Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning

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Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning

Course Code: AN11G

Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisites: 

This introductory course does not require any logical partitioning experience.
General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended. This prerequisite can be met by attending TCP/IP for AIX System Administrators (AN21G).

Course Description:

Learn how to perform system administration in a Power Systems environment. Learn about the features of PowerVM Editions and how to configure and manage LPARs running AIX V7.1 using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Course Objectives:

•    Describe important concepts that are associated with managing POWER8 processor-based systems, such as logical partitioning, dynamic partitioning, virtual devices, virtual processors, virtual consoles, virtual local area network (VLAN), and shared processors
•    Describe the features of the PowerVM editions
•    Describe the functions provided by the HMC
•    Configure and manage the HMC, including users and permissions, software, start and shutdown, remote access features, network configuration, security features, HMC backup and restore options, and the HMC reload procedure
•    Describe the rules that are associated with allocating resources, including dedicated processors, processing units for Micro-Partitioning, memory, logical host Ethernet adapter, and physical I/O for AIX and Linux partitions
•    Configure and manage LPARs by using the HMC graphical user interface (GUI) and HMC commands
•    Interpret physical and AIX location codes and relate to the key hardware components
•    Power on and power off the Power Systems server
•    Use the HMC to back up and restore partition data
•    Perform dynamic LPAR operations (DLPAR)

Intended Audience:

This course is appropriate for system administrators, technical support individuals, and IBM business partners who implement LPARs on IBM Power Systems.

Course Outlines:

Day 1
•    Welcome
•    Unit 1: Introduction to partitioning
•    Exercise 1: Introduction to partitioning
•    Unit 2: Hardware system overview
•    Exercise 2: System hardware components
•    Unit 3: Hardware Management Console

Day 2
•    Unit 3: Hardware Management Console (continued)
•    Exercise 3: Exploring the HMC V8 interface
•    Unit 4: Hardware Management Console maintenance
•    Exercise 4: HMC and managed system maintenance
•    Unit 5: System power management
•    Exercise 5: System power management
•    Unit 6: Planning and configuring logical partitions

Day 3
•    Unit 6: Planning and configuring logical partitions (continued)
•    Exercise 6: Configuring logical partitions
•    Unit 7: Partition operations
•    Exercise 7: Partition operations
•    Unit 8: Dynamic LPAR operations
•    Exercise 8: Dynamic LPAR operations