Linux
Installing Linux with the IBM Installation Toolkit for
PowerLinux
Linux
Installing Linux with the IBM Installation Toolkit for
PowerLinux
Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 77.
Eighth Edition (March 2013)
© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009, 2013.
Contents
About this guide . . . v
Installing Linux with the IBM Installation
Toolkit for PowerLinux . . . 1
Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit . . . 1
What's new in IBM Installation Toolkit 5.4 . . . 1
Simplified Setup Tool . . . 1
Supported Linux distributions . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . 2
IBM Installation Toolkit media contents . . . . 2
Planning for IBM Installation Toolkit . . . 5
IBM Installation Toolkit running modes . . . 7
Downloading the IBM Installation Toolkit . . . . 9
Determining a boot method . . . 9
Creating a DVD . . . 10
Creating and assigning a virtual optical device 10 Creating a bootable USB key. . . 11
Configuring the boot method to be used by the system . . . 12
Determining the location for the distribution media 13 Accessing the user interface . . . 13
Opening the user interface . . . 14
Using the text interface . . . 14
Accessing the user interface remotely . . . 15
Installing a Linux distribution . . . 15
Manually partitioning disks . . . 18
Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes . . . 18
Working with software RAID arrays . . . . 19
Working with LVM volume groups . . . . 20
Creating a network installation server . . . 21
Configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit . . . 21
Manually configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit . . . 22
Managing client systems for the boot server . . 23
Adding a client . . . 23 Editing a client . . . 24 Deleting a client . . . 25 Adding a subnet. . . 25 Editing a subnet . . . 26 Deleting a subnet . . . 26 Editing DHCP headers . . . 27 Applying changes . . . 27
Manually configuring a client system for the IBM Installation Toolkit boot server . . . . 27
Managing Linux installation repositories available on the server. . . 28
Adding a repository . . . 29
Deleting a repository . . . 29
Adding an exported path . . . 30
Removing an exported path . . . 30
Manually creating a network installation repository . . . 31
Mounting the DVD media . . . 32
Configuring the network . . . 32
Updating an installed system . . . 33
Installing IBM Installation Toolkit on a system already running Linux. . . 33
Manually installing IBM Installation Toolkit using a Yum repository . . . 33
Managing software installation repositories . . . 34
Installing IBM packages on the system . . . . 35
Updating your firmware . . . 35
Cloning your system . . . 36
Cloning devices . . . 37
Restoring devices . . . 37
Migrating an x86 server running Linux to an IBM Power Systems server . . . 37
Server Consolidation environment . . . 38
Server Consolidation tool considerations. . . . 38
Supported Linux distributions for migration . . 38
Using the migration wizard . . . 39
Creating an LPAR . . . 42
Recovering your system . . . 43
Monitoring IBM Installation Toolkit tasks . . . . 43
Accessing documentation resources . . . 44
Troubleshooting . . . 45
Known issues and workarounds . . . 45
Registering at IBM . . . 46
Getting customer support. . . 47
Error, information, and warning messages . . . 47
Notices
. . . 77
About this guide
This documentation is intended for system or network administrators of Power Systems™servers who want to install Linux, update firmware, perform system recovery tasks, or install service and productivity tools on their systems. This edition applies to version 5.4 of the IBM®Installation Toolkit for
PowerLinux™and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Release Notes
IBM Installation Toolkit release notes can be found on the root directory of the DVD and at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/topic/liaan/
installationtoolkitreleasenotes.htm
Support
The IBM Installation Toolkit product is not officially supported by IBM Software Support, and is provided “as-is”. Customers are not entitled to IBM Software Support. However, you can find support information at: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/forum/ topics?communityUuid=fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32 or go to https://www.ibm.com/ developerworks/mydeveloperworks/ and search for the Think PowerLinux group.
Installing Linux with the IBM Installation Toolkit for
PowerLinux
The IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux provides a set of tools and functions that allow you to quickly set up Linux on PowerLinux servers.
Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit
The IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux speeds up the installation of Linux, and gives you access to the IBM value-added software necessary to fully use the capabilities of the Power® platform.
You can use the IBM Installation Toolkit for the following actions: v Install and configure Linux on a non-virtualized Power System server.
v Install and configure Linux on servers with previously-configured logical partitions (LPARs, also known as virtualized servers).
v Install IBM service and productivity tools on a new or previously installed Linux system. The IBM service and productivity tools include dynamic logical partition (DLPAR) utilities.
v Upgrade system firmware level on Power Systems servers.
v Perform diagnostics or maintenance operations on previously installed systems. v Access documentation resources included with IBM Installation Toolkit.
v Migrate a LAMP server (software stack) and application data from a System x®to a System p® system. A LAMP server is a bundle of open source software. LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL relational database, and PHP (Perl or Python) scripting language.
What's new in IBM Installation Toolkit 5.4
IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux 5.4 introduces support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5.9 and 6.4.
Simplified Setup Tool
The IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux provides the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool, which helps you to quickly set up open source workloads on your system.
After you install the IBM Installation Toolkit, you can access the Simplified Setup Tool. The Simplified Setup Tool guides you through the process of quickly and easily configuring one or more open source workloads on your system. The workloads include:
v LAMP server v Mail server
v File and print server
v Network infrastructure server
You can access the Simplified Setup Tool directly through a web browser. To open the Simplified Setup Tool, point your browser to https://server IP or hostname:6060, where server IP or hostname is the IP address or host name of your system.
For documentation for the Simplified Setup Tool, see Getting started with PowerLinux servers (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/topic/liaay/vploverview.htm).
Supported Linux distributions
Use this information to determine which Linux distributions are supported by the IBM Installation Toolkit.
The IBM Installation Toolkit supports installation of the following Linux distributions: v Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 and 5.9
v Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 and 6.4 v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 and SP2
Hardware and software requirements
Before you install the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux, verify that you have the necessary hardware and software.
