AIX

AIX

Connect with fellow AIX users and experts to gain knowledge, share insights, and solve problems.

 View Only
  • 1.  NIM installation that stops at the welcome to AIX screen

    Posted Wed November 28, 2007 02:06 PM

    Originally posted by: bassemir


    Has anyone seen the problem where during a NIM installation the system "hangs" with the Welcome to AIX screen appears?

    This is a partition using virtual disk and ethernet (using a vio server).
    The status on the HMC indicates "Kernel Starting".
    It is a Power6 box, and we are attempting to load AIX 5L v5.3.
    The NIM server is able to install this source on a Power4 system.
    Rich


  • 2.  Re: NIM installation that stops at the welcome to AIX screen

    Posted Wed November 28, 2007 02:21 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    What technology level (TL) of AIX 5.3 are you using? It must at least be TL6 for a POWER6 platform.


  • 3.  Re: NIM installation that stops at the welcome to AIX screen

    Posted Fri November 30, 2007 06:53 PM

    Originally posted by: jnordtome


    We ran into this same problem. We were using TL5 and couldn't get it to work. Using TL6, the installation worked perfectly.


  • 4.  Re: NIM installation that stops at the welcome to AIX screen

    Posted Tue December 11, 2007 10:57 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Is there an LED code on the HMC for this LPAR?


  • 5.  Re: NIM installation that stops at the welcome to AIX screen

    Posted Tue December 18, 2007 11:15 AM

    Originally posted by: bassemir


    You folks were on the right path.

    The problem has been fixed. We can load from the nim server with no problem once the TL7 was installed on the nim server.

    Just thought I would let you know how it was resolved.

    Thanks for all the suggestions.

    Rich