Originally posted by: nagger
Hi,
First, I will assume that you know that only a very limited number of devices can be plugged in to an AIX system.
I hope you don't think that any old USB device that works for your PC will work here.
To my knowledge only a first high spec USB memory keys (4GB plus Kingston is recommended) and a recent USB removable disk from IBM.
This is because AIX systems are normally servers and user removable devices and dodgy portable devices cause errors that risk the system.
Your may think a blue screen of death or corrupt filesystem once in a while is OK for a PC but its not acceptable for a server with 100's or 1000's of users.
Second, most POWER systems have been partitioned for the last ten years. This means you will have to get the USB ports assigned to the right Logical Partition before anything else via the HMC or IVM.
Third, to get the device then working you have to run as the root user cfgmgr. The I use lsconf to check the device is online.
Also don't except these devices to understand FAT or NTFS file systems - these are not supported.
The devices operate as a CD or DVD - i.e. you can dd an .iso image to it and then mount it as a CD or DVD
Hope this helps, Nigel
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