Step 1. Completing the prerequisites

Before starting the installation, complete the following prerequisites:

• There must be adequate disk space and memory available. AIX® requires minimum of 4 GB of memory and 20 GB of physical disk space. For additional release information, see the AIX Release Notes that correspond to the level of your AIX operating system.
• All requisite hardware, including any external devices (such as DVD-ROM drives), must be physically connected. If you need further information, refer to the hardware documentation that accompanied your system.
• The installation media must be loaded in the boot device.
• The system must be set to boot from the device in which the installation media is loaded. Refer to the hardware documentation that accompanied your system for instructions on setting the boot device.
• Before you begin the installation, other users who have access to your system must be logged off.
• If the system you are installing is currently running, create or locate a backup of the system. For instructions on how to create a system backup, refer to Creating system backups.
• If your system needs to communicate with other systems and access their resources, make sure you have the information in the following worksheet before proceeding with installation:

  Table 1. Network Configuration Information Worksheet

  Network Attribute	Value
  Network Adapter
  Host Name
  IP Address	_______.________.________.________
  Network Mask	_______.________.________.________
  Nameserver	_______.________.________.________
  Domain Name
  Gateway	_______.________.________.________