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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. xi Preface To meet today’s complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a solid foundation of compute, storage, networking, and software resources that is simple to deploy and can quickly and automatically adapt to changing conditions. You als...

xii IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The team who wrote this book This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center. David Watts is a Consulting IT Specialist at the IBM ITS...

Preface xiii Bill Miller is an IT Specialist in Lab Services Technical Training. He has been with IBM since 1983. He has had an array of responsibilities, starting in development, and then moving to roles as a Systems Engineer and IBM Global Services consultant that focuses on AIX, IBM Tivoli® Stora...

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 1 Chapter 1. IBM PureSystems During the last 100 years, information technology moved from a specialized tool to a pervasive influence on nearly every aspect of life. From tabulating machines that counted with mechanical switches or vacuum tubes to the...

2 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The offerings in IBM PureSystems™ are designed to deliver value in the following ways: 򐂰 Built-in exper tise helps you address complex business and operational tasks automatically. 򐂰 Integration by design helps you tune systems for op...

Chapter 1. IBM PureSystems 3 IBM PureFlex System recommends workload placement based on virtual machine compatibility and resource availability. Using built-in virtualization across servers, storage, and networking, the infrastructure system enables automated scaling of resources and true workload m...

4 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The fundamental building blocks of IBM PureFlex System solutions are the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis, complete with compute nodes, networking, and storage. For more details about IBM PureFlex System, see Chapter 2, “IBM PureFle...

Chapter 1. IBM PureSystems 5 With the IBM PureApplication System, you can provision your own patterns of software, middleware, and virtual system resources. You can provision these patterns within a unique framework that is shaped by IT preferred practices and industry standards that are culled from...

6 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Increased simplicity. You need a less complex environment. You can use patterns of expertise to help you easily consolidate diverse servers, storage, and applications onto an easier-to-manage, integrated system. 򐂰 Control. With opti...

8 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide IBM Flex System simplifies storage administration by using a single user interface for all your storage through a management console that is integrated with the comprehensive management system. You can use these management and storage...

Chapter 1. IBM PureSystems 9 1.4 IBM Flex System overview The expert integrated system of IBM PureSystems is based on a new hardware and software platform called IBM Flex System. 1.4.1 IBM Flex System Manager The IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is a high performance scalable systems management applian...

10 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 1-1 shows the IBM Flex System Manager. Figure 1-1 IBM Flex System Manager 1.4.2 IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis The IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis (Enterprise Chassis) offers compute, networking, and storage capabilitie...

Chapter 1. IBM PureSystems 11 Figure 1-2 shows the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis. Figure 1-2 The IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 1.4.3 Compute nodes IBM Flex System offers compute nodes that vary in architecture, dimension, and capabilities. The new, no-compromise nodes feature leadership de...

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 15 Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System IBM PureFlex System provides an integrated computing system that combines servers, enterprise storage, networking, vir tualization, and management into a single structure. You can use its built-in expertise to manage ...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 17 2.1 IBM PureFlex System Express The tables in this section represent the hardware, software, and services that make up IBM PureFlex System Express. We describe the following items: 򐂰 Chassis 򐂰 Top-of-Rack Ethernet switch 򐂰 Top-of-Rack SAN switch 򐂰 Compute nodes 򐂰 IB...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 19 2.1.3 Top-of-Rack SAN switch If more than one chassis is configured, then a Top-of-Rack SAN switch is added to the configuration. If only one chassis is configured, then the SAN switch is optional. Table 2-4 lists the switch components. Table 2-4 Components of the T...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 21 Table 2-7 lists the major components of the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node. Table 2-7 Components of IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node 2.1.5 IBM Flex System Manager Table 2-8 lists the major components of the IBM Flex System Manager. Table 2-8 Components of the IB...

22 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2.1.6 IBM Storwize V7000 Table 2-9 lists the major components of the IBM Storwize V7000 storage server. Table 2-9 Components of the IBM Storwize V7000 storage server 2.1.7 Rack cabinet Table 2-10 lists the major components of the rac...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 23 2.1.8 Software This section lists the software features of IBM PureFlex System Express. AIX and IBM i Table 2-11 lists the software features included with the Express configuration on POWER7 processor-based compute nodes for AIX and IBM i. Table 2-11 Software featur...

24 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide RHEL and SUSE Linux on Power Table 2-12 lists the software features included with the Express configuration on POWER7 processor-based compute nodes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) on Power....

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 25 Intel Xeon based compute nodes Table 2-13 lists the software features included with the Express configuration on Intel Xeon based compute nodes. Table 2-13 Software features for IBM PureFlex System Express on Intel Xeon based compute nodes Virtualization 򐂰 5765-PVE ...

26 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2.1.9 Services IBM PureFlex System Express includes the following services: 򐂰 Service & Support offerings: – Software maintenance: 1 year 9x5 (9 hours per day, 5 days per week). – Hardware maintenance: 3 years 9x5 Next Business D...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 31 2.2.7 Rack cabinet Table 2-22 lists the major components of the rack and options. Table 2-22 Components of the rack 6008 6008 8 GB Cache 2 9730 9730 power cord to PDU (includes 2 power cord) 1 9801 9801 Power supplies 2 a. If a Power Systems compute node is selected...

32 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2.2.8 Software This section lists the software features of IBM PureFlex System Standard. AIX and IBM i Table 2-23 lists the software features included with the Standard configuration on POWER7 processor-based compute nodes for AIX an...

Chapter 2. IBM PureFlex System 35 2.2.9 Services IBM PureFlex System Standard includes the following services: 򐂰 Service & Support offerings: – Software maintenance: 1 year 9x5 (9 hours per day, 5 days per week). – Hardware maintenance: 3 years 9x5 Next Business Day service. 򐂰 Maintenance and Te...

40 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2.3.7 Rack cabinet Table 2-34 lists the major components of the rack and options. Table 2-34 Components of the rack 2.3.8 Software This section lists the software features of IBM PureFlex System Enterprise. 6008 6008 8 GB Cache 2 973...

44 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2.4 IBM SmartCloud Entry In IT environments, you face the challenges of delivering new capabilities with growth of data, and the increase of applications and the amount of physical hardware, such as servers, storages, and networks. T...

48 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 3-1 shows the front and rear views of the Enterprise Chassis. Figure 3-1 IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis - front and rear The chassis provides locations for 14 half-wide nodes, four scalable I/O switch modules, and two Chas...

50 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 3.1 Compute nodes The IBM Flex System portfolio of servers, or compute nodes , includes IBM POWER7 and Intel Xeon processors. Depending on the compute node design, there are two form factors: 򐂰 Half-wide node: This node occupies one ...

52 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The internal connections between the node ports and the I/O module internal ports are defined by: 򐂰 I/O modules 1 and 2 These two modules connect to the ports on an I/O expansion card in slot position 1 for a half-wide compute node (...

