Recently work required the procurement of a new power 10 server, so that an aging power 8 server could be taken out of the mix and decommissioned. This required researching what was required for CPU, memory, types of networking adapters and fibre adapters. Once that was determined, the process was started to order in a…
Category: VIOS
Setup new Power950 Server
Recently a new power9 950 was purchased, so it has to be brought into the environment and setup. The specific 950 in question (9040-MR9) is a bit longer than previous versions. This means that things can get quite tight in the back of the server rack, possibly, interfering with the proper closing of the rear…
Using NIM to install a VIOS
Instead of using DVD or the HMC to install the VIO server, it can be pushed out from the NIM server. To accomplish this, one would want to configure the nim environment first. The steps below are anticipating a VIOS 3.1 version. Download Virtual_IO_Server_3.1.x.x_flash.iso # from IBM ESS Copy flash ISO to the nim server…