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by Thomas Libor PhD, Sorin Hanganu, Sylvain Delabarre
IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide
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Chapter 1. Hardware Management Console overview
1.1 Overview of Hardware Management Console (HMC)
1.1.1 Introduction to the Hardware Management Console
1.1.2 What’s new in Managing the HMC through the HMC Enhanced+ interface
1.1.3 Functionality improvements
1.1.4 Major functions of the Hardware Management Console
1.2 Enhancements in HMC Version 8
1.2.1 Further enhancements to Enhanced+ user interface
1.2.2 Virtual storage diagrams
1.2.3 NIST support for HMC
1.2.4 HMC Virtual Appliance
1.2.5 PowerVC NovaLink overview
1.2.6 Live Partition Mobility improvements in PowerVM 2.2.4
1.2.7 IBM i virtual terminal changes
1.2.8 Single root I/O virtualization support
1.2.9 vNIC: Introducing PowerVM Virtual Networking Technology
1.2.10 Dynamic Partition Remote Restart
1.2.11 Absolute value for the partition command-line interface
1.2.12 POWER8 processor-based systems support
1.2.13 Performance usage metrics
1.2.14 Power Integrated Facility for Linux (Power IFL)
1.2.15 Save Area improvements
1.2.16 Dynamic Platform Optimizer
1.2.17 Power Enterprise Pools and the HMC
1.2.18 The myHMC application
1.3 Hardware Models
Chapter 2. Planning
2.1 System plans
2.2 What is new in system plans
2.3 System planning tool
2.3.1 System plan conversion
2.3.2 Preparing for system plan conversion
2.3.3 Limitations of system plan conversion
2.3.4 Work with system plans in the HMC
2.3.5 Importing a system plan to the HMC
2.3.6 Exporting a system plan from the HMC
2.3.7 Creating a system plan on the HMC
2.3.8 Viewing a system plan on the HMC
2.3.9 Removing a system plan on the HMC
2.4 System plans deployment
2.4.1 Deployment validation process
2.4.2 Deploy a system plan by using the graphical wizard
2.5 System and partition templates
2.5.1 Template types
2.5.2 Predefined and custom templates
2.5.3 Template overview
2.5.4 Template workflow
2.5.5 Template contents
2.5.6 Accessing templates
2.5.7 System templates
2.5.8 Viewing a system template
2.5.9 Creating a system template
2.5.10 Editing a system template
2.5.11 Deploying a template
2.5.12 Exporting a system template
2.5.13 Deleting a system template
2.6 Partition templates
2.6.1 Viewing templates
2.6.2 Creating templates
2.6.3 Editing templates
2.6.4 Deploying templates
2.6.5 Exporting templates
2.6.6 Deleting templates
2.7 Virtualization introduction
2.7.1 PowerVM introduction
2.7.2 Virtualization by using an HMC
2.8 Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) on the HMC
2.8.1 Dual HMC and redundancy
2.8.2 RAID 1 protection
Chapter 3. Installation upgrade and updates
3.1 DVD and ISO image installations
3.1.1 Physical HMC installation
3.1.2 VMware installation
3.1.3 KVM installation
3.2 Virtual appliances installations
3.2.1 VMware virtual appliance deployment
3.2.2 KVM virtual appliance deployment
3.2.3 VMware appliance deployment with Activation Engine
3.2.4 KVM virtual appliance deployment with AE
3.3 HMC Install Wizard
3.4 HMC update
3.5 HMC upgrade to a new software level
Chapter 4. Configuring
4.1 Network configuration
4.1.1 Types of HMC network configurations
4.1.2 Configuring the HMC network settings
4.1.3 Test network connectivity
4.1.4 View network topology
4.2 User management
4.2.1 Change User Password option
4.2.2 Manage User Profiles and Access option
4.2.3 Manage Users and Tasks option
4.2.4 Manage Task and Resource Roles option
4.2.5 User Password Policy
4.3 Systems and Console Security options
4.3.1 Manage Certificates option
4.3.2 Manage LDAP option
4.3.3 Manage KDC option
4.3.4 Enable Remote Command Execution option
4.3.5 Enable Remote Operation option
4.3.6 Enable Remote Virtual Terminal option
4.4 Miscellaneous configurations
4.4.1 Launch Guided Setup Wizard selection
4.4.2 Change Performance Monitoring Settings selection
4.4.3 Change Date and Time selection
4.4.4 Change Language and Locale selection
Chapter 5. Operating
5.1 User interfaces
5.1.1 Web-based user interface
5.1.2 Command-line interface (CLI)
5.1.3 REST API
5.2 Management of the HMC
5.2.1 Console Settings
5.2.2 Console Management
5.2.3 Templates and OS Management
5.2.4 Updates
5.2.5 Users and Roles
5.2.6 Systems and Console Security
5.2.7 Deferred management tasks
5.3 Console Management
5.3.1 Shut Down or Restart the Management Console
5.3.2 Schedule Operations
5.3.3 View Licenses
5.3.4 Update the Hardware Management Console
5.3.5 Format Media
5.3.6 Backup Management Console Data
5.3.7 Restore Management Console Data
5.3.8 Save Upgrade Data
5.3.9 Manage Data Replication
5.4 Resource management
5.4.1 All Systems
5.4.2 All Partitions
5.4.3 All Virtual I/O Servers
5.4.4 All Frames
5.4.5 All Shared Storage Pool Clusters
5.4.6 All Power Enterprise Pools
5.4.7 All Groups
5.5 Systems Management for Servers
5.5.1 Add a server
5.5.2 The server management panel
5.5.3 Server management
5.6 Partition management
5.6.1 Viewing and changing the partition properties
5.7 Dynamic partitioning
5.7.1 Changing processor or memory settings
5.7.2 Adding or removing a physical adapter
