Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning

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).

Training Paths that reference this course are:

AIX Users and System Administration

IBM Power systems for AIX virtualization

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

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).

1. AN11G: Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning
2. Overview
3. Recommended duration: 3 Days
4. Skill level: Intermediate
5. 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).
6. Training Paths that reference this course are:
7. AIX Users and System Administration
8. IBM Power systems for AIX virtualization
9. Audience
10. Prerequisites
11. Key topics
12. Day 1
1. Welcome
2. Unit 1: Introduction to partitioning
3. Exercise 1: Introduction to partitioning
4. Unit 2: Hardware system overview
5. Exercise 2: System hardware components
6. Unit 3: Hardware Management Console
13. Day 2
1. Unit 3: Hardware Management Console (continued)
2. Exercise 3: Exploring the HMC V8 interface
3. Unit 4: Hardware Management Console maintenance
4. Exercise 4: HMC and managed system maintenance
5. Unit 5: System power management
6. Exercise 5: System power management
7. Unit 6: Planning and configuring logical partitions
14. Day 3
1. Unit 6: Planning and configuring logical partitions (continued)
2. Exercise 6: Configuring logical partitions
3. Unit 7: Partition operations
4. Exercise 7: Partition operations
5. Unit 8: Dynamic LPAR operations
6. Exercise 8: Dynamic LPAR operations