54 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide For details about the available switches, see IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products & Technology, SG24-7984. 3.3 Systems management IBM Flex System uses a tiered approach to overall system management. The tiers are: 򐂰 ...

Chapter 3. Introduction to IBM Flex System 55 3.3.3 Chassis Management Module The Chassis Management Module (CMM) is a hot-swap module that is central to the management of the chassis and is required in each chassis. The CMM automatically detects any installed modules in the chassis and stores vital...

58 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The redundancy options are configured from the Chassis Management Module and can be changed nondisruptively. The five policies are shown in Table 3-2. Table 3-2 Chassis power management policies In addition to the redundancy settings...

Chapter 3. Introduction to IBM Flex System 59 3.5 Cooling On the topic of Enterprise Chassis cooling, the flow of air in the Enterprise Chassis follows a front to back cooling path, where cool air is drawn in at the front of the chassis and warm air is exhausted to the rear. Air movement is controll...

60 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 3-6 shows the fan modules’ locations. Figure 3-6 Enterprise Chassis fan module locations 3.5.1 Node cooling There are two compute node cooling zones: zone 1 on the right side of the chassis, and zone 2 on the left side of the ...

Chapter 3. Introduction to IBM Flex System 61 Figure 3-7 shows the node cooling zones and fan module locations. Figure 3-7 Enterprise Chassis node cooling zones and fan module locations When a node is not inser ted in a bay, an airflow damper closes in the midplane to prevent air from being drawn th...

62 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 3.5.2 Switch and Chassis Management Module cooling There are two additional cooling zones for the I/O switch bays. These zones, zones 3 and 4, are on the right and left side of the bays, as viewed from the rear of the chassis. Coolin...

64 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Warranty and maintenance agreements 򐂰 Software support and remote technical support 4.1 Overview The Power Systems compute nodes for IBM Flex System have three variations tailored to your business needs. They are shown in Figure 4-...

66 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 4-2 shows the system board layout of the IBM Flex System p260 Compute Node. Figure 4-2 System board layout of the IBM Flex System p260 Compute Node 4.1.2 IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node The IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node,...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 67 򐂰 IBM Light Path Diagnostics 򐂰 USB 2.0 port 򐂰 IBM EnergyScale technology Figure 4-3 shows the system board layout of the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node. Figure 4-3 System board layout of the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node POWER7 processors 32 DI...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 69 4.2 Front panel The front panel of Power Systems compute nodes has the following common elements, as shown in Figure 4-4: 򐂰 One USB 2.0 port 򐂰 Power button and light path, light-emitting diode (LED) (green) 򐂰 Location LED (blue) 򐂰 Information LED (amb...

70 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.2.1 Light path diagnostic LED panel The power button on the front of the server (Figure 4-4 on page 69) has two functions: 򐂰 When the system is fully installed in the chassis: Use this button to power the system on and off. 򐂰 When ...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 71 If problems occur, you can use the light path diagnostics LEDs to identify the subsystem involved. To illuminate the LEDs with the compute node removed, press the power button on the front panel. This action temporarily illuminates the LEDs of the tro...

72 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Node bay labeling on IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Each bay of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis has space for a label to be affixed to identify or provide information about each Power Systems compute node, as shown in Fi...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 73 4.3 Chassis support The Power Systems compute nodes can be used only in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis. They do not fit in the previous IBM modular systems, such as IBM iDataPlex or IBM BladeCenter. There is no onboard video capability in the ...

76 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The four processors in the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node are connected in a cross-bar formation, as shown in Figure 4-11. Figure 4-11 IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node processor connectivity 4.5 IBM POWER7 processor The IBM POWER...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 77 4.5.1 Processor options for Power Systems compute nodes Table 4-1 defines the processor options for the Power Systems compute nodes. Table 4-1 Processor options 4.5.2 Unconfiguring You can order p260 or p460 with Feature Code #2319, which reduces the ...

78 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide This core deconfiguration feature can also be updated after installation by using the field core override option. The field core override option specifies the number of functional cores that are active in the compute node. The field ...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 79 4.5.3 Architecture IBM uses innovative methods to achieve the required levels of throughput and bandwidth. Areas of innovation for the POWER7 processor and POWER7 processor-based systems include (but are not limited to) the following elements: 򐂰 On-ch...

80 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide POWER7 processor overview The POWER7 processor chip is fabricated with the IBM 45 nm silicon-on-insulator technology, using copper interconnects, and uses an on-chip L3 cache with eDRAM. The POWER7 processor chip is 567 mm 2 and is b...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 81 POWER7 processor core Each POWER7 processor core implements aggressive out of order (OoO) instruction execution to drive high efficiency in the use of available execution paths. The POWER7 processor has an instruction sequence unit that can dispatch u...

82 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 4-13 shows the evolution of simultaneous multithreading. Figure 4-13 Evolution of simultaneous multithreading The various SMT modes offered by the POWER7 processor provide flexibility, where you can select the threading techno...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 83 Intelligent threads The POWER7 processor features intelligent threads , which can vary based on the workload demand. The system automatically selects (or the system administrator manually selects) whether a workload benefits from dedicating as much ca...

84 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Flexible POWER7 processor packaging and offerings POWER7 processors have the unique ability to optimize to various workload types. For example, database workloads typically benefit from fast processors that handle high transaction ra...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 85 Figure 4-15 shows the physical packaging options that are supported with POWER7 processors. Figure 4-15 Outline of the POWER7 processor physical packaging On-chip L3 intelligent cache A breakthrough in material engineering and microprocessor fabricati...

86 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 4-16 shows the FLR-L3 cache regions for the cores on the POWER7 processor die. Figure 4-16 FLR-L3 cache regions on the POWER7 processor The innovation of using eDRAM on the POWER7 processor die is significant for several reaso...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 87 򐂰 Small physical footprint The performance of eDRAM when implemented on-chip is similar to conventional SRAM but requires far less physical space. IBM on-chip eDRAM uses only one-third of the components used in conventional SRAM, which has a minimum o...

88 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Use a minimum of 2 GB of memory per core. The functional minimum memory configuration for the machine is 4 GB (two 2 GB DIMMs), but that is not sufficient for reasonable production usage of the machine. Low Profile and Very Low Profi...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 89 There are 16 buffered DIMM slots on the p260 and p24L, as shown in Figure 4-17. The p460 adds two more processors and 16 additional DIMM slots, divided evenly (eight memory slots) per processor. Figure 4-17 Memory DIMM topology (IBM Flex System p260 C...

