Front cover IBM System i and System p System Planning and Deployment: Simplifying Logical Partitioning Using the enhanced System Planning Tool Deploying with the HMC V7 interface Planning and deploying a Virtual I/O Server Dale Barrick Gene Meyer Marc Rauzier Chris Shomenta Jim Cook ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM System i and System p System Planning and Deployment: Simplifying Logical Partitioning August 2007 SG24-7487-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page v. First Edition (August 2007) This edition applies to i5/OS V5R4, AIX 5L 5.3, System Planning Tool Version 2, Virtual I/O Server 1.4.0.0, and the June 2007 release of IBM Systems Workload Estimator. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2007. 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 Notices . .v Trademarks . vi Preface . vii The team that wrote this book . vii Become a published author . ix Comments welcome. ix Chapter 1. System planning and deploying logical partitions overview . 1 1.1 System planning and deployment for logical partitions overview . 2 1.2 The LPAR planning process . 6 1.3 Gathering requirements . 6 1.4 Planning partitions and allocating hardware . 6 1.5 Ordering the system . 7 1.6 System plans on the HMC . 8 1.7 Virtual I/O Servers. 9 1.8 Virtual LAN and virtual SCSI definition enhancements . 10 Chapter 2. System Planning Tool (SPT) V2. 11 2.1 Overview of the System Planning Tool V2 . 12 2.2 Downloading SPT . 12 2.3 What is new in SPT V2 . 12 2.3.1 Version 2 new items . 13 2.3.2 Version 1 new items . 14 2.4 System Planning Tool basics . 14 2.4.1 The reconnect option . 16 2.5 Creating a new system plan . 16 2.5.1 Selecting the system platform and type/model . 18 2.5.2 Working with system attributes . 20 2.5.3 Defining system partitions. 22 2.5.4 Configuring memory . 28 2.6 Work with planned systems . 30 2.6.1 Placing hardware with the System Planning Tool. 30 2.6.2 Adding an expansion unit to the design . 32 2.6.3 Copying expansion units. 34 2.6.4 Hardware tab . 35 2.6.5 Networking tab . 44 2.6.6 Storage tab . 45 2.6.7 Defining load source . 49 2.6.8 Consoles tab . 50 2.7 System Plan Viewer . 52 2.7.1 Printing the System Plan Viewer. 60 2.8 System plan completion . 61 2.8.1 Save sysplan. 61 2.8.2 Export sysplan . 61 2.8.3 Sysplan for deployment . 63 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007. All rights reserved. iii Chapter 3. System plans and the hardware management console . 65 3.1 System plans. 66 3.2 Using the HMC graphical user interface . 67 3.2.1 Importing a system plan to the HMC. 69 3.2.2 Exporting a system plan from the HMC . 70 3.2.3 Creating a system plan on the HMC . 72 3.2.4 Viewing a system plan on the HMC . 77 3.2.5 Removing system plan on the HMC . 80 3.3 System plans deployment . 81 3.3.1 Deployment validation process . 81 3.3.2 Deploy a system plan using the graphical wizard . 82 3.3.3 System plans management using restricted shell (CLI) . 98 Chapter 4. Virtual I/O Server . 103 4.1 Advance Power Virtualization capabilities summary. 104 4.2 Virtual I/O Server requirements. 105 4.3 Define Virtual I/O Server in System Planning Tool Version 2 . 106 4.3.1 Major steps to define a Virtual I/O Server . 107 4.3.2 Set up partitions . 109 4.3.3 Set up processors . 110 4.3.4 Set up memory . 111 4.3.5 Set up hardware . 111 4.3.6 Networking . 112 4.3.7 Storage . 120 4.4 Deployment of Virtual I/O Server on HMC . 129 4.4.1 Starting deployment of system plan containing a Virtual I/O Server partition . 134 4.5 Deployment on Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) . 146 Chapter 5. System Planning Tool Version 2 and Workload Estimator . 149 5.1 Sample use of SPT V2 and WLE from performance data. 150 5.1.1 Example of SPT V2 and WLE for new workload. 164 Appendix A. Managing System Planning Tool Version 2 installation . 189 Downloading the SPT installation files . ..