5.8 Virtual Network management
5.8.1 Adding new virtual networks
5.8.2 Removing a VLAN
5.9 Virtual Storage management
5.9.1 Allocation of a physical volume
5.9.2 Allocation of a Shared Storage Pool volume
5.9.3 Allocation of a logical volume
5.9.4 Removing storage
5.9.5 Allocation of a Fibre Channel Storage adapter
5.9.6 Removing a virtual Fibre Channel adapter
5.9.7 Virtual optical devices
5.10 Managing hardware-virtualized I/O adapters
5.10.1 Adding a logical host Ethernet port
5.10.2 Modifying a logical host Ethernet port
5.10.3 Removing a logical host Ethernet port
5.11 Capacity on Demand (CoD)
5.11.1 Advantages of CoD
5.11.2 CoD offerings
5.11.3 Managing CoD with the HMC
5.11.4 Managing PowerVM with the HMC
5.11.5 Managing Power Enterprise Pools
Chapter 6. Service support
6.1 Overview of menu options
6.2 Session handling
6.2.1 Session limitations
6.3 Serviceability
6.3.1 Serviceable Events Manager
6.3.2 Create Serviceable Event
6.3.3 Manage Dumps
6.3.4 Transmit Service Information
6.3.5 Schedule Service Information
6.3.6 Format Media
6.4 Connectivity
6.4.1 Enable Electronic Service Agent option
6.4.2 Manage Outbound Connectivity task.
6.4.3 Manage Inbound Connectivity
6.4.4 Manage Customer Information
6.4.5 Manage Serviceable Event Notification
6.4.6 Manage Connection Monitoring
6.5 Hardware operations
6.5.1 Power On/Off IO Unit
6.5.2 Add FRU
6.5.3 Exchange FRU
6.5.4 Remove FRU
6.5.5 Add Enclosure
6.5.6 Remove Enclosure
6.5.7 Open MES
6.5.8 Close MES
6.5.9 Set up service processor failover
6.5.10 Initiate service processor failover
6.6 Software maintenance introduction
6.7 HMC Data backup
6.8 Restoring HMC data
6.9 Updating, upgrading, and migrating your HMC machine code
6.9.1 Determining your HMC machine code version and release
6.9.2 Applying machine code updates for the HMC with an Internet connection
6.9.3 Applying machine code updates for the HMC using a DVD or FTP server
6.9.4 HMC software maintenance
6.9.5 Determining which firmware or fix level is correct for your system
6.9.6 Managed system firmware updates
6.10 Advanced System Management Interface
6.10.1 What is new in managing the ASMI
6.10.2 Connecting to ASMI
6.10.3 Log in to ASMI
6.10.4 Power and restart control
6.10.5 System Service Aids menu options
6.10.6 System Information menu options
6.10.7 System Configuration menu options
6.10.8 Network Services menu options
6.10.9 Performance Setup menu options
6.10.10 On Demand Utilities menu options
6.10.11 Login Profile menu options
Chapter 7. Performance and capacity monitoring
7.1 Overview
7.2 Enabling Performance and Capacity Monitor data collection
7.3 Graphical user interface (GUI)
7.3.1 Accessing the Performance and Capacity Monitor home page
7.3.2 Performance and Capacity Monitor home page
7.3.3 Changing the Performance and Capacity Monitor home page settings
7.3.4 Current Resource Utilization pane
7.4 Views pane
7.4.1 Server Overview view
7.4.2 Processor Utilization Trend view
7.4.3 Memory Utilization Trend view
7.4.4 Network Utilization Trend view
7.4.5 Storage Utilization Trend view
7.5 Troubleshooting
Chapter 8. Good practices
8.1 Planning
8.1.1 Do I need an HMC
8.1.2 HMC models
8.1.3 Physical location of an HMC
8.1.4 Planning for network connectivity
8.1.5 Private versus open
8.1.6 Customer setup
8.1.7 Documentation
8.2 Initial configuration
8.2.1 Install and configure the HMC first
8.2.2 Changing passwords
8.2.3 Creating user IDs
8.2.4 Configuring the call-home capability
8.2.5 Configure customer notification
8.3 Security
8.3.1 Network security
8.3.2 Network access between HMC and service processor
8.3.3 Restricted shell on the HMC
8.3.4 Auditing capabilities of the HMC
8.3.5 Managing and understanding security vulnerabilities on the HMC
8.3.6 Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC)
8.4 Problem determination
8.4.1 Problem analysis
8.4.2 Problem logging and tracking
8.4.3 Problem correction
8.5 Maintaining Licensed Internal Code
8.5.1 Management Console Data backups
8.5.2 HMC code installation, upgrade, or update overview
8.5.3 Install and recovery
8.5.4 Upgrade
8.5.5 Updates
8.5.6 HMC code update on multiple machines
8.5.7 HMC code remotely install/upgrade
8.5.8 Network installation, update, backup, and restore
8.5.9 Tips for maintaining Licensed Internal Code
8.6 Maintaining system firmware
8.6.1 Concurrent versus disruptive updates
8.6.2 Memory considerations for firmware upgrades
Appendix A. myHMC
Installation
Configuration
Operation
Appendix B. CLI commands examples
Appendix C. IBM product engineering debug data collection
Preparing to collect the pedbg
Run the PE debug (pedbg) collection command
Offload pedbg collection
Sending the data to IBM
Appendix D. Live Partition Mobility support log collection
Background information
HMC log collection
Operating system log collection
Virtual I/O Server Mover Server Partition snaps
Hypervisor HMC resource dump
Sending logs to IBM
Appendix E. Preboot Execution Environment
HMC network installation, backup, and restore setup
Installing the HMC over network
Automating the process
Using HMC Recovery DVDs to perform network installation
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