manualshive.com logo in svg

IBM HS22V BLADECENTER - X5670 FOR SPEC CPU2006, Specification

Share
Download
IBM HS22V BLADECENTER - X5670 FOR SPEC CPU2006 Specification Download Page 64

 

  

64 

 

•

 

Once you are past the 

Welcome to the Virtual I/O Server

 screen, a screen 

prompting you to 

Please define the System Console

 will appear. Type 

2

 and press 

enter as the screen directs.  Note that these keystrokes will not appear on the screen. 

 

 

 

•

 

You may see a warning screen indicating the disks on the system do not match the 
disks on the source (of the backup) system. Type 

1

 and press enter to 

Continue 

with Install

. 

 

Summary of Contents for HS22V BLADECENTER - X5670 FOR SPEC CPU2006

Page 1: ...1 IBM i on a Power Blade Read me First Vess Natchev Cloud Virtualization Power Systems IBM Rochester MN vess us ibm com July 14th 2010 ...

Page 2: ...ter and blade server hardware 3 2 Configure the Advanced Management Module AMM 3 2 1 Initial AMM configuration 3 2 2 AMM user profiles 3 2 3 AMM LAN configuration 3 3 Download BladeCenter firmware 3 4 Download BladeCenter management module firmware 3 5 Download the BladeCenter Fibre Channel I O module firmware 3 6 Download the BladeCenter Ethernet I O module firmware 3 7 Download the BladeCenter S...

Page 3: ...oftware installation 5 1 Obtain the VIOS and IBM i installation media and fixes 5 2 Install VIOS 5 2 1 Prerequisites in the AMM 5 2 2 Opening a console for VIOS 5 2 3 Powering on the blade 5 2 4 Accessing the SMS menus 5 2 5 Installing VIOS from DVD 5 2 6 Installing VIOS from NIM 5 2 7 Completing the install 5 2 8 Mirroring of VIOS 5 3 Configure networking in VIOS if necessary 5 4 Update the syste...

Page 4: ... restore with a Fibre Channel attached tape library 7 3 1 Technical overview 7 3 2 Support statements and requirements for FC tape libraries 7 3 3 Creating the VFC configuration 7 3 4 Making the tape library available to IBM i 7 3 5 Performing an IBM i save 7 3 6 Performing an IBM i restore 7 3 7 Performing a D mode IPL from a FC tape library 7 4 Backup and restore of VIOS and IVM 7 4 1 Backing up...

Page 5: ...ximum of one onboard Serial attached SCSI SAS drive is supported The PS701 supports 2 types of I O expansion adapters Combination Form Factor Horizontal CFFh and Combination I O Form Factor Vertical CIOv For IBM i the PS701 is supported in IBM BladeCenter H and BladeCenter S The following picture shows the PS701 identifying the major components 1 1 2 IBM BladeCenter PS700 Express The IBM BladeCent...

Page 6: ...ted in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter S Note that the I O adapter options for IBM i on PS700 PS701 and PS702 are the same as those on JS23 and JS43 1 1 4 IBM BladeCenter JS23 Express The IBM BladeCenter JS23 Express is a single wide blade server based on the POWER6 processor The JS23 contains 2 sockets and 4 POWER6 cores which use IBM s enhanced 65 nm lithography and operate at 4 2 GHz The JS23 als...

Page 7: ...ockets and 8 POWER6 cores operating at 4 2 GHz 32 MB of L3 cache per socket and 4 MB of L2 cache per core Up to 16 DDR2 memory DIMMs for a maximum of 128 GB 4 embedded 1Gb Ethernet ports Onboard SAS and USB controllers EnergyScale power management and FSP 1 service processor on the main blade unit Up to 2 SAS or SSD onboard drives Up to 2 CFFh and 2 CIOv I O expansion adapters For IBM i the JS43 i...

Page 8: ...SB controllers and a SAS disk drive The embedded Ethernet ports are Integrated Virtual Ethernet IVE ports also present on other POWER6 based servers Additional I O is provided by CFFh and CFFv expansion cards which allow connections to external storage and tape via switches in the BladeCenter chassis IBM i on the JS22 is supported in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter S The following picture shows the ...

