HMC on POWER and Enhanced UI Deep Dive

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1 HMC on POWER and Enhanced UI Deep Dive Allyn Walsh and Bob Schuster Power Systems Washington Systems Center 2016 IBM Corporation

2 Roadmap 15-Sep PowerVM support 2 11-Nov May Nov GA 1 ESXi 5 RHEL 6.x RHEL 7 Ubuntu Xen Activation Engine Enhancements Note: HMC V8.860 and V8.870 can comanage the same servers, this could be used during transition from the Classic mode to Enhanced UI 1 Announcement Letter at 2 Announcement Letter at 1

3 New HMC options with V8R8.7.0 code level New POWER8 based HMC Hardware Appliance 7063-CR1 HMC on Power REST GUI CLI New Power HMC virtual appliance HMC on Power REST GUI CLI Hardware Mgmt Service Mgmt PowerVM Mgmt POWER8 LE OS Based on the Power S821LC The HMC, based on POWER technology, is a dedicated-function device used solely for the control and service functions of IBM Power Systems. It can be used to manage any of the systems that are supported by the version HMC (P6, P7 & P8) Ann letter ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENU S /index.html&request_locale=en Hardware Mgmt Service Mgmt POWER8 LE OS (firmware 830 or later) PowerVM PowerVM Mgmt POWER8 based system This is the first version of the HMC virtual appliance that runs on POWER8 technology-based processors in an LPAR. It can be used to manage any of the systems that are supported by the version HMC Ann letter ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/E NUS /index.html&request_locale=en 2

4 HMC Upgrade Planning - HMC V8.810 supported upgrade paths N-2 V7R plus PTF MH01402 or V7R , or later V7R V7 R7.9.0 or V8 R8.1.0 can be upgraded to V V8 R8.1.0 or V8 R8.2.0 can be upgraded to V V8 R8.2.0 or V8 R8.3.0 can be upgraded to V V8 R8.3.0 or V8 R8.4.0 can be upgraded to V V8 R8.4.0 or V8 R8.5.0 be upgraded to V V8 R8.5.0 or V8 R8.6.0 be upgraded to V (GA - Sep 15, 2017) POWER5 servers are not supported by HMC V8 Machine-Type-Models (MTM) supported Note: is the last to support the CR5, CR6, C08 and last Ver/Rel to support Classic mode HMC V8.870 is required for new 7063-CR1 and vhmc on POWER. Requires CR7 or later x86 HMC appliance. This is also supported with vhmc on x86 Memory Requires minimum of 2GB to install. 4GB for Enhanced GUI. 16GB or more recommended. (CR7 and CR8 start with base 8GB) Max of 48 servers (non 795 models) / Max of /795 servers Max of 1024 VMs Support Center Recommended Fixes - HMC Code Upgrades <<<< upgrade details 3

5 The Readme - Upgrade notes HMC V8 R8.7.0 continues to provide support for POWER6, POWER7, and POWER8 processor-based systems. HMC V8R8.7.0 is the last release to provide support for POWER6 systems. HMC V8 R8.7.0 supports the following HMC models: Rack Mount: 7042 CR7, CR8, CR9, OE1 and OE2 Open Power: 7063-CR1 HMC V8 R8.7.0 does not support 7042 models CR2, CR3, CR4, CR5, CR6, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07 and C08. HMC V8 R8.7.0 does not allow "Classic" GUI log in. The functions that were previously available in the HMC Classic interface are now available in the HMC Enhanced+ interface. For further information see: (These are links directly to a set of live demo videos create by Nigel Griffiths on the Enhanced+ UI the second link is to a document outlining task steps - Classic to Enhanced+ UI) and 4

6 Recommended Fixes - HMC Code Upgrades Note: HMC V8.870 will be the last ver/rel to support POWER6 This document provides instructions for updating HMC Version with the latest fixes for Verify the HMC is at Version 8 Release If the HMC is not at 8.8.7, you must first upgrade to To upgrade the HMC to Version 8.8.7, refer to document N , Upgrading the HMC from Version or Later to Version Determine the type of HMC (x86 versus ppc64) Starting with V8R8.7 all HMC Recovery images, network images, ifixes, and Service Packs are published in two formats, x86 and ppc. There is a unique PTF number/download for each. Determine which PTF/download is need based on the HMC model or vhmc component. 5

7 Upgrade and fixes NOTE: new distribution options There are now two distribution packages starting with HMC V8.870: 1) Traditional x86 based 2) Power based (ppc64) 6