90 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide For the p260 and p24L, Table 4-6 shows the required placement of memory DIMMs, depending on the number of DIMMs installed. Table 4-6 DIMM placement - p260 and p24L For the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node, Table 4-7 shows the requir...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 91 Usage of mixed DIMM sizes All installed memory DIMMs do not have to be the same size, but it is a preferred practice that the following groups of DIMMs be kept the same size: 򐂰 Slots 1 - 4 򐂰 Slots 5 - 8 򐂰 Slots 9 - 12 򐂰 Slots 13 - 16 򐂰 Slots 17 - 20 (...

92 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.7 Active Memory Expansion The optional Active Memory Expansion feature is a POWER7 technology that allows the effective maximum memory capacity to be much larger than the true physical memory. Applicable to AIX V6.1 or later, this ...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 93 Figure 4-18 represents the percentage of processor used to compress memory for two partitions with various profiles. The green curve corresponds to a partition that has spare processing power capacity. The blue curve corresponds to a partition constra...

96 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.8.1 Storage configuration impact to memory configuration The type of local drives, HDDs or SSDs, used impacts the form factor of your memory DIMMs: 򐂰 If HDDs are chosen, then only Very Low Profile (VLP) DIMMs can be used because of...

98 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide On the system board, the connection for the cover’s drive interposer is shown in Figure 4-22. Figure 4-22 Connection for drive interposer card mounted to the system cover (connected to the system board through a flex cable) 4.8.4 RAI...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 99 4.9 I/O adapters The networking subsystem of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis is designed to provide increased bandwidth and flexibility. The new design also allows for more ports on the available expansion adapters, which allow for greater flex...

102 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.9.4 Adapter naming convention Figure 4-24 shows the naming structure for the I/O adapters. Figure 4-24 Naming structure for the I/O expansion cards 4.9.5 IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter The IBM Flex System EN40...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 103 The IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter has the following features and specifications: 򐂰 On-board flash memory: 16 MB for FC controller program storage 򐂰 Uses standard Emulex SLI drivers 򐂰 Interoperates with existing FC SAN infrastruc...

104 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.9.6 IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter The IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter is a quad-port network adapter from Broadcom that provides 1 Gb per second, full duplex, Ethernet links between a comput...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 105 Figure 4-26 shows the IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter. Figure 4-26 The EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter for IBM Flex System 4.9.7 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter The IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter from ...

108 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 4-26 on page 105 shows the IBM Flex System IB6132 2-port QDR InfiniBand Adapter. Figure 4-28 The IB6132 2-port QDR InfiniBand Adapter for IBM Flex System 4.10 System management There are several advanced system management cap...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 109 4.10.2 Serial over LAN (SOL) The Power Systems compute nodes do not have an on-board video chip and do not suppor t keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) connections. Server console access is obtained by a SOL connection only. SOL provides a means to mana...

110 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4.10.3 Anchor card The anchor card, shown in Figure 4-29, contains the smart vital product data chip that stores system-specific information. The pluggable anchor card provides a means for this information to be transferable from a ...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 111 4.12 IBM EnergyScale IBM EnergyScale technology provides functions that help you to understand and dynamically optimize the processor performance versus processor power and system workload, to control IBM Power Systems power and cooling usage. The Bl...

112 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Power Saver Mode Power Saver Mode reduces the processor frequency and voltage by a fixed amount, reducing the energy consumption of the system, while delivering predictable performance. This percentage is predetermined to be withi...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 113 򐂰 Soft power capping Soft power capping extends the allowed energy capping range further, beyond a region that can be guaranteed in all configurations and conditions. When an energy management goal is to meet a particular consumption limit, soft powe...

114 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The IBM POWER7 chip provides significant improvement in power and performance over the IBM POWER6 chip. POWER7 has more internal hardware, and power and thermal management functions to interact with: 򐂰 More hardware: Eight cores ver...

Chapter 4. Product information and technology 115 4.15 Software support and remote technical support IBM also offers technical assistance to help solve software-related challenges. Our team assists with configuration, how-to questions, and setup of your servers. Information about these options is at...

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 117 Chapter 5. Planning In this chapter, we describe the steps you should take before ordering and installing Power Systems compute nodes as part of an IBM Flex System solution. We cover the following topics in this chapter: 򐂰 Planning your system: An...

Chapter 5. Planning 119 򐂰 Memory Your Power Systems compute node supports a wide spread of memory configurations. The memory configuration depends on whether you have internal disks installed, as described “Hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs)” on page 118). Mixing both types of mem...

120 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide In addition, the Virtual I/O Server can be installed in special virtual servers that provide support to the other operating systems for using features such as virtualized I/O devices, PowerVM Live Partition Mobility, or PowerVM Acti...

Chapter 5. Planning 121 AIX V6.1 The supported versions are: 򐂰 AIX V6.1 with the 6100-07 Technology Level, with Service Pack 3 with APAR IV14283 򐂰 AIX V6.1 with the 6100-07 Technology Level, with Service Pack 4, or later (the planned availability 29 June 2012) 򐂰 AIX V6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology ...

122 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Linux Linux is an open source operating system that runs on numerous platforms from embedded systems to mainframe computers. It provides a UNIX like implementation in many computer architectures. At the time of this writing, the sup...

Chapter 5. Planning 123 When you install AIX V6.1 TL7 and AIX V7.1 TL1, you can virtualize through WPARs, as described in 8.3.1, “Installing AIX” on page 364. (Older versions of AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 on lower TL levels can run WPARS within a Virtual Server running AIX V7.) Also, Linux installations a...

124 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Implementing a dual VIOS solution is the best way to achieve a high availability (HA) environment. This environment allows for maintenance on one VIOS without disrupting the clients, and avoids depending on just one VIOS to do all o...

Chapter 5. Planning 127 5.3 SAN connectivity SAN connectivity in the Power Systems compute nodes is provided by the expansion cards. The list of SAN Fibre Channel (FC) adapters currently supported by the Power Systems compute nodes is listed in Table 5-4. For more details about the suppor ted expans...

128 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 5.4 Configuring redundancy Your environment might require continuous access to your network services and applications. Providing highly available (HA) network resources is a complex task that involves the integration of multiple har...

Chapter 5. Planning 129 – Virtual Link Aggregation Groups (VLAG)– Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)– Routing protocol (such as RIP or OSPF) Redundant network topologies The IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis can be connected to the enterprise network in several ways, as shown in Figure 5-1. ...

130 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Topology 2 in Figure 5-1 on page 129 has each switch module in the chassis with two direct connections to two enterprise switches. This topology is more advanced, and it has a higher level of redundancy, but certain specific protoco...

Chapter 5. Planning 131 Layer 2 failover Depending on the configuration, each compute node can have one IP address per each Ethernet port, or it can have one virtual NIC consisting of two or more physical interfaces with one IP address. This configuration is known as NIC teaming technology. From an ...

