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Enable mail client (dismaildmndls):Uncomments the entry for Sendmail daemon in /etc/rc.tcpip. Disable rstatd in /etc/inetd.conf (rstatddls):comments the entry for rstatd daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of rstatd. Object creation permissions (umaskdls):Specifies default object creation permissions to 022. Disable sysstat in /etc/inetd.conf (systatdls):comments the entry for systat daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of systat. Disable NTP daemon (disntpdmndls):Stops NTP daemon and comments it's entry in /etc/rc.tcpip. Disable DPID2 daemon (disdpid2dmndls):Stops DPID2 daemon and comments it's entry in /etc/rc.tcpip. Network option nonlocsrcroute (nonlocsrcroutedls):Set network option nonlocsrcroute to default value. Enable UDP time service in /etc/inetd.conf (udptimedls):Uncomments the entry for UDP Time service in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of time service(udp). Enable ttdbserver service in /etc/inetd.conf (ttdbserverdls):Uncomments the entry for ttdbserver service in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of ttdbserver service. Network option ipsrcroutesend (ipsrcroutesenddls):Set network option ipsrcroutesend to default value. Network option sb_max (sb_maxdls):Set network option sb_max's value to default value. Disable TCP echo service in /etc/inetd.conf (tcpechodls):comments the entry for TCP Echo service in /etc/inetd.confand kills all instances of echo(tcp). Stop DHCP Client (disdhcpclientdls):Stops DHCP Client and comments it's entry in /etc/rc.tcpip. Disable TCP Discard service in /etc/inetd.conf (tcpdiscarddls):comments the entry for TCP Discard service in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of discard(tcp). Local login (rootlogindls):Enables root to login locally. Disable gated daemon (disgateddmndls):Stops gated daemons and comments the entry for gated daemon in /etc/rc.tcpip. Enable TCP daytime service in /etc/inetd.conf (tcpdaytimedls):Uncomments the entry for TCP Daytime service in /etc/inetd.conf. Network option udp_pmtu_discover (udp_pmtu_discoverdls):Set network option udp_pmtu_discover to default value. Disable krlogind in /etc/inetd.conf (krlogindls):comments the entry for krlogind daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of krlogind. Enable TCP time service in /etc/inetd.conf (tcptimedls):Uncomments the entry for TCP Time service in /etc/inetd.confand kills all instances of timed(tcp). 362 <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>POWER</strong> <strong>Virtualization</strong> on IBM System p5
Network option icmpaddressmask (icmpaddressmaskdls):Set network option icmpaddressmask to default value. Delay between unsuccessful logins (logindelaydls):Removes any login delays between two unsuccessful login attempts. Set SUID of remote Commands (rmsuidfrmrcmdsdls):Sets SUID of remote commands rcp, rdist, rexec, remsh, rlogin and rsh. Disable rquotad in /etc/inetd.conf (rquotaddls):comments the entry for rquotad daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of rquotad. Enable rlogin in /etc/inetd.conf (rlogindls):Uncomments the entry for rlogind daemon in /etc/inetd.conf. Network option tcp_recvspace (tcp_recvspacedls):Set network option tcp_recvspace's value to 262144. Stop autoconf6 (disautoconf6dls):Stops autoconf6, if it is running and comments the entry for autoconf6 in /etc/rc.tcpip. Minimum number of non-alphabetic chars (minotherdls):Removes the minimum number of non-alphabetic characters constraint, in a password. Disable comsat in /etc/inetd.conf (comsatdls):comments the entry for comsat daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of comsat. Login timeout (logintimeoutdls):Specifies the time interval(60 seconds) to type in a password. Disable IMAPD (imapddls):comments the entry for imapd daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of imapd. Enable NFS daemon (disablenfsdls):Enables NFS mounts, starts NFS daemons and enables NFS from startup. Time to change password after the expiration (maxexpireddls):Removes any minimum number of weeks requirements, after maxage that an expired password can be changed by the user. Reenable login after locking (loginreenabledls):Removes any time interval after which a port is unlocked after being disabled by logindisable. Disable fingerd in /etc/inetd.conf (fingerddls):comments the entry for fingerd daemon in /etc/inetd.conf and kills all instances of fingerd. Remote root login (rootrlogindls):Enables remote root login. Stop DHCP Server (disdhcpservdls):Stops DHCP Server daemon and comments it's entry in /etc/rc.tcpip. Enable uucpd in /etc/inetd.conf (uucpdls):Uncomments the entry for uucpd daemon in /etc/inetd.conf. Enable talk in /etc/inetd.conf (talkdls):Uncomments the entry for talk daemon in /etc/inetd.conf. Network option tcp_pmtu_discover (tcp_pmtu_discoverdls):Set network option tcp_pmtu_discover to default value. Stop DHCP Agent (disdhcpagentdls):Stops DHCP relay agent and comments it's entry in /etc/rc.tcpip. Network option directed_broadcast (directed_broadcastdls):Set network option directed_broadcast to default value. Chapter 5. System management 363
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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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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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Setting SMT mode using SMIT Use the
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Partition 2 is configured with one
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Shared pool = 4 CPU Sum EC = 3.0 PU
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Table 2-5 Licensing estimation for
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Maximum virtual processors used Cap
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VLAN support in AIX 5L is based on
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page 78. EtherChannel and Link Aggr
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Figure 2-18 Shared Ethernet Adapter
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► Only packets for the VLAN speci
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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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► ► 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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Figure 2-29 Bridging a virtual and
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3.2 Creating a Virtual I/O Server p
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5. Add a virtual SCSI adapter to vi
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Figure 3-45 shows the steps to crea
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Figure 4-1 MPIO and LV Mirroring wi
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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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few cycles to set up, but none for
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7. Check the devices list on your V
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Checking which SEA is active Checki
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Check the mappings, as shown in Exa
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7. On the first LPAR, create an enh
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The configurations described in thi
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Supported multi-path configurations
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another partition. Use the lsslot -
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5.1.3 Add memory dynamically in AIX
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5.1.4 Removing memory dynamically T
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The following command shows the eff
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et1 Defined 01-09 IEEE 802.3 Ethern
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► Figure 5-19 shows you the topol
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Example 5-6 Creating a Virtual I/O
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csm.diagnostics 1.5.0.0 # Cluster S
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