8 HMC on a 1U POWER CR1 HW Configuration 7063-CR1 configuration P8 120W 6C CPU 1 4 X 8GB = 32 GB DIMM 2 X 2TB 3.5 SATA HDD RAID 1 RAIL bracket for round hole rack mounts 3 port USB2.0 hub in front of the server HW Upgrade Options NONE HW Warranty 1 year 5x9 NBD Base FRU/CRU structure like CR9 Image Installation Factory image installed by Supermicro Recovery image Provided on ESS Upgrade/recovery via USB interface or BMC virtual media Announce :August 2017 RFA GA : Sept 2017 MTM : 7063-CR1 HMC on Power REST GUI CLI Hardware Mgmt Service Mgmt Linux OS MCP 8.3 PowerVM Mgmt Licensing Licensed Internal Code (LIC) Support Minimum 1 year HWMA Minimum 1 year (Machine Code Remote Support Agreement) MCRSA RAS Call Home support for HW and SW issues OEM Non-branded version available FW non-branded 7 7

9 Overview First POWER based HMC HW appliance Based on the C OpenPOWER LC system Custom firmware (will be available on FC) Custom planar part no. (uses custom FW, different from C) Installation from bootable USB or DVD, supported First HMC without an integrated optical drive (an external USB DVD can be attached if needed) Power Systems supported Minimum HMC Version V8R870 (ppc64le) + Mandatory PTF (pre-loaded) Can manage POWER6, POWER7, POWER8, and later 8

10 At first Power on of the new 7063-CR1 at local console nothing new other than no Classic UI option The Setup Wizard is offered 9

11 What is new is the BMC and Remote Management 16 & 17 are redundant Fans & Power 18 is the 4-port 10Gb NOTE: numbering is: from top left clockwise eth2, eth3, eth1, eth0 Dedicated IPMI port Required connection for FW maintenance and service Provides Remote Presence ability (mirrors KVM) via browser Allows for remote installation via virtual storage (ie. Mounted ISO, mapped local USB drive, etc) 10

12 Access to BMC to setup IP from the HMC UI This is the 1GB NIC on the back suggest placing this on your internal administrative network 11

13 Home page of BMC Note Remote Control and Virtual Media 12

14 Remote console capabilities You have been waiting for this 13

15 7063-CR1Details including BMC and capabilities and demo 14 14

16 Detailed 7063-CR1 Specifications Feature Architecture Processor Memory HDD I/O Remote Management Service Power Width Depth Height Weight Warranty Default Configuration ppc64le P8 120 W 6C CPU 32 GB (4x8GB) 2TB RAID 1 (2TB x 3.5 SATA drives) 4 port 10GB Ethernet 2 USB 3.0 Front + 2USB 3.0 Rear IPMI port (BMC) 2 x 1kW Power Supply Units 429 mm (16.9 in) 734 mm (28.9 in) 43 mm (1.7 in) (1U) 15.9 kg (35 lbs) Base 1Yr 9x5 (Optional upgrades available) 15

17 Diagrams (Front Top) 1,2 : 2TB 3.5 HDDs 3 : 2 front USB ports 4 : Disk Drives Backplane 5-12 : Fans 13 : CPU 14 : ToD Batt 15 : System backplane 16,17 : PSU 16

18 Diagrams (Rear Top) 16,17 : PSU 18 : Ethernet (4 ports) 19-21: Memory DIMM 17

19 7063-CR1 - Plugging it in! 18

20 7063-CR1 Hardware Management Console specifications 19

21 x86 vs ppc64le Hardware Appliance Comparison Feature 7063-CR1 (ppc64le) 7042-CR9 (x86) Processor P8 120W 6Core 1 socket Intel Xeon E v3 (Haswell) Memory 32 GB GB DASD 2 x 2TB 500 GB RAID 1 Default Optional (if 2 nd disk ordered) Internal Modem None None Integrated Networks 4 x 10 GbE 4 x 1 GbE I/O Slots 2 PCIe x 16 G3 FH slots, CAPI enabled 1 PCIe x 8 G3 LP slot (no additional adapters supported for HMC use) 3 PCI Express 3.0 slots USB Ports 2 front / 2 back 2 front / 3 back / 1 internal Redundant Power Supply Standard Optional 20

22 BMC and Remote Management Dedicated IPMI port Required connection for FW maintenance and service Provides Remote Presence ability (mirrors KVM) via browser Allows for remote installation via virtual storage (ie. Mounted ISO, mapped local USB drive, etc) 21

23 Improved Call-home of Platform Errors Platform logs checked periodically If fault takes HMC down, upon reboot (if possible), the fault will be read from the platform events and reported Critical events are called home with dedicated SRCs for each fault (FQPSP events) Comprehensive list of platform events and recommended service procedures on KC Extended error data collected with call-home and/or pedbg 22