132 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Virtual Link Aggregation Groups (VLAGs) In many data center environments, downstream switches connect to upstream devices which consolidate traffic, as shown in Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 Typical switching layers with STP versus VLAG A ...

134 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Consider the scenario of dual-FC, dual-SAN switch redundancy, connected with storage attached through a SAN for an p460. In this scenario, the OS has four paths to each storage, and the behavior of the multipathing driver might vary...

Chapter 5. Planning 135 Another scenario for the p260 is one in which the redundancy in the configuration is provided by the Fibre Channel switches in the chassis. There is no hardware redundancy on the compute node, as it has only two expansion cards, with one used for Ethernet access and the other...

136 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 5.5.1 Dual VIOS on Power Systems compute nodes One of the capabilities that is available with Power Systems compute nodes managed by an IBM Flex System Manager is the ability to implement dual Virtual I/O Servers in the same way as ...

Chapter 5. Planning 137 򐂰 Two Fibre Channel adapters (using FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapters) 򐂰 One IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis, with at least one Ethernet switch or pass-through node and one Fibre Channel switch or pass-through node. As mentioned earlier, the four por ts are assigned in pairs t...

138 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 5.6 Power planning When planning the power consumption for your Power Systems compute node, you must consider the server estimated power consumptions highs and lows based on the power supply features installed in the chassis and too...

Chapter 5. Planning 143 Power redundancy settings There are five power management redundancy settings available for selection: 򐂰 AC Power Source Redundancy Intended for dual AC power sources into the chassis. Maximum input power is limited to the capacity of two power modules. This approach is the m...

144 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The power redundancy options are shown in Figure 5-11. We clicked Change (next to Power Redundancy with Compute Node Throttling Policy) to show the power redundancy options. Figure 5-11 Changing the redundancy 5.6.5 Power limiting a...

Chapter 5. Planning 145 The power capping options can be set as shown in Figure 5-12. Figure 5-12 Setting power capping in the Chassis Management Module 5.6.6 Chassis power requirements It is expected that the initial configuration (based on the IBM PureFlex System configuration that is ordered), pl...

Chapter 5. Planning 149 5.7 Cooling The flow of air within the Enterprise Chassis follows a front to back cooling path; cool air is drawn in at the front of the chassis and warm air is exhausted to the rear. There are two cooling zones for the nodes: a left zone and a right zone. The cooling is scal...

152 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Active Energy Manager uses agent-less technology, so no agents must be installed on the endpoints. Monitoring and management functions apply to all IBM systems that are enabled for IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager. 򐂰 Monit...

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 157 Chapter 6. Management setup The IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis brings a whole new approach to management. This approach is based on a global management appliance, the IBM Flex System Manager (FSM), which you can use to view and manage function...

158 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 6.1 IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis security The focus of IBM on smarter computing is evident in the improved security measures implemented in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis. Today’s world of computing demands tighter sec...

Chapter 6. Management setup 159 The Enterprise Chassis ships with secure settings by default, with two security policy settings supported: 򐂰 Secure: This setting is the default one. It ensures a secure chassis infrastructure that supports: – Strong password policies with automatic validation and ver...

Chapter 6. Management setup 161 Figure 6-2 shows a sample configuration of HTTPS access to the Chassis Management Module. Figure 6-2 HTTPS setup 6.2 Chassis Management Module The Chassis Management Module manages hardware elements within a single chassis. As such, the Chassis Management Module is ce...

Chapter 6. Management setup 163 For a hardware overview of the CMM, see IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products & Technology, SG24-7984. 6.2.1 Overview of the Chassis Management Module The Chassis Management Module (CMM) is a hot-swap module that provides system management functions for...

164 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide If a DHCP response is not received within 3 minutes of the CMM Ethernet port being connected to the network, the CMM uses the factory default IP address and subnet mask. During this 3-minute interval, the CMM is not accessible. The ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 165 To perform the initial configuration, complete the following steps: 1. Open a browser and go to the IP address of the CMM, either the DHCP-obtained address or the default IP settings. The Login window opens, as shown in Figure 6-6. Figure 6-6 CMM login

166 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2. Log in with the default user ID and password, and a window opens that shows the system status information and a graphic view of the chassis (see Figure 6-11 on page 169). Across the top of this window are groups that can be expan...

Chapter 6. Management setup 167 When the wizard starts, the first window shows the steps that are performed on the left side of the window, and a basic description of the steps in the main field. Figure 6-9 shows the Welcome window of the setup wizard. This wizard is similar to other IBM wizards. Na...

Chapter 6. Management setup 169 System Status tab The System Status tab shows the System Status window, which is the default window when you enter the CMM web interface (Figure 6-11). You can also access this window by clicking System Status. This window shows a graphical systems view of a selected ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 171 Multi-Chassis Monitor tab In the Multi-Chassis Monitor tab, you can manage and monitor other IBM Flex System chassis, as shown in Figure 6-12. Click the chassis name to show details about that chassis. Click the link to start the CMM interface for that chassis. Figure...

172 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4. Chassis proper ties: After you select a chassis from the Chassis Information tab, click the Events Log dialog box and the Chassis Properties tab opens, showing your IP address, location, computer nodes, and so on. Events tab This...

Chapter 6. Management setup 173 The callouts shown in Figure 6-14 on page 172 are described as follows: 1. Event overview: This grid shows general information about the event listing, including severity, source, sequence, date, and message. 2. Event detail: Click the More link to show detailed infor...

174 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 3. Advanced Status: This menu item provides advanced service information and additional service tasks. You might be directed by IBM Support staff to review or perform tasks in this section. 4. Download Service Data: Using this menu ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 175 Chassis tab Clicking Chassis from the menu shows a window where you can view or change chassis-level data (Figure 6-17). Figure 6-17 Chassis tab

176 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Compute Nodes tab Clicking Compute Nodes from Figure 6-16 on page 174 shows a window that lists the servers installed in the chassis. Clicking one of the names in the Device Name column opens a window with details about that server,...

178 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Fans and Cooling tab The Fans and Cooling window shows the fans and their operational status. Select an item in the list to show information about it (Figure 6-20). Figure 6-20 Fans and Cooling tab Power Modules and Management tab I...

Chapter 6. Management setup 181 򐂰 The Input Power and Allocation tab shows charts and details of energy use on the chassis. Figure 6-24 shows an example of one of these charts. Figure 6-24 Chassis power allocation window 򐂰 The Power History tab graphically shows historical power consumption at selec...

182 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Hardware topology You can use this menu item to view all the hardware installed in the chassis, right down to the individual component level, such as a DIMM. Figure 6-25 shows an example. Figure 6-25 Hardware topology Reports This m...

