download the HMC_Update_VxRyM0_n.zip files to one of your company’

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 42714.1.4 HMC backup of critical console dataWe recommend taking a backup of the HMCs Critical Console Data (CCD) b

428 Logical Partitions on System i5Back up Critical Console Data to DVD on local systemThere is a DVD drive supplied with the HMC (eServer BACKUP DVD

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 4291. In the HMC Navigation area, click Licensed Internal Code Maintenance. 2. Then click HMC Code Update. 3. In the

430 Logical Partitions on System i514.1.5 Updating the HMC software The media you are using to update the HMC will depend on the method used to upgr

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 431The next steps show how to update the HMC from an i5/OS partition. These steps can be performed from the physical

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 271.4.5 Memory allocation for the i5 OS logical partitionThe logical partition is assigned a minimu

432 Logical Partitions on System i5When you have completed all the fields with the correct information, click OK to continue.5. The HMC working panel

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 433Updating the HMC software level from a HMC Recovery CD setIf you have received the HMC Recovery CD set, then you

434 Logical Partitions on System i5e. A confirmation window appears (Figure 14-13) before the save upgrade data is saved to the HMC disk.Figure 14-13

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 4355. A second HMC Hard Disk Upgrade screen is displayed (Figure 14-16). This screen explains the upgrade process an

436 Logical Partitions on System i57. When the HMC has finished installing from the first CD, you are prompted to insert the second CD (Figure 14-18)

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 43710.When the HMC has finished installing from the third CD, you are prompted to install the fourth HMC recovery CD

438 Logical Partitions on System i514.1.6 Installing an individual HMC fixIn our example, as our HMC is not connected to the Internet, we have alrea

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 439Figure 14-23 HMC fix install screenWhen you have completed all the fields with the correct information, click O

440 Logical Partitions on System i57. This completes the HMC code installation.8. To verify the new HMC software level, you should refer to section 1

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 441Starting with GA5 firmware, updates will be available in one of the following formats depending on the changes co

28 Logical Partitions on System i5When the partition is activated, the configured memory is assigned to them and the Hardware Page Table (HPT) is cre

442 Logical Partitions on System i5When you shut down the i5/OS service partition, the b-side firmware is copied to the t-side on the SP. If the b an

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 443The following steps show how to start the ASMI through Websm:1. Sign on to the HMC using the Websm client1. In th

444 Logical Partitions on System i57. The main ASM screen is presented. In the navigation area, click System Configuration and select Firmware Update

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 4454. The Managed System Server Property Dialog window is shown (Figure 14-30). You can select any i5/OS partition t

446 Logical Partitions on System i514.2.3 Displaying the current firmware levelsThe installed firmware levels can be seen through both the HMC and i

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 447Using the i5/OS service partition to display firmware levelsYou can use the following steps from an i5/OS 5250 sc

448 Logical Partitions on System i514.2.4 Updating firmware through the HMC (out-of-band)This section shows how to update the i5 firmware via the HM

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 449You should select Server Firmware: Update Policy Set to HMC from the drop down topic window and click Go.The next

450 Logical Partitions on System i5Installing i5 out-of-band firmware updates In this section we show how to update the i5 firmware through the HMC,

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 4516. In the Change Licensed Internal Code window, select Start Change Licensed Internal Code wizard, and click OK t

Chapter 1. Introduction to LPAR on IBM System i5 29Figure 1-25 Logical partition memory configurationThe Hardware Page Table for this logical parti

452 Logical Partitions on System i5If you wish to change the type of firmware installation click the Advanced Options button. The Managed System and

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 45310.The Hardware Management Console License Agreement panel is then shown (Figure 14-40). Figure 14-40 HMC Licen

454 Logical Partitions on System i512.The Change Licensed Internal Code Wizard Progress window appears (Figure 14-42).When you install server firmwar

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 455In our example, we select DVD drive as our firmware release upgrade is on optical media and click OK to continue.