Hardware requirements for using the IBM Installation Toolkit
The IBM Installation Toolkit is intended for IBM Power Systems servers and IBM BladeCenter®blade
servers using IBM POWER7®processors.
Required hardware includes the following:
v CD or DVD-ROM reader, for CD- or DVD-based installations. v Network card, for installations over the network.
v Minimum of 1 GB of RAM.
v Additionally, refer to your Linux distribution documentation for minimum hardware requirements.
Requirements for installing Linux using the IBM Installation Toolkit
v Linux distribution installation media for ppc64 on a DVD or ISO image file
Requirements for running IBM Installation Toolkit on a previously installed Linux
system
v IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or ISO image v Linux distribution installation media for ppc64
Additional requirements and restrictions
v To use remote access with the IBM Installation Toolkit, you need a second system with Mozilla Firefox installed.
v IBM Installation Toolkit does not support QLogic Fibre Channel cards on POWER®processor-based blade servers.
IBM Installation Toolkit media contents
The IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux media contains documentation, firmware images, and value-add IBM packages.
The media contents includes the following packages:
devices.chrp.base.ServiceRM
Service Resource Manager is a Reliable, Scalable, Cluster Technology (RSCT) resource manager that creates the Serviceable Events from the output of the Error Log Analysis tool (diagela). ServiceRM then sends these events to the Service Focal Point on the Hardware Management Console (HMC).
DynamicRM
Dynamic Resource Manager is a Reliable, Scalable, Cluster Technology (RSCT) resource manager that allows a Hardware Management Console (HMC) to do tasks such as dynamically add or remove processors or I/O slots from a running partition, concurrently update system firmware, and perform certain shutdown operations on a partition.
esagent.pLinux
IBM Electronic Service Agent™for PowerLinux is a no-charge software tool that automatically and continuously monitors, collects, and periodically submits hardware problem information to the IBM Electronic Support website. It also can collect hardware, software, performance, and system configuration information, which might help IBM Support assist in diagnosing problems.
IBMinvscout
The Inventory Scout tool surveys one or more systems for hardware and software information. The gathered data can be used by web services such as the Microcode Discovery Service, which generates a report indicating whether installed microcode needs to be updated.
ibm-java-ppc64-sdk
This SDK is the IBM 64-bit SDK for Linux on Power Systems architecture, Java™Technology
Edition, Version 6.
ibm-java-ppc-sdk
This SDK is the IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Power Systems architecture, Java Technology Edition, Version 6.
ibmPMLinux
The ibmPMLinux package contains a data collector for enabling IBM Performance Management for Power Systems. PM for Power Systems enables automated performance analysis and capacity planning for PowerLinux servers. With PM for Power Systems, non-proprietary utilization and growth information can be automatically collected from the servers with logical partitions (LPARs) that you elect to monitor. You have the choice of transmitting the daily collected data to IBM on a routine basis, using IBM Electronic Service Agent for PowerLinux. To activate PM for Power Systems, you install the collector and then follow more specific instructions at the PM for Power Systems Getting started page (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/support/ perfmgmt/getstarted.html). See the PM for Power Systems Overview page ( http://
www.ibm.com/system/power/support/perfmgmt) for general information about PM for Power Systems.
ibm-power-managed
This package includes the recommended additional software packages for managed partitions on PowerLinux servers and blade servers. A managed server is a system that is managed by an HMC or by the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM).
ibm-power-nonmanaged
This package includes the recommended additional software packages for non-virtualized, non-managed PowerLinux servers. A non-managed server is a stand-alone system that is not used with an HMC or IVM.
ibm-power-repo
This package configures the system to get software package updates from the IBM Tools Repository for PowerLinux servers. For more information, refer to http://
www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/yum.html.
ibmit4linux-docs
This package contains all of the PowerLinux servers documentation available from IBM.
librtas The librtas package contains a library that allows applications to access certain functionality provided by platform firmware. This functionality is required by many of the other higher-level service and productivity tools.
libservicelog
The libservicelog library provides the API which servicelog uses to store, retrieve, and modify system event and error notification details.
libvpd
The libvpd package contains the classes that are used to access a vpd database created by
vpdupdatein the lsvpd package.
lpa The Large Page Analysis tool includes two programs. One program records runtime memory usage information about an application. The other generates a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) miss rate report based on the recorded memory usage information. The LPA tool tracks TLB misses by memory region within an application (heap, data, stack, text). Then the tool generates a report that shows where use of larger page size might benefit application performance.
lsvpd The lsvpd package contains the lsvpd, lscfg, and lsmcode commands. These commands, along with a boot-time scanning script called update-lsvpd-db, constitute a hardware inventory system.
nmon This tool is the Performance Analyzer for PowerLinux servers.
openmpi-sles11
Open MPI is a project combining technologies and resources from several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI) in order to build the best MPI library available.
This package is not automatically installed by IBM Installation Toolkit. It is shipped for those interested in manually installing openmpi on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 system.
powerpc-utils-python
powerpc-utils-python contains python-based utilities for maintaining and servicing PowerPC® systems.
powerpc-utils-sles10-addons
powerpc-utils-sles10-addons contains additional utilities for maintaining and servicing PowerPC systems on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
ppc64-diag
The Error Log Analysis tool provides automatic analysis and notification of errors reported by the platform firmware on IBM System p systems.
pseries-energy
System p Energy Management daemon automatically manages Linux OS settings based on system power modes.
rsct.core and rsct.core.utils
The RSC packages provide the Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) functions and infrastructure needed to monitor and manage one or more Linux systems.
servicelog
The servicelog package creates a database to store system-generated events that might require service. The package includes tools for querying the database.
src SRC is a facility for managing daemons on a system. It provides a standard command interface for defining, undefining, starting, stopping, querying status and controlling trace for daemons.
sst The sst package is the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool. The Simplified Setup Tool guides you through the process of quickly and easily configuring one or more open source workloads on your system. The workloads include LAMP, mail, file and print, or network infrastructure servers.