Page 9: ...ves are supported on the blade Four additional memory DIMM slots are supported for a total of eight slots The JS12 includes the same SP embedded Gigabit Ethernet IVE ports CFFv and CFFh I O expansion slots and embedded SAS and USB controllers The JS12 is capable of supporting twice the number of memory DIMMs because of the new shorter DIMM design which allows the DIMMs to be plugged in vertically ...

Page 10: ...blade Once VIOS is installed other LPARs can be created using the Integrated Virtualization Manager IVM IVM is part of VIOS and provides a browser interface to the blade for managing LPARs and I O virtualization The Power blade does not support a Hardware Management Console HMC 1 1 9 Overview of I O concepts for IBM i on blade IBM i LPARs on a Power blade can use Fibre Channel or SAS storage The t...

Page 11: ... option is the Ethernet ports on the QLogic CFFh Fibre Channel Ethernet adapter Once again the ports are physically attached to VIOS which bridges them to IBM i In order to take advantage of the Virtual Ethernet bridge IBM i must have at least one Virtual Ethernet adapter One such adapter is created for each new IBM i partition by default Operations Console LAN is the only console option HMC conso...

Page 12: ...the BladeCenter A BladeCenter can have a mix of standard and high speed switch bays I O module switch A switch residing in the BladeCenter which provides connectivity between the blade servers and external I O device using wiring in the BladeCenter midplane Multi switch Interconnect Module MSIM A module which occupies both high speed I O bays 7 and 8 or 9 and 10 By placing a standard vertical modu...

Page 13: ...e sharing of physical I O resources between client logical partitions within the system Integrated Virtualization Manager IVM A browser interface installed with VIOS It provides LPAR and virtualization management functions Virtual Ethernet adapter A virtual network adapter created in the Power Hypervisor that is part of an LPAR s hardware resources On Power blade IBM i cannot be assigned physical ...

Page 14: ...tition PC for LAN console and IVM browser access o When the IBM i LAN console connection is first established the console PC must be on the same subnet as the IBM i partition Once the console is established this restriction is removed SAS I O module 1 o An IP address on the external LAN that will be used to connect to the SAS I O module This IP address is required in order to manage the SAS module...

Page 15: ... Access for Windows software at version 6 1 or later The same PC can be used for the browser connection to IVM and Telnet sessions to the AMM or VIOS Obtain the System i Access software version 6 1 or later by visiting this Web site http www ibm com systems i software access caorder html Complete the PC preparations for LAN console and install the software as described in this section of the IBM i...

Page 16: ...irmware updates 3 1 Assemble the BladeCenter and blade server hardware The first step in preparing the BladeCenter is to install the BladeCenter and blade server hardware This may include installing any management modules power modules and I O modules in the BladeCenter The BladeCenter might have these components already installed if an additional blade server is being added to an already function...

Page 17: ...er O It is recommended to change the password during this initial configuration Select a timeout value on the next screen and click continue 3 2 2 AMM user profiles To create additional user profiles on the AMM click Login Profiles under MM Control Click a login ID currently marked as not used Enter the user profile and password twice select the user profile s desired role and click Save 3 2 3 AMM...

Page 18: ...copy for use as a reference when performing the update Click on the browser s Back button to return to the previous page Next click on the link of the firmware update to download the file This file will be used later to update the firmware This link may lead to the I O module vendor s Web site o For Brocade fill in the export compliance form and accept the user s license Then download the file mar...

Page 19: ...MM Web browser window Click Firmware Update under MM Control on the navigation pane on the left On the Update MM Firmware window select Browse and navigate to the location usually on a local PC where you downloaded the management module firmware update The file or files will have an extension of PKT Begin with the update file for the functional AMM firmware release Highlight the file and click the...

Page 20: ...SM firmware you log into one of the SAS I O modules The default userid for a SAS I O module is USERID and the default password is PASSW0RD note the number zero To log into a SAS I O module start a browser session to the IP address assigned to it If an IP address has not been assigned to a SAS I O module yet follow these instructions to do so Start a browser session to the IP address of the AMM Log...

