Installing 5.3 via the NIM

[june54]

Hello Folks

Has anyone install 5.3 from the nim to a client on a different network ...When I kick off the server prints this out on the command line " BOOTP server" and just hangs there. What am I doing wrong .. Any help will be appreicated ....

Thanks

 

[plamb]

make sure firewall are open for for bpptp and tftp etc

 

[wsw3]

NIM allows you to define another NIM network object in case the client and server reside on different networks. You can then associate the client with that network. You may need to do this.

If new to NIM, check out the man page for the nimdef command which will allow you to preview and then define a client given an input file which contains information about the client and its network settings.

HTH..

 

[plamb]

Our NIM server has access to 30 different networks form a single "admin" network

 

[june54]

Hello Plamb and WSW3

Thanks for the info .. I have found out from our network folks that the network is configured not to use the MAC address from outside network it uses the IPaddress . I have made the entry for the Network Address on the master for the client to '0' According to tne man pages it will use the ipaddress . When I execute it still hangs at EIAD. I have setup to networks which are ent-network and network

Thanks

 

[wsw3]

What type of client host is it? Is it a LPAR? Standalone machine? P4, P5?

Is the client connected to an HMC? If connected to a HMC (or it has a console display), have you booted the host into SMS and then changed both the boot device order and the remote ipl options to tell it how to connect to the NIM server?

If so, do a ping test within SMS to see if the client can communicate with the NIM server and let us know the results.

 

[june54]

Hello WSW3

I failed to mention what type of system it was ... I am trying to upgrade a JS20 blade .. SMS is not on the JS20 blade . It is a standalone

Thanks

 

[wsw3]

If it's a JS20 blade, the NIM server and client may need to be on the same network. There's some extra configuration work required.

Check out the following page for more details:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...l/doc/insgdrf/HT_insgdrf_nim_install_js20.htm

If the link does not work, google the following:
aix nim js20

HTH