24 Power HMC Install - The HMC will come preloaded What if a scratch install is needed or Disk recovery? 23

25 This is one case where BMC is needed? 24

26 Start up Remote Control or Use Local VGA on BMC and then remote mount hmcinstall.iso 25

27 Main petitboot screen 26

28 Configuring the IP address for the BMC interface 27

29 lspci shows all adapters 28

30 mvcli command New for CR1 for Service 29

31 Getting mvcli tool for raid adapter setup 30

32 Petitboot Setup Raid Array (done in manufacturing) 31

33 Petitboot Setup Raid Array - Item 4 32

34 Petitboot Setup Raid Array - Item 5 33

35 Configuration starting - What you will see on first boot with factory install 34 part without Copyright the prior Copyright written IBM permission Corporation IBM of Corporation IBM Materials Technical may not be University/Symposia reproduced in whole materials or in may part without not be the reproduced prior written in permission whole or in of part IBM. without the prior written permission of IBM.

36 Configuration starting 35

37 GUI starting up 36

38 Up and Ready to Setup! 37

39 Configure IP on our Network 38

40 Open Firewall ports as needed 39

41 Guided Setup Wizard 40

42 Allow Remote Control 41

43 Up and running!! Enhanced GUI only in V8.870 and beyond 42

44 vhmc on Power configuration and install 43 43

45 vhmc first introduced with HMC V8 R8.4.0 (2H 2015) Virtualization Management Mobility: Support for Ethernet SR-IOV virtualization, allowing migration (vnic) LPM when redundant VIOS is down Partition setting to disable LPM AIX Live Kernel Update support for ifixes More Usability improvements SSP failover group and multiple tiers support Storage topology view Touch screen enablement Automatic conversion of permanent processor entitlement to System Pool processor entitlement New activation code will be needed VLAN tag support for IBMi network install Console Management New HMC HW (CR9) vhmc Language Translation Update Browser currency Safari supported on Mac OS only Improve log retention (through filesystem resizing, rotation changes & content reduction). Security currency Certificate Revocation Lists sftp support for HMC and firmware update 44 44

46 Why a software appliance? Cost Replace legacy hardware appliances ex. CR3 & CR4 hardware appliances don t support V8 See for more info Concerns about hardware appliance manufacturer can t be made in China On-Demand deployment Use standard hypervisor features likes suspend / resume and snapshot 45

47 Virtual HMC Appliance - Overview Hardware Supported Software licensing (SWMA) for the virtual appliance HMC hardware appliance uses MCRSA vsphere 5.5 Requirements X86 64 Bit Hypervisor VMware ESXi 5.5 RHEL 6.4 Hardware Virtualization VT-x AMD-V Support document for ordering and download: How does the price compare? Prices vary significantly from region to region, as do discounts, so for this comparison I ll use my local currency GBP and IBM s Recommended Retail Price (RRP). Comparing a traditional HMC and virtual HMC with budget price based on RRP, the vhmc is approximately 50-70% less. 46

48 vhmc Overview Entitlement per installation - x86 or vhmc on Power vhmc is 50 70% cheaper than hardware appliance! 47

49 Basic requirements - Installing the HMC virtual appliance The HMC virtual appliance can be installed in your existing x86 virtualized infrastructure. Supports the following virtualization hypervisors: Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) Vmware Xen hypervisor (new with V8.850) Minimum requirements for running the HMC virtual appliance: 8 GB of memory (recommended: 16 GB or more i.e. the CR9 can go to 192 GB) 4 processors 1 network interface (maximum of 4 allowed) 160 GB of disk space (recommended: 500 GB) The HMC virtual appliance can be used to manage any of the systems that are supported by the version 8 HMC, which includes Power Systems servers with IBM POWER6, POWER7, and POWER8 processors. Installing the HMC virtual appliance on x86 Learn how to install the Hardware Management Console (HMC) virtual appliance on a x86 environment. Installing the HMC virtual appliance on POWER new with V Learn how to install the Hardware Management Console (HMC) virtual appliance on a virtualized POWER environment. Using the Activation Engine for the HMC virtual appliance Learn how to use the Activation Engine for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) virtual appliance. 48

50 vhmc on POWER8 Entitlement for Product ID 5765-HMA needed Download the vhmc for PowerVM from Entitled Systems Support (ESS) site with product id 5765-HMA. You will find the install instructions here Requires HMC V8.870 using format ppc64 Requires VIOS ( is recommended) to virtualize storage and network I suggest using vfc SAN storage if possible or if using vscsi on SAN give this a hdisk (this allows for flashcopy) Min requirements: 8GB RAM Memory 4 Virtual Processors 2 Network Adapters (Max of 4 allowed) 500 GB of disk space The vhmc cannot manage the system it is running on Call home of serviceable events with a failing MTMS of the HMC itself is disabled. 49