Planning for IBM Installation Toolkit
Proper planning is essential to successfully install and use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux. Before you begin, define your goals for using the IBM Installation Toolkit.
v Are you planning to use IBM Installation Toolkit to install Linux? – Will you be installing Linux on only one system?
– Will you be installing Linux on more than one system?
v Is your system already running Linux and you plan to use the IBM Installation Toolkit to install service and productivity packages, update your firmware, or perform system recovery tasks?
Knowing the answers to these and other similar questions allows you to choose the correct path for installing and running the IBM Installation Toolkit.
The following figure shows the paths and general steps for installing and running the IBM Installation Toolkit.
Either path for using the IBM Installation Toolkit begins with starting the server. Then, the paths diverge based on whether Linux is installed or to be installed.
Path for using IBM Installation Toolkit to install Linux
If Linux is not installed, use this path to install it with the IBM Installation Toolkit.
1. Download the IBM Installation Toolkit. To find out how to download the toolkit, see “Downloading the IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 9.
2. Determine a boot method for the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image. You can choose from DVD device, virtual optical device, USB key, or network-based. For information, see “Determining a boot method” on page 9. After determining the boot method, configure it. For information, see
“Configuring the boot method to be used by the system” on page 12.
3. Boot the server with the IBM Installation Toolkit using the method you previously determined and configured.
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Start the server
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Linux installed?
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4. Determine a location for your Linux distribution installation media. You can choose to install the Linux distribution from DVD disks, virtual optical device, or from a network repository. For information, see “Determining the location for the distribution media” on page 13.
5. Use the installation wizard to install Linux. For more information, see “Installing a Linux distribution” on page 15.
This completes the path and general steps for using IBM Installation Toolkit to install Linux.
Path for preparing to use IBM Installation Toolkit to update a system when Linux
is already installed
If Linux is already installed, either with the IBM Installation Toolkit or using another method, use this path to install the IBM Installation Toolkit. This allows you to then update the system, including managing repositories, installing service and productivity packages, and more.
1. Determine whether the IBM Installation Toolkit is installed. Run the following command: rpm -q ibmit4linux
v If the command outputs a line similar to ibmit4linux-version, IBM Installation Toolkit is installed. You are ready to use the IBM Installation Toolkit to update your system.
v If you do not see a line similar to ibmit4linux-version, IBM Installation Toolkit is not installed. In this case, continue to the next item in the path.
2. Download the IBM Installation Toolkit. To find out how to download the IBM Installation Toolkit, see “Downloading the IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 9.
3. Install the IBM Installation Toolkit. To find out how to install the IBM Installation Toolkit, see “Installing IBM Installation Toolkit on a system already running Linux” on page 33.
This completes the path and general steps for preparing to use IBM Installation Toolkit to update a system when Linux is already installed. You are now ready to use the IBM Installation Toolkit to update your system, including the following tasks:
v “Managing software installation repositories” on page 34. v “Installing IBM packages on the system” on page 35.
v “Migrating an x86 server running Linux to an IBM Power Systems server” on page 37. v Installing open source workloads using the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool. For
documentation for the Simplified Setup Tool, see Getting started with PowerLinux servers (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/topic/liaay/vploverview.htm). The tasks that you can perform depend on which mode you are running in.
Related concepts:
“IBM Installation Toolkit running modes”
You can run the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux in either live or installed mode. The tasks that you can perform depend on the mode that you are running in.
IBM Installation Toolkit running modes
You can run the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux in either live or installed mode. The tasks that you can perform depend on the mode that you are running in.
You can switch back and forth between live mode and installed mode.
Live mode
Install Linux
See “Installing a Linux distribution” on page 15.
Update firmware
See “Updating your firmware” on page 35.
Create a bootable USB key
See “Creating a bootable USB key” on page 11.
Configure the network
See “Configuring the network” on page 32.
Access documention
See “Accessing documentation resources” on page 44.
Register at IBM
See “Registering at IBM” on page 46.
Recover the system
See “Recovering your system” on page 43.
To use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux in live mode, you must boot your system with the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux media using one of the methods:
v DVD v ISO image v Network v USB key
See “Determining a boot method” on page 9 for information about determining which method to choose. See “Configuring the boot method to be used by the system” on page 12 for configuring it.
After you boot your system, the following options are available:
Wizard mode (performs the installation)
Choose this option to use the live mode with the text interface. You can install Linux or access any of the other tasks that are available when using live mode. See “Opening the user interface” on page 14. You can also use this option to remotely access the user interface. For more
information, see “Accessing the user interface remotely” on page 15.
Wizard mode graphical (performs the installation using X)
Choose this option to use the live mode with the graphical interface. This option is only available on systems that have a graphics card. See “Opening the user interface” on page 14.
Rescue mode (initiates a terminal)
Choose this option to use the recovery console. You can access a Linux console to perform recovery tasks. See “Recovering your system” on page 43.
Installed mode
To use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux in installed mode, you must install the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux packages on your Linux system. If you used the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux to install your system, the packages are already installed. To install the packages on a system that already has Linux installed, see “Installing IBM Installation Toolkit on a system already running Linux” on page 33.
After you have installed the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux packages, you can perform the following tasks:
Install IBM packages on the system
Migrate an x86 server running Linux to an IBMPower Systems server
See “Migrating an x86 server running Linux to an IBM Power Systems server” on page 37.
Manage Linux installation repositories available on the server
See “Managing Linux installation repositories available on the server” on page 28.
Configure the boot server
See “Configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 21.
Manage client systems for the boot server
See “Managing client systems for the boot server” on page 23.
Create a bootable USB key
See “Creating a bootable USB key” on page 11.
Manage software installation repositories
See “Managing software installation repositories” on page 34.
Access documention
See “Accessing documentation resources” on page 44.
Register at IBM
See “Registering at IBM” on page 46.