456 Logical Partitions on System i5In our example we see a current EC number of 01SF225 and a new EC number of 01SF230. We also see that the followin

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 45714.2.5 Updating firmware through an i5/OS service partition (in-band)This section shows how to update the i5 fir

458 Logical Partitions on System i5The next screen shown is the iSeries Recommended Fixes - Server Firmware: Update Policy Set to Operating System We

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 459Figure 14-48 shows our current firmware levels before we install and apply our marker PTF. see “Using the i5/OS s

460 Logical Partitions on System i53. We use the i5/OS DSPPTF command to see the status of the applied PTFs (see Figure 14-49). There is a new PTF st

Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 4616. When the service partition is active, check the PTF status with the i5/OS DSPPTF command and firmware levels a

30 Logical Partitions on System i5Memory can be moved between logical partitions dynamically. However, this may cause configurations to become less o

462 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 463Chapter 15. HMC Access Password Reset Using Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI)The H

464 Logical Partitions on System i515.1 Accessing the ASMI using the HMCTo access the Advanced System Management Interface using the Hardware Manage

Chapter 15. HMC Access Password Reset Using Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) 465When your Web browser is connected to ASMI, the Web browse

466 Logical Partitions on System i5After you have logged into ASMI, the Web browser will display the ASMI main menu as shown in Figure 15-2.Figure 15

Chapter 15. HMC Access Password Reset Using Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) 467To change HMC Access password after you logged into ASMI,

468 Logical Partitions on System i53. Select the user ID of the user whose password you wish to change. In order to change the HMC Access password, s

Chapter 15. HMC Access Password Reset Using Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) 4694. Enter the admin current password, insert the new passwo

470 Logical Partitions on System i55. If the admin password was not entered correctly, ASMI will notify the failure and the HMC Access password is no

Chapter 15. HMC Access Password Reset Using Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) 4716. Click Continue to change the HMC Access password. ASMI

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 31Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5In this chapter we provide details of console option

472 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 473Appendix A. HMC command listThis appendix contains the following topics:򐂰 HMC CLI Introducti

474 Logical Partitions on System i5HMC CLI introductionThe primary intention of the HMC CLI (Command Line Interface) is for the creation of scripts t

Appendix A. HMC command list 475Create system profile mksyscfgDelete LPAR rmsyscfgDelete LPAR profile rmsyscfgDelete system profile rmsyscfgDetermin

476 Logical Partitions on System i5HMC CLI commands by nameTable A-3 lists the HMC commands by name.Table A-3 HMC commands listed by name Command D

Appendix A. HMC command list 477HMC CLI commands by categoryThe following section discusses how to perform various functions using the HMC CLI. The f

478 Logical Partitions on System i5Listing all systems managed by the HMCUse the lssyscfg command to list system configuration and managed system MTM

Appendix A. HMC command list 479Command attributes are discussed in “HMC CLI command attributes” on page 494.Listing all partitions in a managed syst

480 Logical Partitions on System i5Command attributes are discussed in “HMC CLI command attributes” on page 494.Activating a partitionUse the chsysst

Appendix A. HMC command list 481removed, or moved must be specified with the -q flag. This quantity is in megabytes, and must be a multiple of the me

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. iiiContentsNotices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 Logical Partitions on System i52.1 Console historyThere are now a few types of consoles that can be used on the iSeries. Originally, in the Syste

482 Logical Partitions on System i5ProcessorsProcessing resources can be dynamically added to a partition, removed from a partition, or moved from on

Appendix A. HMC command list 483Processing resources can also be moved between partitions using dedicated processors and partitions using shared proc

484 Logical Partitions on System i5Listing LPAR profile propertiesUse the lssyscfg command to list a partition profile. Type the following command:ls

Appendix A. HMC command list 485Working with system profilesThis section describes commands for working with system profiles.Creating a system profil

486 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 profile_names򐂰 lpar_names | lpar_ids 򐂰 nameListing hardware resourcesThe lshwres command, which lists the hardwa

Appendix A. HMC command list 487򐂰 Virtual serial servers with open connections:lshwres -m <managed system> -r virtualio --rsubtype serial --lev

488 Logical Partitions on System i5 slot - I/O slot taggedio - tagged I/O

Appendix A. HMC command list 489 -r - the type of system resource(s) to be changed: sys - ma

490 Logical Partitions on System i5 to activate -f <profile name> - the name of the profile to use wh

Appendix A. HMC command list 491 -r io --rsubtype iopool [--filter pools,lpar_ids | lpar_names] -r io --rsubtype taggedio [--fi

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 33For example, if you have an IOP tagged for console and the IOP has a WAN and LAN card in the IOP, you can

492 Logical Partitions on System i5Create (make) system configuration (mksyscfg)This command creates partitions, partition profiles, or system profil

Appendix A. HMC command list 493 -r sysprof required: name, lpar_ids | lpar_names, profile_namesRemove system configuration (rmsyscfg)This comman

