P615-6C3 rebuild

[johng75]

i have an older IBM that needs to be rebuilt, all existing HD's have been backed up, labeled and tagged with new drives... problem is i cant figure out how to setup or configure a new HMC server to interact with it, and i can configure the new HD's for a new array...

i guess my biggest issue is i cant setup the array, once that is setup ive already booted from the install disk for aix, but cant point towards a valid install place...


(SN: the origional HD's still boot up fine and the OS loads, but im looking for larger drives)





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[chgwhat]

A newer HMC does not support a Power 4 system, these need a serial hmc connection.

You should be able to boot AIX diagnostics, and setup the array from there. You will need either a serial console, or local keyboard mouse and graphic if it has a graphics card.

Tony ... aka chgwhat

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