Page 21: ... SAS I O module in the chassis Once available in VIOS the tape drive is assigned to an IBM i partition in IVM 4 1 1 Storage concepts for JS12 and JS22 in BladeCenter H The following diagram presents an overview of storage optical and tape virtualization for IBM i on JS12 and JS22 in BladeCenter H VIOS accesses Fibre Channel storage via the CFFh expansion card on the blade Presently the QLogic CFFh...

Page 22: ... SAS IDs of the two ports on the expansion adapter To find out those IDs in the AMM follow these steps Log into the AMM browser UI with an administrator ID Click Hardware VPD Locate the blade with which you are working The CFFv SAS card will appear as an Expansion Card with a description of SAS Expansion Option Click it Click the Ports tab Under Expansion Card Unique IDs ID 1 is the SAS ID of the ...

Page 23: ... Card with a description of SAS Conn Card under Hardware VPD in the AMM 4 2 Best practices for BladeCenter H and Fibre Channel storage When configuring LUNs for IBM i virtualized by VIOS follow the best practices outlined in chapter 14 5 of the latest Performance Capabilities Reference manual available here http www ibm com systems i solutions perfmgmt resource html Note that some of its recommend...

Page 24: ... html Open To create LUNs for IBM i virtualized by VIOS on DS3950 DS4700 DS4800 DS5020 DS5100 or DS5300 follow the instructions in chapter 3 of the Redbook IBM Midrange System Storage Implementation and Best Practices Guide SG246363 available here http www redbooks ibm com redbooks pdfs sg246363 pdf To create LUNs for IBM i virtualized by VIOS on DS8000 follow the instructions in section 3 of the ...

Page 25: ...p www ibm com support docview wss uid ssg1S4000201 Note that there are separate support statements for AIX and VIOS If SDDPCM is supported on your storage subsystem for VIOS download and install the driver following the instructions in the Multipath Subsystem Device Driver User s Guide at the same location 4 5 Storage concepts for IBM i on Power blade in BladeCenter S As with the BladeCenter H IBM...

Page 26: ...client partition s exactly as with LUNs in the BladeCenter H Each virtualized SAS drive or LUN is recognized and used in IBM i as a DDxx physical drive If both internal drives are ordered on the JS12 they will be recognized by VIOS as hdisk0 and hdisk1 The internal drives on the blade are used for VIOS and are not virtualized to IBM i client LPARs Access to the DVD ROM drive in the BladeCenter S i...

Page 27: ...ows the use of existing IBM i disk management skills For a higher level of redundancy it is strongly recommended to assign the same number of SAS drives in each DSM and mirror between them in IBM i SAS drives in the BladeCenter S are assigned to blades by changing the configuration of the SAS I O module In the case of using LUNs from DS3200 they are already benefiting from RAID protection in the e...

Page 28: ... pre defined configurations and 4 user defined configurations are stored on a SAS I O module To use a pre defined configuration it has to be activated by interacting with the module User defined configurations are blank until explicitly created The following tables summarize the pre defined configurations Pre defined configurations for a single SAS I O module Pre defined configurations for two SAS...

Page 29: ...ministrator ID Click Configuration under Storage Tasks Click the SAS I O module you want to configure If two modules are present it is necessary to activate the selected configuration on only one Click the radio button next to the pre defined configuration you wish to activate Click the Activate Selected Configuration button at the bottom of the right screen pane The selected number of SAS drives ...

Page 30: ... the Power blade is allowed access to the RAID subsystem in the RSSM Create the appropriate configuration in the RAID subsystem and assign the new LUNs to the Power blade 4 8 1 SAS zoning for RSSM With a new BladeCenter S the correct SAS zone to allow all blades access to the RAID subsystem in the RSSM is already in place the default pre defined zone configuration gives all 6 blade slots access to...

Page 31: ...om abstracts redp4357 html Open To create the RAID array and LUN configuration follow these steps On the All Resources screen select the RAID subsystem In the drop down menu above select Configuration then Storage Click the Storage Pools tab Storage pools are the RAID arrays you can create in the chassis using the RSSM Click Create Storage Pool Select Manually choose drives advanced and click Next...

Page 32: ... Power blade in order for VIOS to recognize that the device is present again 4 9 1 USB 2 0 access In October 2009 IBM enhanced the capabilities of Power blades when using the DVD drive in the Media Tray MT in BladeCenter S and BladeCenter H VIOS now uses a USB 2 0 driver for physical access to the DVD drive As a result all client LPARs using the DVD drive as a virtual optical device from VIOS can ...