494 Logical Partitions on System i5HMC CLI command attributesTable A-7 lists the command attributes that are available, along with the commands in wh

Appendix A. HMC command list 495cod_capable lssyscfg Indicates whether the managed system supports Capacity on Demand (CoD). Possible values are 0 (n

496 Logical Partitions on System i5curr_mem lshwres Current amount of memory, in megabytes, which are owned by the partition.curr_mem_region_sizelshw

Appendix A. HMC command list 497desired_proc_units chsyscfg, lssyscfg, and mksyscfgDesired number of processing units for the partition. This attribu

498 Logical Partitions on System i5io_slots chsyscfg, lssyscfg, and mksyscfgList of I/O slots for the partition. Each item in this list has the forma

Appendix A. HMC command list 499lpar_io_pool_ids chsyscfg, lshwres, and mksyscfgList of IDs of the I/O pools in which the partition is participating.

500 Logical Partitions on System i5max_shared_pools lshwres Maximum number of shared processing pools which are supported on the managed system.max_v

Appendix A. HMC command list 501os400_capable lssyscfg Indicates whether the managed system supports OS/400 partitions. Possible values are 0 (no) or

34 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 2-3 Twinax system adapter is needed2.3 Console for partitioned (LPAR) systemsOn System i5 systems, the LP

502 Logical Partitions on System i5pend_min_interactive lshwres A percentage. This attribute is only valid for OS/400 partitions.pend_min_mem lshwres

Appendix A. HMC command list 503remote_lpar_id chhwreslshwresFor client adapters, this specifies the ID of the partition which has the hosting (serve

504 Logical Partitions on System i5service_lpar_id chsyscfg and lssyscfg For chsyscfg, this specifies the ID of the partition to be given service aut

Appendix A. HMC command list 505state lshwres and lssyscfgstatus lshwressupports_hmc chhwres and lshwressys_ipl_attr lssyscfgsys_ipl_major_type lssys

506 Logical Partitions on System i5virtual_scsi_adapters chsyscfg, lssyscfg, and mksyscfgList of virtual SCSI adapters. Each item in this list has th

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 507GlossaryCCIN_Custom Card Identification NumberCoD_ Capacity Upgrade on DemandCSU_Customer S

508 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 509IndexNumerics5250 client 995250 console 465250 Emulator 575250 OLTP 1555250 virtual

510 Logical Partitions on System i5Dedicated processors 149, 185Dedicated Service Tools 199Default gateway address 98Default gateway device 1

Index 511II/O resources 3, 155I/O slot view 66i5/OS hang 86i5/OS partition 2IBM Service 3IBM Service and Support 54ibm5250 57Identify

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 352.4 Console IOA placement rules for stand-alone systemsIn the following sections we list the various rul

512 Logical Partitions on System i5NNative IO support 5Net menu 57Network configuration 114No connection 62, 214Nonroutable IP address ranges

Index 513Redbooks Web siteContact us xiiiRedundant HMC configurations 245Remote access 123Remote management 205Remote service 99Remote Ser

514 Logical Partitions on System i5UUnassigned cards/slots 66Uncapped partition 185Uncapped shared processor 149Uncapped shared processor parti

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36 Logical Partitions on System i52.5 Console IOA placement rules for stand-alone systems, including IXS considerationsPre-System i5 IXSs that will

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 372.6 Connecting to a 5250 console remotelyThis section covers connecting to a 5250 console remotely. The

38 Logical Partitions on System i52. Select Link Parameter. When the window in Figure 2-5 prompts you, type the HMC host name or IP address in the Ho

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 394. When the window in Figure 2-7 prompts you, type the correct HMC user ID and password, then press Enter

40 Logical Partitions on System i56. When the window in Figure 2-9 prompts you, select connect modes and press Enter.Figure 2-9 Remote 5250 console

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 41Configure your Linux product To configure your Linux product, do the following steps: 1. Create a new ses

iv Logical Partitions on System i52.5.1 Model 520/550 CEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 Logical Partitions on System i5A server is an HMC you want to access remotely. In Figure 2-11, HMCs 1, 3, and 4 are servers. A client is a system

Chapter 2. i5/OS consoles under System i5 43The following list is an overview of tasks involved in installing and securing the remote client:1. Confi

44 Logical Partitions on System i5

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. 45Chapter 3. HMC overview and planningThis chapter provides an overview of the application func

46 Logical Partitions on System i53.1 HMC concepts and initial setupThe main functions of the HMC are to perform logical partitioning functions, ser