Monitor tasks
See “Monitoring IBM Installation Toolkit tasks” on page 43.
After you have installed the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux, you can access the user interface. See “Accessing the user interface” on page 13 and “Opening the user interface” on page 14.
Downloading the IBM Installation Toolkit
This section explains how to download the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux ISO image. The IBM Installation Toolkit is available for download from the IBM website at http://
www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/installtools/.
Determining a boot method
After you download the IBM Installation Toolkit, you must decide how you will boot the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image.
DVD device
You can load the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image onto DVD media and boot your system from the DVD device.
To boot from a DVD disk, you need to perform these general steps: 1. Burn the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image onto a DVD disk.
2. Ensure that the IBM Installation Toolkit disk is in the DVD drive of the system that you want to boot.
3. Restart the system or power it on.
4. Configure the system to boot from the DVD drive.
For specific information about this task, see “Creating a DVD” on page 10.
Virtual optical device
You can boot the IBM Installation Toolkit directly from the ISO image if you have a system that has an LPAR with a virtual optical device.
To boot directly from the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image, you need to perform these general steps:
1. Create a virtual optical device and assign it to the LPAR you want to boot with the IBM Installation Toolkit.
2. Associate the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image with that virtual optical device. 3. Restart the LPAR or power it on.
4. Configure the LPAR to boot from the virtual optical device.
For specific information about this task, see “Creating and assigning a virtual optical device.”
USB key
You can create a USB key to use as a booting method.
To boot IBM Installation Toolkit from a USB key, you need to perform these general steps: 1. Create an IBM Installation Toolkit bootable USB key.
2. Restart the system or power it on.
3. Configure the system to boot from the USB device.
For specific information about this task, see “Creating a bootable USB key” on page 11.
Network-based
Booting from the network allows you to easily install Linux on more than one system that is connected to the network.
To boot IBM Installation Toolkit from the network, you need to perform these general steps: 1. Configure a network boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit.
2. Configure the boot server for the system. 3. Restart the system or power it on.
4. Configure the system to boot from the network interface.
For specific information about this task, see “Creating a network installation server” on page 21. To find out how to configure your chosen boot method, see “Configuring the boot method to be used by the system” on page 12.
Creating a DVD
You can create an IBM Installation Toolkit DVD to use either as a booting method or as an installation source for the IBM Installation Toolkit.
You can use any method to create a DVD from an ISO image. However, whatever method you choose, use high-quality DVD-R media to ensure the best data transfer. Do not use DVD+R, DVD-RM, or DVD-RAM media.
Creating and assigning a virtual optical device
This topic explains how to create and assign a virtual optical device to a logical partition (LPAR). LPARs are also known as virtual servers. After a virtual optical device has been assigned to an LPAR, you can boot IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux directly from the ISO image.
About this task
Note: This type of boot method is possible only with an LPAR that can have virtual optical devices assigned to it.
To create and assign a virtual optical device to an LPAR, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. Access the web interface of the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) of the system that contains the LPAR you want to set up.
2. On the left pane of the IVM main window, click View/Modify Partitions.
3. In the table of partitions (LPARs), select the partition where you want to create the new virtual optical device.
4. Ensure that the LPAR is shut down by clicking Shutdown. A window with shutdown options appears. Choose Immediate as the shutdown type and click OK.
5. On the IVM main window, select the name of the LPAR in the table of partitions.
6. Select Optical/Tape Devices to see the optical devices associated to the LPAR and then Virtual
Optical Devicesto expand the table of existing virtual devices.
7. Select Create Device. A new virtual device appears in the table. Click OK.
8. On the IVM main screen, select the LPAR in the table and click Activate to reactivate it. The new virtual optical device is now created and can be used at the LPAR.
9. On the IVM main screen, click View/Modify Virtual Storage.
10. On the tabs bar of the screen that appears, click Optical/Tape to see the table of ISO images available to be assigned.
11. Click Add Media to add the ISO image to be assigned. v To upload the ISO image file, click Upload media.
v To use an ISO image file previously sent to the IVM system, click Add existing file. Click OK to add the ISO image file.
12. Select the ISO image file that you added and click Modify partition assignment to assign it to a virtual optical device of an LPAR.
13. Select the LPAR with the virtual optical device you want the ISO image file to be assigned to and click OK.
The ISO image is assigned to the virtual optical device and can be accessed at the LPAR.
Creating a bootable USB key
You can create an IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux bootable USB key to use either as a booting method or as an installation source for the IBM Installation Toolkit.
Before you begin
Before creating an IBM Installation Toolkit bootable USB, you must have the following items: v Blank USB key (or one that can be erased)
v IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or ISO image file
About this task
To create a bootable USB key, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. From either live or installed mode, open the user interface. 2. Select Create an IBM Installation Toolkit bootable USB key. 3. On the Creation window, select the following information:
v USB device: Select the USB device you want to use to create the IBM Installation Toolkit USB key. If the USB device that you want to use is not in the list, verify that it is connected and click
Refresh.
Note: Your USB device will be formatted and any data contained in it will be lost. v File system: Select the file system type to be used in the USB key.
v IBMIT media source: Select where the IBM Installation Toolkit media is available to be read: CD/DVD-ROM drive or ISO image file. Files that are required to configure the boot server must be retrieved from the IBM Installation Toolkit media, so this field is required.
v Extras: Select to include documentation, firmware files, and IBM packages in the USB key. Without any extras, the USB key is useful only to boot the system with IBM Installation Toolkit.
If you chose ISO image as the IBM Installation Toolkit media source, browse your file system and select the ISO image file to be used.
4. Confirm your choices and click Next to create the IBM Installation Toolkit USB key.
Results
The process takes place in background and can be followed in the Task monitor at any time.
Configuring the boot method to be used by the system
This topic explains how to configure the boot method to be used by the system, as required to boot the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux live mode.