Page 33: ...s partition ID 1 when IVM is used and by default carries the serial number of the blade as a name To display the current names and IDs of all existing partitions use lssyscfg r lpar F name lpar_id To display which virtual slots have been already been used by partition and adapter use lshwres r virtualio rsubtype slot level slot notice the double dashes 4 10 1 Mapping storage to new Virtual SCSI ad...

Page 34: ...hen the IBM i partition is not activated follow the example below which removes the client adapter in slot 5 of IBM i partition test chsyscfg r prof i name test virtual_scsi_adapters 5 note the minus sign before the equal sign To remove a Virtual SCSI client adapter when the IBM i partition is running follow the example below which removes the client adapter in slot 5 of IBM i partition test chhwr...

Page 35: ...nd Ethernet traffic For a complete general overview of FCoCEE consult the Fibre Channel Industry Association s Website at http www fibrechannel org All Power blades support FCoCEE through a Converged Network Adapter CNA the QLogic 2 port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter P N 42C1830 For IBM i the CNA is owned by VIOS as with other blade server expansion adapters VIOS then pr...

Page 36: ...k and networking for IBM i on blade via FCoCEE is similar to that for regular Fibre Channel attached storage and Ethernet network adapters As described above the TOR FCoCEE switch provides standard 8Gb FC connectivity to supported storage subsystems The host ports used on the external storage and the 10GbE ports on the QLogic CNA must be in the same zone which is created on the TOR switch The stor...

Page 37: ...e and Power on the blade After approximately 5 minutes if a VIOS login prompt appears on the console the install was performed by IBM If VIOS was not pre installed proceed with the instructions immediately below The recommended location for VIOS install differs by blade The JS12 provides the option for two integrated SAS drives on the blade It is recommended to order both integrated drives on the ...

Page 38: ... PFW on it starts Note that the SOL console for VIOS does not need to be restarted if the VIOS partition is rebooted However the console will time out and disconnect after 5 minutes of inactivity In addition to the Serial over LAN SOL console option for VIOS the Remote Control function of the AMM discussed in the previous section can also provide a console for VIOS The Remote Control console must ...

Page 39: ...Boot Device Select 3 CD DVD Select 6 USB Select Option 1 to choose the USB CD ROM Select 2 Normal mode Select 1 Yes to exit the SMS menus and start the VIOS install Allow approximately 5 minutes for the install program to load from the media 5 2 6 Installing VIOS from NIM On the main SMS menu select the menu option 2 Setup Remote IPL Initial Program Load Select the port to use for most scenarios p...

Page 40: ...tallation The SAS drive internal to the blade will be detected as hdisk0 whereas any LUNs attached to VIOS will be detected as hdisk1 hdisk2 and so on Choose option 0 twice to start installing After the install has completed and VIOS has rebooted log in with the default administrator user profile padmin A password is not required for this first login When prompted enter a password for padmin twice...

Page 41: ...mirroring For an immediate reboot omit the defer option The mirrorios command accomplishes three tasks it creates a copy of all logical volumes except for the system dump volume in rootvg on the second hdisk makes the second hdisk bootable and changes the VIOS bootlist to include it Once mirroring is complete you can verify that all logical volumes in rootvg have a copy on both hdisks with lsvg lv...

Page 42: ...topic iphb1 iphb1_vios_co mmandslist htm 5 4 Update the system firmware on the SP of the Power blade if necessary To display the current level of the system firmware start a browser session to the AMM Click on Firmware VPD The system firmware level is displayed under Blade Firmware Vital Product Data EA320_030 in this example To check or download the latest available level of the system firmware s...

Page 43: ...pter if the latter is present You should see a result similar to 77103224 0125040024 for the QLogic CFFh Fibre Channel card 5 6 2 Downloading the latest available level of expansion adapter microcode Start at http www ibm com support Choose BladeCenter under Choose support type and click the right arrow Select the correct blade server such as BladeCenter JS22 or BladeCenter JS23 under Product fami...