Chapter 6. Management setup 183 Mgmt Module Management tab This tab, shown in Figure 6-26, has options for performing user management tasks, firmware upgrades, security management, network management, and so on. The tab is shown in Figure 6-26. Figure 6-26 Mgmt Module Management tab

184 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide User Accounts This option provides access to user accounts and permission groups, for which you can add users, change passwords, and create groups for access to specific functions. Click a user name to view additional information, a...

Chapter 6. Management setup 185 Security You can use this menu to configure security policies and set up a certificate authority (CA), enable HTTPS or SSH access, and configure an LDAP for logins. Figure 6-28 shows the Security Policies tab of this window. Figure 6-28 Security Policies tab

186 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Network All network setup options for your chassis are available in this menu. The Chassis Management Module supports IPv4 and IPv6. You can set up SMTP, Domain Name System (DNS), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Hypert...

Chapter 6. Management setup 187 Properties You can use this window to set up your Chassis Management Module name, time and date, and standby Chassis Management Module management details. Figure 6-30 shows an example. Figure 6-30 Management Module Properties License Key Management You can use this wi...

188 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide To access the node through the CMM, complete the following steps: 1. Open a browser and point it to the following URL (where system_name is the host name or IP address of the Chassis Management Module): https://system_name The windo...

190 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4. Click More Actions  Launch Blade Console to access the option to launch a console (Figure 6-34). Figure 6-34 Launch console on Power Systems compute node from Chassis Management Module 5. Enter the IP address of the node or sele...

Chapter 6. Management setup 191 6.3 Management network In an IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis, you can configure separate management and data networks. The management network is a private and secure Gigabit Ethernet network used to complete management-related functions throughout the chassis, incl...

192 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The yellow line in the Figure 6-36 on page 191 shows the production data network. The FSM also connects to the production network (Eth1) so that it can access the Internet for product updates and other related information. One of th...

194 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 6-37 shows a front view of the FSM. Figure 6-37 IBM Flex System Manager

Chapter 6. Management setup 197 Front controls The FSM has similar controls and LEDs as the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node. Figure 6-40 shows the front of an FSM with the location of the control and LEDs. Figure 6-40 FSM front panel - controls and LEDs Storage The FSM ships with 2x IBM 200GB SATA...

198 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Management network adapter The management network adapter is a standard feature of the FSM and provides a physical connection into the private management network of the chassis. The adapter is shown in Figure 6-38 on page 195 as the...

202 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 6.5 FSM initial setup FSM is an appliance that is delivered with all the required software preinstalled. When this software stack is started for the first time, a startup wizard starts that steps through the required configuration p...

Chapter 6. Management setup 209 7. Create a user ID and password for accessing the GUI and CLI. User ID and password maintenance, including creating additional user IDs, is available in IBM Flex System Manager after the star tup wizard completes. Figure 6-50 shows the creation of user ID USERID and ...

210 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8. Network topology options include separate networks for management and data, or a single network for both data and management traffic from the chassis. The preferred practice is to have separate management and data networks. To si...

214 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Click Next to continue. 13. You can enable the use of DNS services and add the address of one or severs and a domain suffix search order. Enter the information, as shown in Figure 6-56, and click Next. Figure 6-56 FSM DNS services c...

Chapter 6. Management setup 215 14. The final step of the setup wizard is shown in Figure 6-57. This windows shows a summary of all configured options. To change a selection, click Back. If no changes are needed, click Finish. Figure 6-57 FSM startup wizard summary window

Chapter 6. Management setup 217 Figure 6-60 FSM startup Figure 6-61 FSM startup status 15. With startup completed, the local browser on the FSM also starts. A list of untrusted connection challenges opens.

Chapter 6. Management setup 219 16. Click Confirm Security Exception, as shown in Figure 6-64. Figure 6-64 FSM security exception confirmation 17. With the security exceptions cleared, the Login window of the IBM Flex System Manager GUI opens.

Chapter 6. Management setup 221 A Getting Started window opens and reminds you that initial setup tasks must be completed (Figure 6-66). Figure 6-66 FSM Getting Started reminder The star tup wizard and initial login are complete. The FSM is ready for fur ther configuration and use. Our example uses ...

222 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Direct Internet connection To set up and test the Internet connection, complete the following steps: 1. Starting from the Home page, click the Plug-ins tab. The Plug-ins window lists all of the managers that are available on the FSM...

226 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide A successful completion message opens (Figure 6-71). Figure 6-71 Successful Internet connect test for Update Manager After the test succeeds, the Update Manager can obtain update packages directly from IBM. If a direct Internet conn...

Chapter 6. Management setup 227 The scp command is used to copy the update files from a local workstation to the FSM. The update files on the local workstation are obtained from IBM Fix Central. From an ssh login, you have access only to the /home/userid directory. Additional subdirectories can be c...

228 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 6-73 shows the window that opens. Two options are available: Check for updates using an Internet connection, or Import updates from the file system. For this example, we import the updates. Figure 6-73 Update Manager Acquire ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 229 3. Enter the path for the updates that were manually copied to the IBM Flex System Manager, as shown in Figure 6-74. Figure 6-74 Import path to update files 4. Click OK, and the IBM Flex System Manager job scheduler opens, as shown in Figure 6-75. Figure 6-75 Starting...

230 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 5. Click OK at the bottom of the window to start the job. When the import updates job starts, the Acquire Updates window refreshes with a message that indicates the new job. The status of the running job can be monitored by clicking...

232 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide A window with a list of available chassis opens, as shown in Figure 6-78. Figure 6-78 FSM chassis selection for management 4. Select the box in front of the wanted chassis. 5. Click Manage. The Manage Chassis window opens.

Chapter 6. Management setup 233 The Manage Chassis window, shown in Figure 6-79, lists the selected chassis. A drop-down menu lists the available IBM Flex System Manager systems. Figure 6-79 FSM - manage chassis options 6. Ensure that the chassis and IBM Flex System Manager selections are correct. 7...

Chapter 6. Management setup 237 A new tab opens that shows a list of managed chassis (Figure 6-85). Figure 6-85 FSM Chassis Manager view 2. Click the name of the wanted chassis in the chassis name column (in this case, modular01). A window with a graphical view of the chassis opens (Figure 6-86). Fi...

238 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Requesting access to the Flexible Service Processor Typically, a Power Systems compute node is automatically discovered, but access must be requested to the Flexible Service Processor on these nodes. The following example shows a di...

Chapter 6. Management setup 239 To request access, complete the following steps: 1. Right-click the wanted server object, as shown in Figure 6-88, and click Request Access. Figure 6-88 Requesting access to a Power Systems compute node

242 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Inventory collection In order for the FSM to accurately manage a Power Systems compute node, inventory information must be collected. To accomplish this task, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click the server object in the list...

