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  • 1.  Need assistance in installation of pseries 570 box

    Posted Sat October 06, 2007 04:27 PM

    Originally posted by: ranjit_


    Hi,
    I have received a brand new p570 , power 6 box , 2 drawers with virtualisation enabled. Hardware connection setup is all done and HMC is updated to v7. I am unable to find any clear step by step instruction to create a LPAR. There are lot of info in ibm sites which it seems are all scattered, like somewhere there is steps to install VIO, somewhere HMC etc, but I am unable to find any site where step wise it is written.

    I will be grateful If anyone could advise and point me to correct direction.

    There is a default partition which is having all the hardware. I am unable to delete that, it says that this is a system partition and cannot be deleted. Do I have to install VIO server as well ?

    ThankS,
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  • 2.  Re: Need assistance in installation of pseries 570 box



  • 3.  Re: Need assistance in installation of pseries 570 box

    Posted Sun October 07, 2007 08:09 PM

    Originally posted by: orphy


    It depends on what you want to do with the box. Chances are that you
    will virtualize it so you need to cut a VIO server (maybe even 2) first.
    After that, you can cut other user LPARs and utilize the VIO servers.

    There's no one single place that I'm aware of that tells you exactly what
    to do to set things up but here are a couple of Redbooks that you can
    start with.

    Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p5: Introduction and Configuration
    http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247940.html?Open

    Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p Virtual I/O Server Deployment Examples
    http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4224.html?Open

    IBM System p Advanced POWER Virtualization Best Practices
    http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4194.html?Open

    It's a lot of reading but it looks like you need it before cutting any
    LPARs.
    Orphy
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  • 4.  Re: Need assistance in installation of pseries 570 box

    Posted Sun October 07, 2007 11:08 PM

    Originally posted by: bassemir


    I see you are already getting multiple suggestions. An indication that there is lots on information on this topic.

    I found this white paper useful because it has screen shots that guide the reader through the steps. The screen shots are using the newer HMC ver 7 interface.

    The title might be a little miss leading and some of the beginning sections may not be of primary interest but look at the index and jump right to the sections you think will help you.

    http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/SROY-75H9Q8

    enjoy....
    Rich

    Rich
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