Page 44: ...connections If you are using a BladeCenter S check the configuration of the SAS module s as discussed in sections 4 7 and 4 8 5 8 Configure the Virtual Ethernet bridge for IBM i LAN console As discussed previously IBM i does not have direct access to any physical network adapters on the Power blade Instead it uses a Virtual Ethernet adapter to connect to VIOS and any other partitions on the same b...

Page 45: ...y IVM uses a number of defaults that simplify partition creation For example because IBM i partitions cannot own physical hardware on an IVM managed system such as a Power blade those screens are omitted from the creation wizard IVM defaults the load source and alternate IPL adapters to the Virtual SCSI client adapter in the IBM i partition and the console adapter to the first Virtual Ethernet ada...

Page 46: ...ed on a PC that is on the same subnet as the IP address you are going to assign to the new IBM i partition for LAN console To configure the Operations Console LAN connection follow the process described in this section of the IBM i Information Center http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os index jsp topic rzajr rzajrcfglancon sole htm Keep in mind the following tips IBM i partiti...

Page 47: ... DDxxx devices 5 13 2 IBM i mirroring in BladeCenter S Presently when IBM i is implemented in a BladeCenter S IBM i disk level mirroring must be used for disk protection For an overview of mirroring in IBM i consult the Planning for Mirrored Protection topic in the IBM i Information Center to create the mirroring configuration http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os topic rzaly r...

Page 48: ...entifies the position of the SAS drive in the DSM D2 is the second drive left to right in the top row in the DSM 5 13 4 Configuring mirroring When assigning hdisks to the IBM i partition during creation see section 5 10 select only two hdisks with locations signifying they are from different DSMs For example U4545 001 07CM0Z9 P1 D2 and U4545 001 07CM0YT P2 D2 Mirroring does not have to be configur...

Page 49: ...M i networking for production http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os topic rzajy rzajyoverview htm Keep in mind that while any Virtual Ethernet adapter available in IBM i as a CMNxx device can be configured only those on VLANs bridged with a Virtual Ethernet bridge can communicate with the external LAN 6 2 Configure Electronic Customer Support ECS over LAN There is no physical m...

Page 50: ...ther its status is not properly updated in VIOS and IVM on both blades After performing the steps to re assign the DVD drive to the second Power blade per section 5 2 1 the cd0 device will still appear in IVM on the first blade and its status in VIOS will remain available Meanwhile the status of cd0 on the second blade will be defined in VIOS and the device will not appear in IVM To correct the st...

Page 51: ...er hardware blades ibmi html Any other I O adapters versions of software or tape models may or may not work and are not supported by IBM 7 2 Save and restore with a single LTO4 SAS tape drive 7 2 1 Technical overview VIOS can now virtualize the TS2240 SAS attached tape drive to IBM i as VIOS has previously done with disk optical and network devices This functionality allows an administrator to per...

Page 52: ...D SAS I O module One SAS cable One FC 8250 CFFv or FC 8246 CIOv SAS adapter per blade Power blade service processor firmware version 340_xxx from May 2009 or later verified with the lsfware command on the VIOS command line VIOS 2 1 1 or later verified with the ioslevel command on the VIOS command line IBM i 6 1 or later with the latest PTF package from May 2009 or later 7 2 3 Making the tape drive...

Page 53: ...On the blade currently owning the tape drive vary off the TAPxx device in IBM i once all save operations are complete using the WRKCFGSTS DEV TAP command Log into IVM and unassign the rmtX tape device from the i partition by clicking View Modify Virtual Storage Æ Optical Tape Æ Modify partition assignment under Physical Tape Devices Telnet to VIOS and use this command to unconfigure the tape drive...

Page 54: ...0 model 004 tape device It supports all standard IBM i save and restore commands as well as BRMS commands Virtual tape can be used for full system or partial saves employing the same backup strategy as with a single tape drive on a Power standalone server Initialize the tape volume in IBM i using the INZTAP command Specify the Tape density parameter at CFGTYPE IBM i can use LTO3 and LTO4 media for...

Page 55: ...ave and restore with a Fibre Channel attached tape library 7 3 1 Technical overview In October 2009 IBM announced Fibre Channel FC tape libraries as a supported save and restore option for IBM i on a Power blade This capability allows an administrator to perform backup and recovery operations using the same IBM i native or BRMS commands as on any other IBM i LPAR attached to a tape library Advance...