Chapter 6. Management setup 243 2. Click Inventory/View and Collect Inventory to start the collection. In Figure 6-94, notice that, to the right of the Collect Inventory button, a time stamp of the last collection is displayed. In this case, inventory has never been collected for this node. Figure 6...

244 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 6-95 shows the job scheduler window that opens when the inventory collection process is started. Figure 6-95 Scheduling inventory collection job 4. Select Run Now and click OK at the bottom of the window. When the job starts,...

246 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide To open a virtual console, complete the following steps: 1. Open one of the windows that lists the virtual servers. You can accomplish this task in many ways. In the example that follows, we use Resource Explorer. Figure 6-98 shows ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 249 If Serial Over LAN (SOL) is not disabled, you receive the error shown in Figure 6-101. To learn the process to disable SOL, see 6.6.3, “Disabling Serial Over LAN (SOL)” on page 249. Figure 6-101 Console open failure on virtual server ID 1 with SOL enabled 6.6.3 Disabl...

250 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The Login window opens (Figure 6-102). Figure 6-102 Chassis Management Module Login window 2. Log in using a valid user and password. If this is the first time you are logging in to the Chassis Management Module, the System Status w...

Chapter 6. Management setup 251 Disabling SOL To disable SOL on the chassis, complete the following steps, which are also shown in Figure 6-103: 1. Click the Settings tab. 2. Click the Serial Over LAN tab. 3. Clear the Serial Over LAN check box. 4. Click OK. The change takes effect as soon as the wi...

252 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 6.7 IBM Flex System Manager options and tasks In this section, we describe a subset of FSM options that you can use to manage your chassis, and the options available in FSM. 6.7.1 Initial setup tab After logging in, the Home page op...

Chapter 6. Management setup 253 This window provides access to the functions listed in the following sections. FSM - Check and update With this option, you can upgrade your IBM Flex System Manager code. If the FSM has access to the Internet, the upgrade codes can be downloaded directly and installed...

254 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide After you select the chassis (as shown in Figure 6-105 on page 253), you can start managing it, and a window similar to Figure 6-106 opens. You see a front and back graphical view of the chassis. Click a component, and click Action ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 255 Compute Nodes - Check and Upgrade Firmware After your compute node is discovered, you have several actions that you can take, as shown on Figure 6-107. Figure 6-107 Compute Nodes - Management You can choose the following actions: 򐂰 Deploy: Deploy an operating system. ...

256 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Request Access: After your systems and components are discovered, you can request access to them with this option, as shown in Figure 6-108. Figure 6-108 Request access to components System name Virtual server I/O module Access st...

260 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Configure FSM User Registry This setting connects the IBM Flex System Manager to an external LDAP server. Manage Users and Groups This setting opens the FSM access management area. From here, you can create, modify, and delete FSM a...

Chapter 6. Management setup 261 Manage System Storage As part of the new total management approach, storage management is integrated into the FSM, as shown in Figure 6-111. After you discover your storage appliance and request access to it through the FSM, you can start managing it. Figure 6-111 Fle...

262 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Manage Network Devices You can use IBM Flex System Manager to manage your network and network devices while the network devices are discovered and have full access. The Network Control window is shown in Figure 6-112. Figure 6-112 M...

264 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Flex Systems Manager You can use this tab to monitor and manage the IBM Flex System Manager itself. This tab shows a graphic overview of all resources, indicating the state of selected resources (critical, warning, informational, or...

Chapter 6. Management setup 265 You can also create shortcuts for functions you frequently use for IBM Flex System Manager, chassis management, managing Power System resources, the IBM Flex System Manager management domain, event log, backup and restore, and high availability settings (Figure 6-114)...

266 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide IBM Flex System Manager Server This plug-in manages the server side of the IBM Flex System Manager. It shows information about systems discovered, processor use, por ts used, and general user information. Shortcuts are available for...

Chapter 6. Management setup 267 Status Manager This window shows a tactical overview with a pie chart of all resources and systems managed by IBM Flex System Manager, dividing the chart into critical, warning, informational, and OK statuses. As with the other plug-ins, it has quick access menus for ...

268 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 򐂰 Show and install updates: After obtaining the updates (using the Internet or manual download), you can view and install them using this setting. A firmware upgrade example for a Power Systems compute node, including captures, is s...

Chapter 6. Management setup 269 Power Systems Management You can use this feature to assume the role of the Hardware Management Consoles and Systems Director Management Consoles to manage the Power Systems servers in your data center. From here you can create partitions, manage virtual servers, set ...

Chapter 6. Management setup 271 System z Management You can use this feature to manage the System z systems in your data center. It is similar to the Power Systems Management feature. VMControl Enterprise Edition With VMControl, you can manage all of your virtualized environment, from KVM to VMware ...

272 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Chassis Management You can use this feature to show a tactical overview of the chassis and chassis components with problems. (For information about chassis that are not in compliance, see “Update Manager” on page 267.) Shortcuts are...

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 275 Chapter 7. Virtualization If you create virtual servers (also known as logical partitions (LPARs)) on your Power Systems compute node, you can consolidate your workload to deliver cost savings and improve infrastructure responsiveness. As you look...

276 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 7.1 PowerVM PowerVM delivers industrial-strength virtualization for AIX, IBM i, and Linux environments on IBM POWER processor-based systems. Power Systems servers, coupled with PowerVM technology, are designed to help clients build ...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 277 򐂰 Shared storage pools You can use VIOS 2.2 to create storage pools that can be accessed by VIOS partitions that are deployed across multiple Power Systems servers. Therefore, an assigned allocation of storage capacity can be efficiently managed and shared. The December...

278 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide IBM PowerVM Workload Par titions Manager™ for AIX Version 2.2 has the following enhancements: 򐂰 When used with AIX V6.1 Technology Level 6, the following suppor t applies: – Suppor t for exporting a VIOS SCSI disk into a Workload Pa...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 279 POWER Hypervisor technology is integrated with all IBM POWER servers, including the Power Systems compute nodes. The hypervisor orchestrates and manages system vir tualization, including creating logical partitions and dynamically moving resources across multiple operat...

280 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The minimum amount of physical memory to create a partition is the size of the system logical memory block (LMB). The default LMB size varies according to the amount of memory configured in the system, as shown in Table 7-1. Table 7...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 281 Virtual Ethernet has the following major features: 򐂰 Virtual Ethernet adapters can be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 communication and can transmit packets up to 65,408 bytes in size. Therefore, the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for the corresponding interface can be up ...

282 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide You can configure only virtual Fibre Channel adapters on client logical partitions that run the following operating systems: 򐂰 AIX V6.1 Technology Level 2, or later 򐂰 AIX 5L V5.3 Technology Level 9, or later 򐂰 IBM i V6.1.1, V7.1, or...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 283 Figure 7-1 shows the connections between the client partition virtual Fibre Channel adapters and external storage. Figure 7-1 Connectivity between virtual Fibre Channel adapters and external SAN devices Virtual serial adapters (TTY) console Virtual serial adapters provi...

