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Front cover Advanced</stron
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Note: Before using this information
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2.1 New features in Version 1.3 of
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4.4.2 Configuration on the Virtual
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6.6.4 Managing memory resources . .
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3-9 Processing sharing mode and the
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5-14 Status window . . . . . . . .
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any form without payment to IBM, fo
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The team that wrote this redbook Th
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- Additional information about the
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management” on page 257 discusses
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1.1.5 Virtual LAN 1.1.6 Virtual I/O
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The service processor provides the
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Adapter sparing Adapter sparing can
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1.4.1 IBM AIX 5L for System p5 syst
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Note: i5/OS partitions are only sup
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Function / capability IBM System z9
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1.6 The value of the Advanc
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18 Advanced <stron
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2.1 New features in Version 1.3 of
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► throughput and performance. For
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► IVM enhancements Industry leadi
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Shared Ethernet Adapter failover ca
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the partition. This allows you to c
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Figure 2-2 ASMI menu to enable the
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management interface for systems wi
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When setting up a partition, you ha
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partition with 0.50 processing unit
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processors and the other a single o
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Figure 2-5 shows the usage of the s
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2.4.5 Dynamic partitioning Partitio
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Number of virtual processors In gen
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The benefit of SMT is greatest wher
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Setting SMT mode using SMIT Use the
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The Hypervisor firmware and the hos
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Partition 2 is configured with one
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Note: The Virtual I/O Server suppor
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Most ISVs consider partitions with
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When a partition is running as unca
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► ► ► Selected IBM software p
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Shared pool = 4 CPU Sum EC = 3.0 PU
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For more information about the use
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Table 2-5 Licensing estimation for
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Maximum virtual processors used Cap
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2.8 Virtual and Shared Ethernet int
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► VLAN 2 - Node A-2 - Node B-3 -
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VLAN support in AIX 5L is based on
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2. Tagged port receives a packet ta
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page 78. EtherChannel and Link Aggr
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Note: In this type of configuration
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Figure 2-18 Shared Ethernet Adapter
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Other aspects that have to be taken
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► Only packets for the VLAN speci
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► Packets tagged with a VLAN othe
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► The value proposition enabling
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Figure 2-21 Virtual SCSI architectu
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Figure 2-23 and Figure 2-24 show th
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4. In the Virtual I/O Server, vios1
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The following are the steps to unco
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► ► A logical volume on the Vir
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I/O configuration, performance is a
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Hardware management is done by an H
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VMC allows IVM to provide basic log
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Virtual TTY In order to allow LPAR
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2.13.1 Linux device drivers for IBM
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Mirroring Linux can mirror disks by
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Figure 2-29 Bridging a virtual and
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3.1 Getting started This section pr
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lspath mkpath mkvdev mkvt rmdev rmp
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3.1.2 Hardware resources managed Th
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3.2 Creating a Virtual I/O Server p
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3. Enter the partition name and ID
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5. You have the option to change th
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7. Select the Shared check box for
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9. Specify the processing sharing m
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11.Skip setting the I/O pools, as s
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2. Click the Create adapter button
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5. Add a virtual SCSI adapter to vi
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7. Select Normal for your boot mode
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A few seconds after the status wind
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3. Select the VIO_Server1 profile a
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You are now ready to use the newly
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3. Specify the Maximum virtual adap
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You can use the lsmap -all -net com
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2. Select the check box AIX or Linu
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2. Click Create client adapter. The
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4. Click Create server adapter and
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6. When the operation is complete,
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9. When you have completed adding v
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Server SCSI adapters have been adde
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Using logical partitions In our bas
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Note: Based on the lsdev -vpd comma
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It is useful to be able to map the
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Assuming that a NIM master is confi
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3. Set up the NIM master IP address
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3.4.6 Mirroring the Virtual I/O Ser
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Once the interaction between virtua
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Figure 3-45 shows the steps to crea
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Ethernet server adapter and a physi
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4.1 Providing higher serviceability
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Figure 4-1 MPIO and LV Mirroring wi
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Some advanced topics with respect t
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While EC is an Cisco-specific imple
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Alternatives for network high avail
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Figure 4-6 IP multipathing in the c
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SEA Failover works as follows: Two
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Although the alternative configurat
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► With NIB, the two internal netw
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In Figure 4-11 on page 201, a clien
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When Virtual I/O Server 2 returns t
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few cycles to set up, but none for
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4.1.7 Considerations The following
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. On step 10, allocate an unused Et
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7. Check the devices list on your V
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Figure 4-17 shows the intended solu
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. Click the Create Adapter button,
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Tip: Mismatching SEA and SEA Failov
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Checking which SEA is active Checki
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In this scenario, we attach each Vi
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2. Configure the SEA, as described
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5. Check for the vhost adapter usin
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8. Check again, using the lsdev com
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Check the mappings, as shown in Exa
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2. Check the MPIO configuration by
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To determine which path will use th
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7. On the first LPAR, create an enh
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A switch can be forced with the /us
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The configurations described in thi
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We recommend using mirroring, strip
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Supported multi-path configurations
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Supported scenarios using one Virtu
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Supported scenarios using multiple
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4.7.2 Supported Ethernet configurat
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Use the perfwb command to start the
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Using the r and p switches after st
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The nmon process runs in the backgr
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The POWER Hypervis
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5.7 Security considerations for Vir
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The firewall can be switched on and
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Enable mail client (dismaildmndls):
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Network option extendednetstats (ex
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Enable unsecure daemons (disrmtdmns
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Minimum number of chars (mindiffhls
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6.1 Partition Load Manager introduc
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Notes: ► The PLM server may resid
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When PLM is notified that a partiti
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6.1.4 Memory management PLM manages
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However, the managed nodes know not
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sh and rcp During its installation,
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2. Create a toc file with the inuto
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. Append the PLM server public key
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You can set up the RMC using a scri
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Define a PLM policy as follows: 1.
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Table 6-2 CPU-related tunables CPU
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Memory tunables Table 6-4 shows the
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1. Start the Web-based System Manag
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4. Complete the information in the
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. Fill out the values for the tunab
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8. Specify the CPU resource policy
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Clicking the OK button will create
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. From the Web-based System Manager
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2. Click the Groups tab, and then t
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Figure 6-21 Edit Policy File partit
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The policy_file and log_file parame
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In its short form, the xlplm -Q com
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6.3 Point-in-time and recurring rec
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Select the type of operation you wi
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6.4 Tips and troubleshooting PLM Th
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Note: Exchanging keys is an importa
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The Identity entry is either based
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► ► PLM does not directly state
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6.6 Resource management Owners of I
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Characteristics of WLM, PLM, and sh
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Evaluating CPU utilization Traditio
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Shared-processor partitions support
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FDX FLOP FRU FTP GDPS GID GPFS GUI
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Other publications These publicatio
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► ► ► ► Virtual I/O Server
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cfgdev command 163, 203, 264 cfgmgr
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excess weight, PLM 376 extendlv com
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Micro-Partitioning 3, 32-33 49 capp
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processor dispatch 43, 50 processor
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VIO 59 virtual processor 61 mainten
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target 90, 92 virtual SCSI Server a
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