Page 56: ...ter in IBM i Two WWPNs are generated per VFC client adapter to facilitate Live Partition Mobility although only AIX and Linux LPARs can leverage it at the moment The PowerVM Hypervisor on a Power server or blade has the default capability to create 32 000 virtual WWPNs When VFC client adapters are deleted WWPNs are not reused If all of the default 32 000 WWPNs are used the client must obtain an en...

Page 57: ...s o TS3310 M T 3576 with LTO3 and LTO4 tape drives o TS3400 M T 3577 with TS1120 and TS1130 tape drives o TS3500 M T 3584 with LTO3 and LTO4 tape drives o TS3500 M T 3584 with TS1120 and TS1130 tape drives o TS3500 M T 3584 with 3592 J1A tape drives See the following APAR for the IBM i PTFs required for NPIV virtualization of Fibre Channel libraries http www 912 ibm com n_dir nas4apar nsf c79815e0...

Page 58: ...e library Power blade service processor firmware version 350_xxx from October 2009 or later verified with the lsfware command on the VIOS command line VIOS 2 1 2 or later verified with the ioslevel command on the VIOS command line IBM i 6 1 1 or later with the latest PTF package from October 2009 or later While IBM announced the ability to connect the IBM DS8000 storage subsystem through NPIV to I...

Page 59: ...d and the tape library and drives are powered on they will automatically be made available in IBM i if the QAUTOCFG system value is set to On it is by default As mentioned previously the tape library connected through NPIV supports all standard and advanced library functions as well as both native save restore and BRMS commands Use your standard backup procedure or consult the IBM i Information Ce...

Page 60: ...Virtualization Manager using the padmin profile o On the Service Management menu click Backup Restore o On the Partition Configuration Backup Restore tab click the Generate Backup button o Once the operation is complete the backup file location will be displayed default location is home padmin profile bak You can restore the partition profile by clicking Restore Partition Configuration o Note that...

Page 61: ...e AMM web browser interface Once the Partition Firmware displays its initial screen press 1 to enter the SMS menu If you miss the prompt to press 1 the partition will attempt to boot from the default device which may boot back into VIOS if there is still a bootable image installed on the default device probably the internal hard drive Otherwise the boot will fail and the SMS menu will eventually b...

Page 62: ...62 On the Select Device Type menu type 2 and press enter to select Tape On the Select Media Type menu type 4 and press enter to select SAS ...

Page 63: ...er for the tape device with the backup media loaded and press enter On the Select Task menu type 2 and press enter for Normal Boot Mode Type 1 and press enter to confirm you want to exit the SMS menus It will take several minutes to boot from the tape ...

Page 64: ...ne the System Console will appear Type 2 and press enter as the screen directs Note that these keystrokes will not appear on the screen You may see a warning screen indicating the disks on the system do not match the disks on the source of the backup system Type 1 and press enter to Continue with Install ...

Page 65: ...me to Base Operating System Installation and Maintenance menu type 3 and press enter to select Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery On the Maintenance menu type 6 and press enter to Install from a System Backup ...

Page 66: ...Center S 8 1 Overview The i Edition Express for BladeCenter S is a packaged solution that includes a BladeCenter S chassis with SAS disk drives a JS12 Power blade server IBM PowerVM and IBM i for 10 users It is an integrated offering priced similarly to a Power 520 Express i Edition that makes it easier for clients to consolidate their existing IBM i and Windows workloads in a BladeCenter environm...

Page 67: ...nectivity Module is also known as the Non RAID SAS Switch Module or NSSM When a client orders one or two NSSMs and IBM i preinstall with BladeCenter S IBM manufacturing will perform the following tasks Check that all requirements on the order are met Activate the correct SAS zone configuration on the BladeCenter S to assign drives to the Power blade Create the VIOS partition on the Power blade Ins...

Page 68: ...et If any requirements are not met the preinstall will fail 9 2 1 Requirements for NSSM The following features are required in an IBM i preinstall configuration on BladeCenter S with NSSM s FC 8250 SAS Expansion Card CFFv for IBM BladeCenter on JS12 or JS22 FC 8246 SAS Passthrough Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter on JS23 JS43 PS700 PS701 or PS702 When configuring a JS12 JS43 PS700 or PS702 ...

