Front cover IBM PowerKVM Configuration and Use Murilo Opsfelder Araújo Breno Leitao Stephen Lutz José Ricardo Ziviani Redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM PowerKVM: Configuration and Use March 2016 SG24-8231-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xvii. Second Edition (March 2016) This edition applies to Version 3, Release 1, Modification 0 of IBM PowerKVM (product number 5765-KV3). © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2014, 2016. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures . vii Tables . xi Examples . xiii Notices . xvii Trademarks . xviii IBM Redbooks promotions . xix Preface . xxi Authors. xxi Now you can become a published author, too! . xxii Comments welcome. xxiii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xxiii Summary of changes. xxv March 2016, Second Edition . xxv Chapter 1. Introduction. 1 1.1 IBM Power Systems . 2 1.1.1 POWER8 processors . 2 1.1.2 IBM scale-out servers . 3 1.1.3 Power virtualization. 7 1.1.4 Simultaneous multithreading. 8 1.1.5 Memory architecture . 8 1.1.6 Micro-Threading . 9 1.1.7 RAS features. 10 1.2 Virtualization . 10 1.2.1 PowerKVM versions . 11 1.2.2 PowerKVM Version 3.1 considerations. 12 1.2.3 Where to download PowerKVM . 12 1.3 Software stack. 13 1.3.1 QEMU . 13 1.3.2 KVM . 14 1.3.3 Open Power Abstraction Layer . 14 1.3.4 Guest operating system . 15 1.3.5 Libvirt software . 15 1.3.6 Virsh interface . 16 1.3.7 Intelligent Platform Management Interface . 17 1.3.8 Petitboot . 17 1.3.9 Kimchi . 18 1.3.10 Slimline Open Firmware . 19 1.3.11 Virtio drivers . 20 1.3.12 RAS stack . 21 1.4 Docker. 21 1.4.1 Architecture. 24 1.4.2 Docker hub . 25 1.4.3 Docker file . 26 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2016. All rights reserved. iii 1.5 Comparisons of PowerVM and PowerKVM . 26 1.5.1 PowerVM and PowerKVM features. 27 1.5.2 PowerKVM Version 2.1 and Version 3.1. 27 1.6 Terminology . 29 Chapter 2. Host installation and configuration . 31 2.1 Host installation. 32 2.2 Boot over network . 43 2.2.1 Retrieve configuration from URL. 44 2.2.2 Boot LiveDVD over network . 45 2.2.3 Automated boot over DHCP . 46 2.2.4 Automated installation. 48 2.3 Install over existing IBM PowerKVM and host migration. 52 2.4 Configuration. 55 2.4.1 Console configuration for Scale-out Power Systems . 58 2.4.2 Console configuration for Power LC systems . 59 Chapter 3. Managing hosts and guests from a Web interface . 61 3.1 Kimchi . 62 3.1.1 Accessing Kimchi . 62 3.1.2 Getting help. 63 3.2 Host tab. 63 3.3 Storage pool . 67 3.3.1 Local directory. 68 3.3.2 NFS. ..