Installing the Virtual I/O Server and enabling the Integrated Virtualization Manager on IBM Power Systems™ servers
When you install the Virtual I/O Server in an environment where no Hardware Management Console (HMC) is present, the Virtual I/O Server automatically creates a management partition whose interface is the Integrated Virtualization Manager.
Before you start, ensure that you have completed the following tasks:
- Verify that you have cabled the server. Specifically, ensure that you have connected a serial cable from a PC or ASCII terminal to a system port on the server.
- Verify that the system disk has been formatted to contain 512 bytes per sector. The Virtual I/O Server only recognizes disks that have been formatted for 512 bytes per sector.
- Verify that you have access to the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) by using the Web interface.
- Verify that you have administrator or authorized service provider authority in ASMI.
- Using the Web-based ASMI, change the following settings
as appropriate for the type of partition on which you are installing
the Integrated Virtualization Manager:
For an AIX® or Linux partition, complete the following steps to change the partition boot mode:
- In the navigation area, expand Power/Restart Control.
- Click Power On/Off System.
- Select Boot to SMS menu in the AIX or Linux partition mode by boot field.
- If you are installing the Integrated Virtualization Manager on an IBM® System i® model, select AIX or Linux in the Default partition environment field.
- Click Save settings and power on.
- Open a terminal session on the PC, using an application such as HyperTerminal, and wait for the SMS menu to appear. Be sure that the line speed is set to 19,200 bits per second to communicate with the system unit.
- Using the Web-based ASMI, change the partition boot
mode back so that the server loads the operating environment during
startup:
- Expand Power/Restart Control.
- Click Power On/Off System.
- Select Continue to operating system in the AIX or Linux partition mode boot field.
- Click Save settings.
To install the Virtual I/O Server and enable the Integrated Virtualization Manager, complete the following steps:
After you install the Integrated Virtualization Manager, finish the installation
by accepting the license agreement, checking for updates, and configuring
the TCP/IP connection. For instructions, see Finishing the Integrated Virtualization
Manager installation.