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Running Standalone Diagnostics from a Network Installation Management (NIM) Server with an HMC
Attached to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
NIM Server Configuration
Client Configuration and Booting Standalone Diagnostics from the NIM Server . . . . . . . . . 34
Running System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Performing Additional System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stopping the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Verify that the Latest Firmware and Adapter and Drive Microcode are Installed . . . . . . . . . . 36
Verify that the Latest HMC Software is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Access the System Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Accessing Hardware Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Accessing System Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Verify Partition Standby and Full System Partition Power Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Final Installation Tasks
Complete System Records and Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configure the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 4. Completing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Step 1. Bezels and Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Step 2. Complete Installation Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
TTY Terminal Console and the System is Not Partitioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Graphics Terminal Console and the System is Not Partitioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
HMC-Managed System Using a Single Full System Partition
HMC-Managed System with Multiple Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 5. Installing Options for the pSeries 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Handling Static-Sensitive Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Color Coded Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Stopping the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disk Drive Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Preinstallation Considerations for Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing Hot-Plug SCSI Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing Hot-Plug SCSI Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring and Deconfiguring SCSI Hot-Swap Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing Media Drives
Installing a Drive in the Optional Media Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PCI Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing and Replacing a PCI Adapter Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Non-Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter Removal and Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PCI Adapter or Blank Filler Removal from a Cassette Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing an Adapter in a PCI Adapter Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Short Adapter or Blank Filler Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Long Adapter Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Capacity Upgrade on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Permanent Processors on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Permanent Memory on Demand
On Demand On/Off Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trial Capacity on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Capacity Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Software Licenses and Processor on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Activating Process for Capacity Upgrade on Demand Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Appendix A. Communications Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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