Filter
Top Products
Client Configuration and Booting Standalone Diagnostics from the NIM Server
To run standalone diagnostics on a client from the NIM server, do the following:
1. Stop all programs including the AIX operating system (get help if needed).
2. If you are running standalone diagnostics in a full system partition, verify with the
system administrator and system users that the system unit can shut down. Stop all
programs, including the AIX operating system. Refer to the AIX operating system
documentation for shutdown command information.
Verify with the system administrator and system users who are using that partition
that all applications on that partition must be stopped, and that the partition will be
rebooted. Stop all programs on that partition, including the operating system.
3. If you are in a full system partition, power on the system unit to run standalone
diagnostics. In a partitioned system, reboot the partition to run standalone
diagnostics.
4. When the keyboard indicator is displayed (the word keyboard on an HMC virtual
terminal window), press the number 1 key on the keyboard to display the SMS
menu.
5. Enter any requested passwords.
6. Select Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load).
7. Enter the client address, server address, gateway address (if applicable), and
subnet mask. Exit to the Network Parameters screen.
8. If the NIM server is set up to allow pinging from the client system, use the ping
utility in the RIPL utility to verify that the client system can ping the NIM server.
Under the ping utility, choose the network adapter that provides the attachment to
the NIM server to do the ping operation. If the ping returns with an OK prompt, the
client is prepared to boot from the NIM server. If ping returns with a FAILED prompt,
the client cannot proceed with the NIM boot.
Note: If the ping fails, refer to the
Boot Problems
section of the Eserver
pSeries
670 Service Guide
and follow the steps for network boot problems.
To do a one-time boot of the network adapter attached to the NIM server network, do
the following:
1. Exit to the SMS Main screen.
2. Select Select Boot Options.
3. Select Install or Boot a Device.
4. On the Select Device Type screen, select Network.
5. Set the network parameters for the adapter from which you want to boot.
6. Exit completely from SMS.
The system starts loading packets while doing a bootp from the network.
Follow the instructions on the screen to select the system console.
v If Diagnostics Operating Instructions Version x.x.x displays, standalone
diagnostics have loaded successfully.
v If the AIX login prompt displays, standalone diagnostics did not load. Check the
following items:
Chapter 5. Using the Online and Standalone Diagnostics 91