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2. If you replace the network adapter in the client, the network adapter hardware
address settings for the client must be updated on the NIM server.
3. The Cstate for each standalone diagnostics client on the NIM server should be kept
in the diagnostic boot has been enabled state.
4. On the client system, the NIM server network adapter should be put in the bootlist
after the boot hardfile. This allows the system to boot in standalone diagnostics from
the NIM server if there is a problem booting from the hard file. Refer to the
Multiboot section under “SMS” in the client system’s service guide for information
on setting the bootlist.
NIM Server Configuration
Refer to the “Advanced NIM Configuration Tasks” chapter of the Network Installation
Management Guide and Reference, order number SC23-4385, for information on doing
the following:
v
Registering a client on the NIM server
v
Enabling a client to run diagnostics from the NIM server
To verify that the client system is registered on the NIM server and the diagnostic boot
is enabled, run the command lsnim -a Cstate -Z
ClientName from the command line
on the NIM server. Refer to the following table for system responses.
Note: The ClientName is the name of the system on which you want to run standalone
diagnostics.
System Response Client Status
#name:Cstate:
ClientName:diagnostic boot has been
enabled:
The client system is registered on the NIM
server and enabled to run diagnostics from the
NIM server.
#name:Cstate:
ClientName:ready for a NIM operation:
or
#name:Cstate:
ClientName:BOS installation has been
enabled:
The client is registered on the NIM server but
not enabled to run diagnostics from the NIM
server.
Note: If the client system is registered on the
NIM server but Cstate has not been set, no
data will be returned.
0042-053 lsnim: there is no NIM object
named "ClientName"
The client is not registered on the NIM server.
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