About this task
To configure the boot method to be used by the system, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. Power on or restart your system.
2. After the initial hardware tests, the firmware boot screen appears, line by line. At this window, select the SMS Menu option by entering 1.
Note: You must enter 1 before the firmware boot screen is completely shown on the display, because it will disappear when complete.
3. On the main SMS menu, select the Select Boot Options option by entering 5. 4. Enter 1 to select the boot device type selection menu.
5. Enter 7 to list all the available boot devices.
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6. Enter the number corresponding the device you want to use.
Tip: You can determine the device type based on its name:
CD/DVD-ROM devices
Names containing the word CD-ROM, such as SCSI CD-ROM and USB CD-ROM. This choice applies both for physical and virtual devices.
Network devices
Names containing the word Ethernet or LAN, such as Virtual Ethernet, IBM Host Ethernet adapter, and Interpartition Logical LAN.
USB disk devices
Names such as USB Disk.
Note: Do not select USB CD-ROM, because booting from USB CD-ROM will result in an error.
7. Confirm the device type by entering 2.
8. Enter 1 to leave the SMS menu and start the boot process.
Determining the location for the distribution media
Before installing a Linux distribution, you must determine how and from what location you will be installing it. You can choose to install the Linux distribution from DVD media, a virtual optical device, or a network repository.
DVD media
If you have your Linux distribution installation media for ppc64 available on DVD media, you can use that media to install your Linux distribution. Use this option if you are planning to install Linux one time.
Ensure that you have the disks available, or order them if necessary.
Virtual optical device
If you have your Linux distribution installation media for ppc64 available on an ISO image, you can use the ISO image to install your Linux distribution using a virtual optical device. Use this option if you are planning to install Linux on a logical partition (LPAR) with support for virtual optical devices and have the Linux distribution ISO images instead of physical DVD disks. Ensure that you have the ISO image available.
Network installation repository
If you have access to a network installation repository, you can use the repository to store your Linux distribution installation media for ppc64. Use this option if you are planning to install Linux multiple times.
Ensure that you have the URL for the repository. If you need to create a network repository, see “Managing Linux installation repositories available on the server” on page 28 for information.
Accessing the user interface
After installing IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux, you can use IBM Installation Toolkit from either the text interface or the graphical interface. You can access the graphical interface remotely.
The first time that you access the user interface, you must accept the IBM Installation Toolkit licenses. If you do not accept the licenses, you cannot access the user interface.
Opening the user interface
When using live mode, the user interface is available after your system has booted the IBM Installation Toolkit media, by selecting either of the Wizard mode options. Alternatively, you can open the IBM Installation Toolkit user interface at any time from a command prompt. You can open the interface in text mode. Alternatively, if you have a system that has a graphics card, you can open the user interface in graphical mode from that system.
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Open the user interface from a command prompt by completing these steps:
Procedure
1. At the command prompt, type the following command: $ ibmit4linux
The user interface opens in the text interface.
v If you want to use text mode, you are ready to begin. See “Using the text interface.” v If you want to use graphical mode, continue to the next step.
2. To start the graphical interface, complete the following steps:
a. Open a Mozilla Firefox browser. You can use the browser either on the same system, or on another system.
b. Enter the address https://system IP:4234, where system IP is the IP address or host name of the system.
c. Accept the self-signed certificate.
Using the text interface
The text interface uses the installed text mode web browser on the system to access an equivalent interface to the graphical interface. Although equivalent, the text interface presents slight changes to enable the graphical features in the restricted area of the system. This section discusses these changes and provides general instructions for using the text interface.
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The following tips explain how to navigate with the text interface:
Procedure
v After you start the user interface in text mode, it opens in the available text browser. To navigate, use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, and TAB keys on the keyboard.
v When the cursor is over a link, press Enter to go to its destination. If the cursor is over a field, you can press Enter to change its status or edit.
v If you select Access documentation resources from the main menu, the local and online resources are displayed. The steps to select the resources differ slightly based on whether the documentation is local (PDF format) or online (external web site).
– To select an online resource, navigate to the link and press Enter. The external web site opens in the current browser.
– However, to download one of the listed local documentation resources in PDF format, you must navigate to the resource and enter A or a. Simply pressing Enter will not select the PDF. After the PDF is selected, the PDF downloads, while a status window is displayed.
v To close the text interface, enter Q or q.
v When using the text interface, some of the instructions are folded due to space limitations. You must select Show Instructions to view. After you complete the view, select Hide Instructions.
Accessing the user interface remotely
If you are using the IBM Installation Toolkit in live mode or installed mode, you can access it from a different system in the same network.
Select one of the following options.
v In live mode, to remotely access IBM Installation Toolkit, open Mozilla Firefox on the remote system in your network. Enter the address https://system_IP/ where system_IP is the system IP address of the system that you are accessing.
v In installed mode, to remotely access IBM Installation Toolkit, open Mozilla Firefox on the remote system in your network. Enter the address https://system_IP:4234/ where system_IP is the system IP address of the system that you are accessing.
Installing a Linux distribution
Use the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux to install a Linux distribution.
Before you begin
Before starting the installation, you must have the following items:
v DVD disks or a network installation repository for the Linux distribution to be installed
v DVD disk, virtual disk, USB key, or a network installation repository for IBM Installation Toolkit To learn about the supported Linux distributions, supported hardware and IBM Installation Toolkit software available, refer to the section “Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 1.
You can install Linux only when using IBM Installation Toolkit in live mode. See “IBM Installation Toolkit running modes” on page 7.
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To install Linux on your system, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. Open the user interface. 2. Select Install Linux.
3. Select the installation settings:
v Linux distribution: Select one of the supported Linux distributions to install.
v Installation profile: Select the set of packages to install. Click More info to see details about each of them. The available profiles are:
Minimal
Includes the smallest set of packages that allows the system to boot and to perform basic tasks. The disk usage is minimal. You can install additional packages in the future with the standard method provided by each Linux distribution.
