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I5/OS on a POWER Blade Read-Me First Getting started with IBM i™ on an IBM Flex System™ compute node. Mike Schambureck ([email protected]) IBM i Lab Services,Rochester, MN October 2014 Getting Started with IBM i on an IBM PureFlex System Compute node 1 Table of Contents 1 Overview and Concepts ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 IBM PureFlex System ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Chassis Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Management interfaces ................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Logical Partitioning (LPAR) or Virtual Servers ............................................................................................. 7 1.5 Operating systems ........................................................................................................................................... 7 1.6 Overview of I/O concepts for IBM i on node ................................................................................................... 8 1.7 Review terminology ......................................................................................................................................... 9 1.8 Plan for necessary IP addresses.................................................................................................................... 10 1.9 Virtual Ethernet concepts .............................................................................................................................. 11 1.9.1 VLAN tags ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2 Supported Environments................................................................................................................................. 12 2.1 Software details ............................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 Hardware details ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 POWER nodes ..................................................................................................................................... 12 3 Chassis installation, configuration and firmware updates ........................................................................... 13 3.1 Install the PureFlex System chassis and node hardware .............................................................................. 13 3.2 Configure the Chassis Management Module (CMM) .................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Initial CMM configuration (New chassis install) ................................................................................. 13 3.2.1.1 New and predefined CMM user IDs .......................................................................................... 14 3.2.1.2 IPV6 addressing ......................................................................................................................... 14 3.2.1.3 Assigning an IP address to I/O modules ..................................................................................... 14 3.2.1.4 Assigning an IP address to the compute node’s service processor ............................................. 14 3.2.1.5 Assigning an IP address to the storage node’s service processor ............................................... 15 3.2.1.6 CMM IP configuration ............................................................................................................... 15 3.3 FSM Discovery and access of Power nodes .................................................................................................. 15 3.4 FSM chassis component firmware update process ........................................................................................ 16 4 Storage management concepts ........................................................................................................................ 17 4.1 Storage concepts for IBM i on a POWER node ............................................................................................. 17 4.2 PureFlex/Flex Configurations for Storage .................................................................................................... 18 4.3 Fibre Channel Concepts ................................................................................................................................ 19 4.4 Fibre Channel over Ethernet Concepts ......................................................................................................... 19 4.5 N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) ................................................................................................................... 20 4.5.1 NPIV disk requirements ....................................................................................................................... 20 4.5.2 Support statements and requirements for FC tape libraries ................................................................. 20 4.6 Best practices for PureFlex System and Fibre Channel storage ................................................................... 21 5 VIOS and IBM i installation and configuration ............................................................................................ 22 5.1 Obtain the VIOS and IBM i installation media and fixes .............................................................................. 22 Getting Started with IBM i on an IBM PureFlex System Compute node 2 5.2 Install PuTTY (optional) ................................................................................................................................ 22 5.3 Installing and configuring a VIOS servers (if needed) .................................................................................. 22 5.3.1 Using an external DVD drive with VIOS and IBM i ........................................................................... 22 5.3.2 Writing to DVD-RAM media .............................................................................................................. 23 5.3.3 Powering on the node from FSM ......................................................................................................... 23 5.3.4 Memory recommendations for VIOS and the Power Hypervisor ........................................................ 23 5.3.5 Processor recommendations for VIOS ................................................................................................. 23 5.3.6 Creating a VIOS virtual server using the FSM .................................................................................... 23 5.3.7 Installing a new VIOS.......................................................................................................................... 24 5.3.7.1 Installing VIOS from the FSM ................................................................................................... 24 5.3.7.2 Installing VIOS from a local USB DVD device ......................................................................... 26 5.3.7.3 Installing VIOS from NIM ......................................................................................................... 26 5.3.8 Starting the VIOS virtual server .......................................................................................................... 26 5.3.9 Opening a VIOS console using FSM ................................................................................................... 26 5.3.10 Accessing the System Management Services (SMS) menu ............................................................ 27 5.3.10.1 If installing VIOS from DVD ..................................................................................................... 27 5.3.10.2 If installing VIOS from the FSM ............................................................................................... 27 5.3.10.3 If installing VIOS from the NIM ................................................................................................ 27 5.3.11 Completing the VIOS install ........................................................................................................... 27 5.3.12 Mirroring of VIOS .......................................................................................................................... 28 5.3.13 Configure networking in VIOS (if necessary) ................................................................................ 28 5.3.14 FSM update of the Power node firmware (if necessary) ................................................................. 29 5.3.15 Update VIOS (if necessary) ............................................................................................................ 30 5.3.15.1 Using the VIOS CLI ................................................................................................................. 30 5.3.15.2 Update VIOS using the FSM .................................................................................................. 30 5.3.16 Displaying the current microcode level of the expansion adapters on the node: ............................ 31 5.3.17
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