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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. Remove any removable media (tape or CD-ROM disc).
2. Stop all programs including the AIX operating system (get help if needed).
3.
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.
In a partitioned system, make the CD-ROM drive available to the partition used to
run standalone diagnostics (refer to the Hardware Management Console for
pSeries Operations Guide for more information). Verify with the system
administrator and system users 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.
4. 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.
5. When the keyboard indicator is displayed (the word keyboard on a HMC virtual
terminal window or the keyboard icon on a graphical display), press the number 1
key on the keyboard to display the SMS menu.
6. Enter any requested passwords.
7. Select Utilities.
8. Depending on the console type, select RIPL or Remote Initial Program Load
Setup.
9. Enter the client address, server address, gateway address (if applicable), and
subnet mask. If you are using a graphical interface Click Save. Exit to the SMS
Utilities screen.
10. 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 and Concerns section of the
To temporarily change the system bootlist so that the network adapter attached to the
NIM server network is first in the bootlist, do the following:
1. Exit to the SMS Main screen.
2. Depending on the console type, select Multiboot or Select Boot Devices.
3. Depending on the console type, select Boot Sequence or Select Boot Devices.
4. Record the current bootlist settings. (You must set the bootlist back to the original
settings after running diagnostics from the NIM server.)
Eserver pSeries 670 Service Guide and follow the steps for network boot
problems.
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