Minimal with X
Includes all the packages included in Minimal but also includes the X Window System, a graphical environment that runs on Linux. This option is for servers that include a graphics card, but still have storage space restrictions.
Default
Includes the default package selection for the distribution and provides a balance between disk usage and functionality.
Full Includes all of the package sets provided by the distribution. Requires the most disk space, but includes all the available packages.
v Disk partitioning: Select to install Linux on automatically partitioned disks or to use manual partitioning. N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is not supported. For automatic partitioning, choose one of the following options:
Automatic partitioning on a disk
Installs Linux on the chosen disk, which will be conventionally partitioned. Any data contained in that specific disk will be lost.
Automatic partitioning using LVM
Creates an LVM-based partitioning scheme using all existing disks and installs Linux on the partitions according to the partitioning scheme scheme. Any data contained in all disks will be lost.
Automatic partitioning using SW RAID
Creates a software RAID-based partitioning scheme using all existing disks and installs Linux on the partitions according to the partitioning scheme. Any data contained in all disks will be lost. This option is available only if you have at least two disks on the system.
v Use driver disk: Select whether a driver disk will be used for the Linux installation or not. Click Next.
4. Select the workloads to be installed on the target system. After the workloads are installed, these workloads can then be optimally configured by the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool tool.
Click Next.
5. If you selected to use driver disks for an installation setting, you must select a driver update disk. Click Choose driver update disk and browse for the file with the driver disk to use.
Note: You can add only a single driver disk. If the driver disk displayed is not correct, you must remove it before you add another one.
Click Next.
6. Select the installation sources. Click Refresh sources to update the list with a new network installation repository or an inserted USB key.
v Linux distribution source: Select the installation source for the Linux distribution. Depending on your system, CD/DVD devices and network installation repositories may be available.
v Use custom network URL: Specify a URL if you want to use a Linux distribution network installation repository that is not listed.
v IBMIT source: Select the installation source for the IBM packages. Depending on your system, CD/DVD devices, USB key devices, and network installation repositories may be available. v Use custom network URL: Specify a URL if you want to use an IBM packages network
installation repository that is not listed. Click Next.
7. If you chose manual partitioning, you must manually partition the disk. Refer to the section “Manually partitioning disks” on page 18 for details about accomplishing this task and then return to this step.
Click Next.
8. Configure the network for the installed system. You must configure global network settings as well as a network interface.
To configure your global settings, enter the following information:
v Fully qualified hostname: The hostname to be used in the installed system.
To configure your network interface, follow these steps:
a. On the Network configuration main screen, select the interface you want to configure and click
Configure.
b. Enter the following information:
v Configuration type: Choose the type of configuration by selecting Disabled, Automatic (DHCP), or Manual.
v IP: For manual configuration, type the IP address to be used. v Netmask: For manual configuration, type the netmask to be used.
v Gateway: Optionally, for manual configuration, type the IP address of the gateway to be used. c. Click Save to finish.
You can check the configuration of a network interface by selecting it and clicking Details. Click OK to return to the Network setting window.
When you are finished configuring your network settings, click Next.
9. Select the software repositories to be used in the installed system as sources to install new software or to get updates. For each of the selected repositories, the licenses must be accepted by checking I
accept all the licenses above.
Click See details to read the licenses for a repository and to get more information about it. 10. Choose the general settings for the installed system:
v Keyboard: Language to be used for the keyboard. v Mouse: Mouse to be used.
v Language: Language to be used on the installed system.
v Timezone: Timezone to be used for the time and date settings on the installed system. Check Use
UTCif you want to use UTC.
v Root password: Root password for the installed system. v Confirm root password: Root password again to confirm it. Click Next.
11. Select the IBM software to be installed. You can see the packages that belong to a specific category by selecting it and clicking Apply. You can see details for a specific package by clicking See details. Packages that are unavailable for selection are automatically installed.
Click Next.
12. Accept the licenses for the IBM software to be installed by checking I accept all the licenses above. You cannot proceed without accepting all of them. For each license, click Read license to learn more about it.
Click Next.
13. Confirm the Linux installation settings, the workloads and IBM software to be installed, and the data that will be lost. If you are sure that this action is what you want, click Next to start the installation process.
14. If you chose to install the Linux distribution from CD/DVD-ROM, you are asked to insert the first disk to proceed.
The installation process is displayed until the system reboots. After that, you can watch the terminal of the system to see the installation progress.
Note: The Red Hat Setup Utility may start during the first boot after you have installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For more information about this utility, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux
documentation (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/index.html).
Note: If a partitioning or other installation preparation issue prevents Linux installation, see Known issues and workarounds.
What to do next
After you have installed Linux, you can use the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool to configure one or more open source workloads. For documentation for the Simplified Setup Tool, see Getting started with PowerLinux servers (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/ topic/liaay/vploverview.htm).
Manually partitioning disks
This topic explains how to manually partition your disks to have Linux installed on them.
The main window displays the available disks (physical and multipath), LVM volume groups, and software RAID arrays. To view the partitions of a disk, the logical volumes of an LVM volume group, or the software RAID arrays, select the disk, LVM volume group, or RAID array and click Change.
Note: LVM logical partition or software RAID array might be referred to as partition, and LVM volume group might be referred to as disk.
For each disk, the partitions are listed. For each partition, there are columns as follows:
v Name: Indicates the partition name. Existing partitions have names that start with sd. New partitions start with new. For LVM volume groups, this value indicates the logical volume name. For RAID arrays, this value indicates the array name. Blank space slots start with blk.
v Type: For disks, this value indicates the partition type. Valid types are Pri for primary, Log for logical, or Ext for extended. For software RAID arrays, this value indicates the RAID level. This field does not apply to LVM volume groups.
v Size: Indicates the size of the partition.
v Free: Indicates the amount of space that the partition has. v F.System: Indicates the file system that the partition uses.
v M.Point: Indicates where the partition will be mounted in the installed system, for example / or /boot. v Format: Indicates whether the partition will be formatted and lose all data.
Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes
Use this information to add, edit, delete, and reset your partitions or LVM logical volumes.
Adding a partition
To add a partition:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, select an empty space in the current disk and click Add. 2. Enter the following partition settings:
v File system: Specify the file system that the partition uses. If this partition is the first partition of the disk, the file system must be prep.
v Size: Enter the size of the partition in MB, GB, or TB. Check All available to use all the space available.
v Mount point: Specify where the partition is to be mounted, for example / or /boot. 3. Click Add to finish.
Editing a partition
To edit a partition, follow these steps:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, select the partition you want to edit and click Edit. 2. Modify the partition settings you want.
v File system: Specify the file system that the partition uses. If this partition is the first partition of the disk, the file system must be prep.
v Format: Specify whether the partition is to be formatted.
v Mount point: Specify where the partition is to be mounted, for example / or /boot.
Note: You cannot change the size of an existing partition. 3. Click Apply to finish.
Deleting a partition
On the Disk partitioning window, select the partition you want to delete and click Delete. If you want to delete all partitions, click Delete all.
Resetting the partitioning scheme
On the Disk partitioning window, click Reset to discard all your modifications and reset the partitioning scheme.
Working with software RAID arrays
Use this information to add, edit, delete, and reset your software RAID arrays.
Adding an array
To add an array:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, select an empty space in the pseudo-disk RAID and click Add. 2. Enter the following partition settings:
v Name: Select the name to be used for the array. v Level: Select the RAID level for the array.
v Chunk size: Specify the chunk size to be used, in Kilobytes
v Number of spares: Specify a number of spare devices for the array. v File system: Specify the file system for the array.
v Mount point: Specify where the array is to be mounted, for example / or /boot. 3. Select the devices used to compose the array.
Note: All physical partitions that have a file system set to “raid” are available to be used as devices to compose the array. To make a physical partition available to compose an array, edit an existing partition or add a partition and choose raid as the file system. See “Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes” on page 18 for instructions.
4. Click Add to finish.
Editing an array
To edit an array, follow these steps:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, select an empty space in the pseudo-disk RAID and click Edit. 2. Enter the following partition settings:
v Name: Select the name to be used for the array.
v Number of spares: Specify the number of spare devices the array will have. v Format partition: Specify whether the array is to be formatted.
v File system: Specify the file system that the array will use.
v Mount point: Specify where the array is to be mounted, for example / or /boot. 3. Select the devices to be used to compose the array.
Note: All physical partitions that have a file system set to “raid” are available to be used as devices to compose the array. To make a physical partition available to compose an array, edit an existing partition or add a partition and choose raid as the file system. See “Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes” on page 18 for instructions.
4. Click Apply to finish.
Deleting an array
On the Disk partitioning window, select the array you want to delete and click Delete. If you want to delete all arrays, click Delete all.
Resetting the partitioning scheme
On the Disk partitioning window, click Reset to discard all your modifications and reset the partitioning scheme.
Working with LVM volume groups
Use this information to add, edit, and delete an LVM volume group.
Adding an LVM volume group
To add an LVM volume group, follow these steps:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, click Manage VolGroups. 2. On the Volume groups management window, click Add. 3. Enter a name for the volume group.
4. Enter the extent size to be used. 5. Select the physical volumes to be used.
Note: All physical partitions that have a file system set to “lvm” are available to be used as physical volumes. To make a physical partition available as a physical volume, edit an existing partition or add a partition and choose lvm as the file system. See “Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes” on page 18 for instructions.
6. When you are finished, click Add.
7. On the Volume groups management window, click Done.
Editing an LVM volume group
To edit an LVM volume group, follow these steps:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, click Manage VolGroups.
2. On the Volume groups management window, select the volume group that you want to change and click Edit.
3. Select the physical volumes to be used. You can add or remove physical volumes.
Note: All physical partitions that have a file system set to “lvm” are available to be used as physical volumes. To make a physical partition available as a physical volume, edit an existing partition or add a partition and choose lvm as the file system. See “Working with partitions or LVM logical volumes” on page 18 for instructions.
4. When you are finished, click Apply.
Deleting an LVM volume group
To delete an LVM volume group, follow these steps:
1. On the Disk partitioning window, click Manage VolGroups.
2. On the Volume groups management window, select the volume group that you want to remove and click Delete.
3. On the Volume groups management window, click Done.
Creating a network installation server
You can set up a network boot and installation server with an IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux repository and one or more Linux distribution repositories. This server can then be used to boot multiple systems with the IBM Installation Toolkit through the network. The repositories can be used as network installation sources to install Linux on those systems.
The following general steps are an overview of the steps to set up a network installation server: 1. Configure a network boot server for the IBM Installation Toolkit.
2. Configure the client systems.
3. Set up your IBM Installation Toolkit repository. 4. Set up your Linux distribution repositories. The network boot process works as follows.
1. The client system broadcasts a boot request to the network. 2. The IBM Installation Toolkit boot server receives the request.
3. If the DHCP server is configured to answer boot requests made by that client, it sends the client a file name. This file name is the boot image file the client needs to download.
4. The client receives that file name and downloads it from the TFTP server located at the boot server system.
5. Finally, the client loads the boot image in memory, runs it, and starts the boot process. During the process, the client downloads other boot images from the TFTP server as needed.
Configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit
You can configure your system to be a boot server for the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux, allowing client systems to boot the IBM Installation Toolkit from the network.
Before you begin
Before starting, you must have the following items: v A TFTP server installed and working on your system v An IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or ISO image file
Note: This tool currently works only on Power Systems servers. If you want to configure an IBM Installation Toolkit boot server in other type of system, you can manually configure the server. See the instructions in the “Manually configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 22 topic. You can configure the boot server using this tool only when using IBM Installation Toolkit in installed mode. See “IBM Installation Toolkit running modes” on page 7.
