NIM client define and OS install

1. Define the new client (smitty nim à Nim admin tasks à manage machines à Define a machine
2. Change the cable type to N/A
3. F3 to go back on menu.
4. Select Manage Network Install Resource Allocation à Allocate resources à select the new client à   Select the  resources (SPOT, lpp_source, mksysb, bosinst_data)
5. After completion, F3 twice to the Manage Machine menu.  Select perform operations on machines à Select the new client à Select bos_inst 

 For NIM client

1. Boot the client partition into SMS mode from WebSM/ HMC,
2. Right click on the partition à Activate
3. Select 2) Remote IPL Settings –>Select the Ethernet adapter–>Select IP Parameters–> Verify Adapter Settings
4. Under adapter in the virtual world, there is not much we can do.  With a real adapter, set the speed and duplex to match the network switch
5. Turn Spanning tree off
6. Run the Ping test to ensure communications with the server
7. Go back to the Main Menu, Go to Option 5, boot options
8. Select option 1 Install Device
9. >>>Select the virtual Ethernet adapter –> normal boot–>seletc 1 for sure
10. 1 and Enter for the console
11. 1 and enter for English
12. Always check the setting, select #2 –>change/show installation settings and install–> Check the disk settings in option 1
13. If all looks good, use “0” to continue 
14. Done!!

 

VIOS build

1) Place the VIO Server CD in the CD-ROM
2) Activate the VIO Server in SMS
3) Select boot options –> Install –>IDE (built in dvd) –>Select the device –> Normal boot
4) Follow the prompts to do the install
2) Change Show default settings
1) Check the disk
5) After the LPAR reboots, log in as padmin
Change password
6)  The first time in, accept the license with “license –accept”
7) Create a virtual Ethernet adapter
For dual port NICS, create an Etherchannel Device
Lsdev –Cc adapter <–find out adapters
smitty devices –>Communications –>EtherChannel –>Add
–> Select both physical network cards –> Enter on the SMIT Screen
This creates ent3, the etherchannel device
As padmin
mkvdev –sea ent3 –vadapter ent2 – default ent2 –defaultid 1
This creates the bridge device en4
This creates shared device ent3.  Configure TCP/IP on the shared interface
mktcpip –interface en4 –inetaddr 63.168.157.xxx –hostname viosrvrx –gateway 62.169.157.129 –netmask 255.255.255.128
8) Enter root with “oem_setup_env”
9) Create /home/vio directory.
10) cd into /home/vio
11) ftp the files over from server/IBM
12) run “inutoc .  “  to build a table of contents
13) exit root
14) update the VIOS with “updateios –dev /home/vio”
15) Reboot
At this point you sre ready to create LVs for the rootvgs for the LPARs.