Page 69: ... required All i Express Edition orders with FC 0776 will get IBM i preinstalled 9 3 Installation steps that must be performed by the implementing party While the IBM i preinstall capability greatly simplifies the installation of IBM i in a BladeCenter S environment some manual steps must be performed by the party implementing this solution Install the BladeCenter S hardware as discussed in section...

Page 70: ...is the first time the blade starts outside of IBM manufacturing the system firmware and VIOS licenses must be accepted before the boot can continue Open a console to VIOS on the blade as described in section 5 2 2 After several minutes you will be presented with the system firmware language screen Type 2 and press Enter to continue booting or 1 and Enter to change the firmware screen language You ...

Page 71: ...d press Enter Sign in with padmin and set a password Accept the VIOS license as described in section 5 2 7 Configure networking in VIOS as described in section 5 3 Configure the virtual Ethernet bridge for IBM LAN Console as described in section 5 8 Connect LAN Console to the IBM i partition as described in section 5 11 ...

Page 72: ...similar to those on an IBM Power 520 server 10 DS4000 or DS5000 Copy Services and IBM i IBM has conducted some basic functional testing of DS4000 or DS5000 Copy Services with IBM i as client of VIOS Below you will find information on the scenarios tested and the resulting statements of support for using DS4000 or DS5000 Copy Services with IBM i 10 1 FlashCopy and VolumeCopy 10 1 1 Test scenario Th...

Page 73: ...en the production IBM i logical partition LPAR is powered off are supported Full system FlashCopy and VolumeCopy when the production IBM i LPAR is in restricted state are supported The DS4000 or DS5000 disable and re create functions with full system FlashCopy and VolumeCopy when the production IBM i LPAR is powered off or is in restricted state are supported Full system FlashCopy and VolumeCopy o...

Page 74: ...ly and require the corresponding skill set Note also that support for this solution will be provided by multiple IBM support organization and not solely by the IBM i Support Center IBM PowerHA for IBM i is also supported for IBM i as a client of VIOS PowerHA for IBM i provides an automated IBM i driven replication solution that allows clients to leverage their existing IBM i skills PowerHA for IBM...

Page 75: ...over IBM i production LPAR is powered off is supported Full system Synchronous ERM for an unplanned failover IBM i production LPAR is running is supported Replication of IASPs is not supported Suspending replication and accessing the replicated LUNs on backup site is not supported For assistance with using DS4000 or DS5000 Enhanced Remote Mirroring with IBM i contact IBM Lab Services using this We...

Page 76: ...m blade center io_44W4483 doc 44r5248 pdf 11 2 Storage DS8000 Information Center http publib boulder ibm com infocenter dsichelp ds8000ic index jsp IBM System Storage DS8000 Series Architecture and Implementation Redbook http www redbooks ibm com redpieces abstracts sg246786 html Open DS8000 Web site http www ibm com systems storage disk ds8000 index html IBM System Storage DS4000 or DS5000 and St...

Page 77: ...ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os index jsp topic rzajr rz ajrinstallopscon htm IBM i installation http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os index jsp topic rzahc r zahc1 htm tocNode int_216451 IBM i PTF installation http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope i5os index jsp topic rzam8 r zam8fixconcepts1 htm Latest recommended IBM i PTFs http www 912 ibm com s_dir slk...

Page 78: ...mplementing Tape in i5 OS Redbook http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247440 html Open APAR for PTFs required for NPIV virtualization of Fibre Channel tape libraries http www 912 ibm com n_dir nas4apar nsf c79815e083182fec862564c00079d117 02327e0675 99839e86257659003c6d66 OpenDocument Highlight 2 ii14526 ...

Page 79: ...hange without notice reseller prices may vary IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts or new and serviceable used parts Regardless our warranty terms apply Any performance data contained in this document was determined in a controlled environment Actual results may vary significantly and are dependent on many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and con...

Page 80: ...g wordmarks and the Power and Power org logos and related marks are trademarks and service marks licensed by Power org UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States other countries or both Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in...

Reviews:

No comments

Brands by name

Popular brands

Load more brands