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Procedure
1. Open the user interface.
2. Select Configure the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit. 3. Enter the following information:
v TFTP export path: This directory is where the TFTP server hosts the files that are accessed through it. Files related to the network boot feature of IBM Installation Toolkit are copied to this location, so that they can be accessed by client systems. Make sure that your TFTP server software is correctly configured to use this directory by looking at its configuration file. Consult the documentation of your TFTP server software for details.
v IBMIT media source: This field indicates where the IBM Installation Toolkit media is available to be read: CD/DVD-ROM drive or ISO image file. Files that are required to configure the boot server must be retrieved from the IBM Installation Toolkit media, so this field is required.
4. If you chose ISO image as the IBM Installation Toolkit media source, browse your file system and select the ISO image file to be used.
5. Confirm your choices and click Next to start the boot server configuration process.
The process takes place in background and can be followed in the Task monitor at any time.
Manually configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit
You can manually configure your system to be a boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux. If you are using a system other than a Power Systems server, manual configuration is your only
configuration option.
Before you begin
Before manually configuring the boot server, you must have the following items: v A TFTP server installed and working on your system
v An IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or ISO image file
About this task
Note: For these instructions, the following conventions apply:
tftpdir The TFTP server chroot directory, usually /tftpboot. mountdir
The directory where the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image or DVD is mounted
isofile The IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image file
To manually configure the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. Mount the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image file or DVD. mount -o loop -t iso9660 isofile mountdir
2. Copy the IBM Installation Toolkit boot images to the TFTP server: mkdir -p tftpdir/ppc/
cp mountdir/boot/img1 tftpdir/ppc/ cp mountdir/boot/img2a tftpdir/ppc/ cp mountdir/boot/img3a tftpdir/ppc/ cp mountdir/boot/img4a tftpdir/ppc/
3. Copy the boot loader configuration files to the TFTP server: cp mountdir/etc/yaboot_net.conf tftpdir/etc/yaboot.conf cp mountdir/etc/hardware.txt tftpdir/etc/hardware.txt 4. Unmount the IBM Installation Toolkit media.
umount mountdir
Managing client systems for the boot server
You can register client systems to use network booting. These client systems can then boot the IBM Installation Toolkit for PowerLinux by using the network from this boot server.
Before you begin
Before starting, you must have the following items:
v Your system configured to act as an IBM Installation Toolkit boot server. See “Configuring the boot server for IBM Installation Toolkit” on page 21 for information.
v DHCP server installed and working on your system.
Note: This tool is intended for use on IBM Power Systems servers. If you want to use an IBM Installation Toolkit boot server configured in other type of system, you must manually configure the client. For instructions, see “Manually configuring a client system for the IBM Installation Toolkit boot server” on page 27.
You can manage clients for the boot server only when using IBM Installation Toolkit in installed mode. See “IBM Installation Toolkit running modes” on page 7.
About this task
This procedure changes the DHCP server configuration file. It also restarts the DHCP server so that changes take effect and some configuration updates are completed in the TFTP boot server. The DHCP configuration file is updated only if the changes are applied.
Complete the following steps:
Procedure
1. Open the user interface.
2. Open Manage client systems for the boot server.
Clients that are in the DHCP configuration file but are not registered with the IBM Installation Toolkit are listed. You can import and automatically register them by selecting those clients and select Import. If you do not want to import clients, select Skip.
The main screen displays all the registered clients. To view clients that belong to a subnet, select the subnet and click Filter. You can also add, edit, and delete clients or add, edit, or delete a subnet. Finally, you can edit DHCP headers. After performing any actions, you must click Apply changes for them to take effect. See “Applying changes” on page 27.
Adding a client
You can add a client for the boot server from the Manage client systems window.
Before you begin
You can manage clients for the boot server only when using IBM Installation Toolkit in installed mode. See “IBM Installation Toolkit running modes” on page 7.
About this task
Procedure
1. Open the user interface.
2. Open Manage client systems for the boot server. 3. On the Client Systems Management window, select Add. 4. Enter the following client parameters:
v Hostname: The client system host name, an identifier used to create this system entry into the dhcpd.conf file. This name is an arbitrary name, and not an Internet hostname, such as somename.ibm.com.
v Subnet: Select the subnet of the new client. To manage the available subnets, select Manage
subnets. Refer to Managing subnets for details.
v IP address: The IP address that is assigned to the MAC (hardware) address of this system. This address is fixed and assigned to this system every time it connects to the local network.
v MAC address: The client system MAC address of the network device being used to boot through network.
v Comments: Additional comments used to identify this client system. This field is optional. 5. When you are finished entering the information, click Add.
Note: You must click Apply changes for the changes to take effect. See “Applying changes” on page 27.
Editing a client
You can edit a client from the Manage client systems window.
Before you begin
You can manage clients for the boot server only when using IBM Installation Toolkit in installed mode. See “IBM Installation Toolkit running modes” on page 7.
About this task
To edit a client, follow these steps:
Procedure
1. Open the user interface.
2. Open Manage client systems for the boot server.
3. On the Client Systems Management window, select the client that you want to edit and click Edit. 4. Modify the client parameters that you want to change.
v Hostname: The client system host name, an identifier used to create this system entry into the dhcpd.conf file. This name is an arbitrary name, and not an Internet hostname, such as somename.ibm.com.
v Subnet: Select the subnet of the new client. To manage the available subnets, select Manage
subnets. Refer to Managing subnets for details.
v IP address: The IP address that is assigned to the MAC (hardware) address of this system. This address is fixed and assigned to this system every time it connects to the local network.
v MAC address: The client system MAC address of the network device being used to boot through network.
v Comments: Additional comments used to identify this client system. This field is optional. 5. When you are finished, click OK.
Note: You must click Apply changes for the changes to take effect. See “Applying changes” on page 27.