284 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Each partition must have access to a system console. Tasks such as operating system installation, network setup, and certain problem analysis activities require a dedicated system console. The POWER Hypervisor provides the virtual c...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 285 Physical adapters For the VIOS partitions, planning for physical adapter allocation is impor tant, because the VIOS provides virtualized access through the physical adapters to network or disk resources. If availability is a concern for the virtualized environment, use ...

286 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Virtual adapters Assigning and configuring virtual adapters requires more planning and design. For virtual Ethernet adapters, the VLANs that the virtual servers require access to must be considered. The VIOS provides bridging from t...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 287 7.2.1 Using the CLI Many integrators and system administrators make extensive and efficient use of the CLI, rather than use a graphical interface for their virtual server creation and administration tasks. Tasks can be scripted, and often the tasks are completed faster ...

288 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Verification of success A successful command produces a prompt with no message displayed. To verify that the VIO Server was created, run smcli lssyscfg , scanning the results for the name of your virtual server: sysadmin@sys1234567:...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 289 We access the FSM remotely using a browser. Complete the following steps: 1. Open a browser and point the browser to the following URL (where system_name is the host name or IP address of the FSM node): https://system_name:8422 A login window opens, as shown in Figure 7...

292 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 5. Click the Power Systems Management plug-in to display the Power Systems Management main window, shown in Figure 7-5. Figure 7-5 Power Systems Management main window Creating the VIOS virtual server using the GUI When you open the...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 293 2. Select the compute node. If more hosts are managed by this Flex System Manager, select the one on which the VIOS virtual server is created. 3. Click Actions  System Configuration  Create Virtual Server to start the wizard (Figure 7-6). Figure 7-6 Create a virtual s...

294 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The window shown in Figure 7-7 opens. Figure 7-7 Setting the VIOS virtual server name and ID – Enter the vir tual server name. We use the name vios1. – Enter the server ID. We give our VIOS an ID of 1. – Specify the Environment opti...

296 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide No memory or processing resources are committed. In this step, and in the rest of the steps for defining the virtual server, we are defining only the resources that are allocated to this virtual server after it is activated. 3. Clic...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 297 Complete the following steps: 1. Define the bridging virtual Ethernet adapter. Click Create Adapter, which opens the window where you create the bridging virtual Ethernet adapter, as shown in Figure 7-11. Figure 7-11 Create Adapter window

298 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2. Enter the characteristics for the bridging virtual Ethernet adapter as follows: – It is standard practice to skip the first 10 adapter IDs. Start by defining the bridging vir tual Ethernet adapter with an ID of 11. – Assume that ...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 299 4. Click Add to add more virtual Ethernet adapters, and a new virtual Ethernet adapter window opens. Figure 7-13 Create Adapter window 5. Create an additional virtual Ethernet adapter to use as the control channel for shared Ethernet adapter failover: a. Make the adapte...

300 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 6. Review the virtual Ethernet adapters that are defined, and click Next to save the settings and move on to the Virtual Storage Adapters window. Virtual storage Here we show an example of creating a virtual SCSI adapter for the VIO...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 301 2. Complete the fields in Figure 7-14 on page 300 as follows: – Specify 13 as the Adapter ID. – To create a virtual SCSI relationship between this VIOS and a client virtual server, specify SCSI as the Adapter type. Either choose an existing virtual server and supply an ...

302 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide Figure 7-15 shows the physical location codes on a p460. The locations codes shown in the configuration menus contain a prefix as follows: Utttt.mmm.ssssss, where tttt:Machine Type, mmm:Model, ssssss: 7-digit Serial Number For examp...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 303 Figure 7-16 shows the expansion card location codes for the p260. Figure 7-16 p260 adapter location codes The storage controller, if disks were ordered, has a location code of P1-T2 on both models. The USB controller has a location code of P1-T1 on both models. For our ...

304 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 2. Click Next to proceed to the Summary window. Review the summary to ensure that the VIOS virtual server is created as you expect. If you need to make corrections, go back to the section where the correction must be made and change...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 305 7.3.1 Using the IBM Flex System Manager To change the values using the web interface, complete the following steps: 1. Select the newly created VIOS and click Actions  System Configuration  Manage Profiles, as shown in Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18 Manage VIOS profiles to ...

306 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 3. Click the Processors tab to access the processor settings that were made by the wizard. The window shown in Figure 7-19 opens. Options can be changed in this window to the values planned for the VIOS vir tual server. Figure 7-19 ...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 307 Note the values that were made by the wizard: – The desired virtual processor count is 10 (as specified when creating the virtual server). This count translates to a desired processing unit setting of 1.0. – The maximum vir tual processor count is 20. The maximum count ...

308 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 7.4 Creating an AIX or Linux virtual server Creating an AIX or Linux virtual server is similar to creating a VIOS virtual server. Use the same process shown in 7.2, “Creating the VIOS virtual server” on page 286, but with some diffe...

312 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 7. Click Create Adapter. The window shown in Figure 7-26 opens. Figure 7-26 IBM i virtual server - create virtual SCSI adapter 8. Complete the fields in this window as follows: – Choose an adapter ID. – Specify SCSI Client for the a...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 313 9. Click OK to create this virtual SCSI adapter and return to the main Virtual Storage adapter window, as shown in Figure 7-27. Figure 7-27 IBM i virtual server settings for virtual SCSI adapter 10. This adapter is the only virtual SCSI adapter we create, so click Next ...

314 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 11. Do not select physical adapters for IBM i virtual servers, as shown in Figure 7-28 on page 313. Click Next in this window to proceed to the Load Source and Console settings, as shown in Figure 7-29. Figure 7-29 IBM i virtual ser...

Chapter 7. Virtualization 315 7.6 Preparing for a native operating system installation If you need the entire capacity of the Power Systems compute node, an operating system can be installed natively on the node. The configuration is similar to the setup for a partitioned node, but all of the resour...

316 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide – Set the Environment to AIX/Linux. – Select Assign all resources to this virtual server. This is the key selection. 2. Click Next. All the resources are assigned to this virtual server. The Summary window opens, as shown in Figure ...