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 47򐂰 iSeries Recommended Fixes - Server Firmware: Update Policy Set to Operating System:http://www-912.ibm.com/s_

48 Logical Partitions on System i5The desktop HMC can use a number of IBM displays as shown in the e-config. The desktop HMC does not have to use the

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 49The eServer Hardware Information Center guides the user through cabling up the HMC and then through a checklis

50 Logical Partitions on System i53.2 Installing the HMCIn this section we discuss the physical setup of the HMC.Both the desktop and rack mounted H

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 51Figure 3-6 Rear view of rack mounted HMC ports

Contents v5.2.11 Tagging partition resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1615.2.12 Opticonnect

52 Logical Partitions on System i5The vertical USB port to the right of the HMC ethernet ports is not available for use.The HMC 1 and 2 ports on the

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 53Figure 3-8 shows a closer rear view of a model 570 with the cables identified.Figure 3-8 Ports on rear of i5

54 Logical Partitions on System i5Figure 3-9 Private direct networkingIf you need to make changes to the network, these can be done manually within

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 553.3.3 Private and open networkingAs there are two network connections on an HMC, you can connect it to both a

56 Logical Partitions on System i53.4 Initial tour of the desktopYou will now be viewing the HMC desktop as shown in Figure 3-12. The desktop compri

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 57ibm5250 (5250 Emulator): This is a 5250 emulator session that can be used as the console session for any i5/OS

58 Logical Partitions on System i53.4.3 Lock menuHere we describe the items on the Lock menu.Lock menu option: This locks the HMC console session. T

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 59Figure 3-16 Exit the HMC console3. Click Exit, and you are presented with a pull down menu that has Logout a

60 Logical Partitions on System i55. Click OK. See Figure 3-19.Figure 3-19 Accept shutdownThe HMC will now shut down.Next we discuss the basic func

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 61System profilesUsing the HMC, you can create and activate often-used collections of predefined partition profi

vi Logical Partitions on System i57.3 HMC User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

62 Logical Partitions on System i5System properties - GeneralThese properties relate to general information about the server. The Name of the process

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 63The value of Service Partition displays the name of the service partition if one has been allocated. In our ex

64 Logical Partitions on System i5See Figure 3-22 for an example of managed system IPL properties.Figure 3-22 Managed system - IPL propertiesThe Po

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 65򐂰 The following three attributes reflect physical hardware boot conditions, not the partition:– Power-on type

66 Logical Partitions on System i5System Properties - IO resourcesWhen expanded, Figure 3-24 shows the I/O resources across the managed system. The e

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 67Once the partition is created and the OS is loaded, hardware assigned to that partition can be viewed from har

68 Logical Partitions on System i5System Properties - Memory resourcesThe memory properties are shown in Figure 3-26. The available memory is the una

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 69System Properties - System Reference Codes (SRCs)The tab under properties shows the SRCs for the managed syste

70 Logical Partitions on System i5System Properties - Highlight a Host Channel Adapter (HCA)The last tab under properties shows the HCA for the manag

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 713.5.2 Other system-wide optionsIn this section we look at the other options that are available system-wide by

Contents vii11.3 Using the HMC from i5/OS with OpenSSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34311.4 Running DLPAR scri

72 Logical Partitions on System i5򐂰 The Create option is taken to create a new logical partition. This is covered in detail in Chapter 5, “Partition

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 73򐂰 Profile data is the system profile, logical partition, and partition profile information for the managed ser

74 Logical Partitions on System i53.5.3 Available partition optionsWe have covered the functions that are available from a system wide perspective;

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 75Work with Dynamic Logical Partitioning ResourcesThis takes you to further selections as shown in Figure 3-33.

76 Logical Partitions on System i5You can choose Open shared 5250 console or Open dedicated 5250 console. Figure 3-35 shows you an example to select

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 77Figure 3-37 shows where you select Open shared 5250 console.Figure 3-37 Open shared 5250 consoleAfter you se

78 Logical Partitions on System i5Then a panel like the one in Figure 3-39 shows the shared 5250 console connection status. You may need to wait a sh

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 79In this panel you can select Command → New 5250 to open another 5250 console. Figure 3-41 shows an example to

80 Logical Partitions on System i5Then the next panel prompts as shown in Figure 3-43, asking for the HMC userid and password to open a new 5250 sess

Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 81Then the next panel, which looks like Figure 3-45, shows session connection status. You may need to wait a sho