Originally posted by: LaurentOliva

Hi all,

i want to know what is the purpose of the "mgmt_profile2" field.

Here is an example of a NIM client that i usually define :

$ lsnim -l my_client1
sxrsae01:
   class           = machines
   type            = standalone
   connect         = nimsh
   platform        = chrp
   netboot_kernel  = 64
   if1             = ent-xxx my_client1 xxxxxxxxxxxx
   cable_type1     = N/A
   mgmt_profile1   = my_hmc1 <lpar_id> my_cec1
   mgmt_profile2   = my_hmc2 <lpar_id> my_cec2
   Cstate          = ready for a NIM operation
   prev_state      = ready for a NIM operation
   Mstate          = currently running
   cpuid           = xxxxxxxxxxxx
   Cstate_result   = success

The field "mgmt_profile1" is used when i perform some dsm operations such are "lpar_netboot", dgetmacs etc...

It uses the first HMC to perform operations on the LPAR.

However, my frame is managed through dual-vios and if my first hmc crash, i wonder NIM using the second HMC automatically.

But it seems not the case, so what is the purpose of this field ?

I might be more lucky with the ibm support :-)