318 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8.1 Firmware updates IBM periodically makes firmware updates available for the compute node, the management module, or expansion cards in the compute node. In a compute node or chassis environment, there are multiple points to consi...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 319 Figure 8-1 shows the update firmware menu in IBM Flex System Manager. Firmware updates done using IBM Flex System Manager can be non-destructive or concurrent with respect to server operations, so that a server reboot is not required. Only updates within ...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 321 – Install the firmware by running update_flash (on AIX): cd /tmp/fwupdate/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/update_flash -f 01EA3xx_yyy_zzz – Install the firmware by running update_flash (on Linux): cd /tmp/fwupdate/usr/sbin/update_flash -f 01EA3xx_yyy_zzz – Instal...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 325 4. Select Download Latest Available Microcode, as shown in Figure 8-5. Figure 8-5 Download (install) the latest available microcode 5. Insert the CD-ROM with the microcode image, or select the virtual optical device that points to the microcode image. If ...

326 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide To verify the system firmware levels, complete the following steps: 1. Start the in-band diagnostics program by running the following command: diag 2. From the Function Selection menu, select Task Selection and press Enter, as shown...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 327 4. Select the system object sys0 and press F7 to commit, as shown in Figure 8-7. Figure 8-7 sys0 selection and commit RESOURCE SELECTION LIST 801006 From the list below, select any number of resources by movingthe cursor to the resource and pressing 'Ente...

328 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The Display Microcode Level menu opens. The top of the window shows the system firmware level for the permanent and temporary images and the image that the compute node used to start (Figure 8-8). Figure 8-8 Showing the microcode le...

330 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 3. Select Power System Firmware from the list of selected update types. Figure 8-10 shows the firmware update that is ready to install. Figure 8-10 List of selected firmware 4. Review and confirm the list of updates that will be ins...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 331 5. If necessary, review the installation log, as shown in Figure 8-12, to determine the status of the installation. Figure 8-12 Log for installation update

332 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8.2 Methods to install operating systems The Power Systems compute node provides several methods for installing and deploying your operating system images. We cover the following methods in this section: 򐂰 NIM installation 򐂰 Optical...

334 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 4. In the screen shown in Figure 8-13 on page 333, enter the remainder of the information required for the node. There are many options in this window, but you do not need to set them all to set up the installation. Most importantly...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 335 6. Select Allocate Network Install Resources, as shown in Figure 8-14. A list of available machines opens. Figure 8-14 Select Allocate Network Install Resources Manage Network Install Resource Allocation Move cursor to desired item and press Enter. List A...

336 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 7. Choose the machine you want to install (in this example, we use 7989AIXtest ). A list of the available resources to assign to that machine opens, as shown in Figure 8-15. Figure 8-15 Machine selection for resource allocation 8. A...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 343 20. Select option 1 (BOOTP) as the network service to use for the installation, as shown in Figure 8-23. Figure 8-23 Select a network service 21. Set up your IP address and the IP address of the NIM server for the installation. To do so, select option 1 (...

344 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 22. Perform system checks, for example, ping or adapter speed, to verify your selections, as shown in Figure 8-25. Figure 8-25 IP configuration sample 23. Press M to return to the SMS main menu (see Figure 8-20 on page 341). Version...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 349 To perform an optical media installation, complete the following steps: 1. Attach the external optical drive to the USB port of your Power Systems compute node. 2. Insert the installation media into the optical drive. 3. Reboot or power on the server and ...

354 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8. Select your optical drive. The window shown in Figure 8-37 opens. Figure 8-37 Media selection 9. When you select your optical drive, you have three options. Select option 2 (Normal Mode boot), then select option 1 (Yes) on the ne...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 355 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 The following steps pertain to SLES 11: 1. Obtain the distribution ISO file, and copy it to a work directory of the installation server. We configure a Network File System (NFS) server (this server can be the installation s...

356 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide The MAC address shown in Figure 8-39 is the Hardware Address. Figure 8-39 MAC address Version AF740_051 SMS 1.7 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000,2008 All rights reserved.------------------------------------------------------------------...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 357 5. On the installation server, configure the dhcpd.conf file and, assuming it is the NFS server too, the /etc/exports file. The dhcpd.conf file is shown in Figure 8-40, where we must replace XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX and the network parameters with our MAC and IP...

358 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8. On the installation server or virtual server, start the dhcpd and nfsd services. 9. On the target virtual server, start netboot , as shown in the Figure 8-43. Figure 8-43 Select boot options Version AF740_051 SMS 1.7 (c) Copyrigh...

362 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 14. Select the network adapter and the normal mode boot, and the installation starts loading the yaboot.ibm boot loader through the network, as shown in Figure 8-47. Figure 8-47 Netbooting the boot loader For a description of the in...

364 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8.2.4 Cloning methods There are two cloning methods available for an AIX installation. The most common method of cloning is to create a mksysb image on one machine and restore it in the cloned machine. This method clones all of your...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 367 You can install the OS using option 1 or 2: – Option 1 (Star t Install Now with Default Settings) begins the installation using the default options. – Option 2 (Change/Show Installation Settings and Install) displays several options, as shown in Figure 8-...

368 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide • Migration installation: Use this method when you are upgrading an older version of AIX (AIX 5L V5.3 or AIX V6.1) to a newer version, such as AIX V7.1. This option retains all of your configuration settings. The tmp directory is er...

370 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide 8.3.2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux This section describes the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Detailed information about suppor ted operating systems is listed in 5.1.2, “Software planning” on page 119. We in...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 371 To install RHEL, complete the following steps: 1. After the virtual media is set up, boot the server and enter SMS. The screen shown in Figure 8-57 opens. Figure 8-57 Virtual server SMS menu Version AF740_051 SMS 1.7 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000,2008 All ...

376 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide It is possible to stop the boot process by pressing the Tab key, allowing you to enter optional parameters on the command line: – To use VNC and perform an installation in a graphic environment, run linux vnc vncpassword=yourpwd . T...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 377 Figure 8-64 shows the VNC graphical console start. Figure 8-64 VNC server running 7. Connect to the IP address listed in Figure 8-64 with a VNC client to perform the installation. You see the graphic RHEL installer welcome window. 8. Select a preferred la...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 379 12. Select a disk layout, as shown in Figure 8-67. You can choose from a number of installations or create a custom layout (for example, you can create a software mirror between two disks). You can also manage older RHEL installations if they are detected...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 381 The basic installation is complete. You might choose to install additional RPMs from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website found at: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html 8.3.3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ...

Chapter 8. Operating system installation 387 6. Other installation screens open. Enter values as needed for your environment. After the installation is complete, you see the window shown in Figure 8-76. Figure 8-76 Installation Completed window

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 389 AAS Advanced Administrative System AC alternating current ACL access control list AME Active Memory Expansion AMM Advanced Management Module AMS access method services AS Australian Standards ASIC application-specific integrated circuit BIOS basic...

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012. All rights reserved. 397 Index A Active Energy Manager 151Active Memory Expansion 92adapter feature codes 101adapter slots 99AIX cloning 364diagnostics 320Disk Array Manager 98firmware updates 320installing 364NIM installation 364PowerVM 278supported versions 120upgrade 3...

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