Need Help In Setting Up a p570

[makesysb]

Hello All,

thanks in advance. I wish to know where coud i find the procedure to setup my disks using HMC for a p570 server which has 16 cpus and 64gigs of RAM. please help how do i learn which disk is in which drawer.


thanks
SNC

 

[hfaix]

You will need to bring up a full system partition and inventory the machine using

lsslot -c slot

this will show you slots, then you will need to track it from slots since the HMC doesn't see devices.

My p570's happen to have hdisks in slot T-12

U7879.001.DQD1XXX-P1-T12 Logical I/O Slot pci19 sisscsia1
root@myhost:/home/root/-> lsdev -p pci19
sisscsia1 Available 0J-08 PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI Adapter
root@myhost:/home/root/-> lsdev -p sisscsia1
scsi1 Available 0J-08-00 PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI Adapter bus
root@myhost:/home/root/-> lsdev -p scsi1
hdisk0 Available 0J-08-00-4,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 0J-08-00-5,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
ses1 Available 0J-08-00-15,0 SCSI Enclosure Services Device

so in this case, I would give CECDQD -slot T12, to which ever lpar I wanted to give these hdisk.

Does this help? The XXX in U7879.001.DQD1XXX-P1-T12 tells you which CEC (drawer) the slot is in. This is called the S/N under the cover in each CEC.

 

[makesysb]

Thanks again, just needed to know how do i get into the console login or command login on the HMC for this server. do i need to go to partition and then click on console login inorder for me to get a aix root prompt.

thanks
SNC

 

[hfaix]

I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you having troubles getting logged into the partition or the HMC?

 

[makesysb]

is there any reference material where i could lookup and see if i could get a checklist of how to configure the lpar etc etc and also i am able to get into the HMC but from there how can i get the aix root prompt.

thanks
SNC

 

[DukeSSD]

Again your questions are not clear.

Was the system ordered with AIX installed ?
Have you configered any LPARs ?
Does the system start up ?

To configure the LPARs you create an LPAR and then add the resources you want.
To get the AIX prompt you right click on the LPAR and open a terminal.

The 570 locations are available in infocenter:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/eserver/

For the 570 try this page:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphau/locsql4mlx.htm#locsql4mlx

If you are starting from scratch go here and follow the links down the left hand side from the top:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/index.htm

Good luck !

 

[makesysb]

thanks a lot all of you who have responded to my query. also if there is anymore information i would get back to you guys. presently working on it.


thanks and have a good day

SNC