51 Virtual HMC Activation Engine Prepare activation engine xml file Copy activation engine xml file to an ext2 formatted disk file. Bind the formatted disk file to the virtual floppy disk of the virtual machine. Start the virtual machine. Steps for VMXNET3 on VMWare Hypervisor Requirements X86 64 Bit Hypervisor VMware ESXi 5.5 RHEL 6.4 Hardware Virtualization VT-x AMD-V XML vhm C vhm C vhm C vsphere 5.5 Create virtual floppy. Format virtual floppy using Ext2 format. Prepare Activation Engine XML Configuration file. Copy XML file into the virtual floppy. Extract vhmc from Pre-Packaged vhmc tar file. Configure virtual floppy with vhmc VM image Configure vhmc with at least the minimum requirements. Use preferred Hypervisor. Define vhmc Instance within the Hypervisor. Start vhmc VM Activation Engine will configure vhmc based on the XML parameters in the virtual floppy. 50

52 Create automated vhmc installation image (optional) To create an automated HMC installation image, complete the following steps: 1. Create two directories by running the following commands: mkdir -p oldiso and mkdir -p newiso. 2. Mount the HMC installation image to the oldiso directory by running the following command: sudo mount -o loop <image_path> oldiso. 3. Copy the contents of the oldiso directory to the newiso directory by running the following command: cp -r oldiso/* newiso. 4. Edit the Grub file for the automated install by running the following command: sed -i 's/biosdevname=0/biosdevname=0 mode=auto optype=install/' newiso/boot/grub/grub.cfg. 5. Make the Grub file read-only by running the following command: sudo chown 0444 newiso/boot/grub/grub.cfg. 6. Create a new HMC installation ISO by running the following command: mkisofs -o <new_iso_name> -V <ISO label> -f -r -T -udf --allow-limited-size --netatalk -chrp-boot -iso-level 4 -part -no-desktop -quiet newiso (where ISO label must be HMC-<hmc version release number>, 7.for example HMC ). 51

53 HMC Software appliance - vhmc on PowerVM: Some important notes on the vhmc on PowerVM : 1. vhmc on PowerVM doesn t provide support a graphics. Once installed and activated you can enable remote access and use a supported browser for accessing the UI. 2. DLPAR operations such as processor/memory add/remove for vhmcs running as a LPAR are not supported, i.e., you can t dynamically modify the resources allocated to the LPAR hosting the vhmc itself, but the vhmc can perform all DLPAR actions on the systems and LPARs it is managing. 3. You can use inactive partition migration or Simplified Remote Restart to move the vhmc Software appliance to another server 4. vhmc on PowerVM requires a POWER8 server with Little Endian support, fw830 or later, but system firmware 860 is recommended. 5. Can not assign physical resources to vhmc 52

54 Create the LPAR option using an existing HMC: Start with the very basic Create Partition this creates a basic profile will require further configu 53

55 Use the partition profile to complete the vhmc configuration the old way Note: these can not be changed using DLPAR Processor recommended 1 CPU desired with 4 vcpu Memory 16GB, recommended 32GB Storage 500GB (vscsi or NPIV) Network VLAN configuration, up to 4 54

56 Complete HMC LPAR configuration the old way - using Enhanced+ Double click DLPAR operation are performed through the properties task 55

57 Continued 56

58 Finish configuration for vhmc 57

59 Use a template would be another option I m using an existing vhmc 58

60 This must be a POWER8 at fw830 or later for LE support NOTE: If using IFLs, the HMC is a Linux Partition >>

61 No Physical I/O is allowed for vhmc, also no vnic From the Template If using SAN storage and vscsi, I suggest mapping an hdisk. This would allow for snap shots or flashcopy

62 Virtual Storage continued I choose to use vfc Option to set manually Will pull name from template 61

63 Summary of Template actions 62

64 63

65 Optionally verify configuration (CPU, Memory, VLAN, Storage) 64

66 Virtual Optical check and load for install 65

67 Activate the partition and open a console session choose install Within 3 minutes 66

68 Under 5 Minutes 67

69 Under 8 minutes to login in hscroot / abc123 68

70 Next steps basic network setup required then reboot the vhmc chhmc -c network -s modify -i eth0 -a nm lparcomm on chhmc -c network -s modify -h demopowervhmc3 -d rchland.ibm.com -g chhmc -c network -s add -ns ds rchland.ibm.com chhmc -c ssh -s enable chhmc -c ssh.name -s add -a nm 0 chhmc -c SecureRemoteAccess.name -s add -a nm 0 hmcshutdown -r -t now Log in with your favorite browser 69

71 After reboot connect with your favorite browser 70

72 Finish your HMC set up 71

73 This should look familiar 72

74 More on the Enhanced+ UI 73 73

75 New Login Page HMC V8 R8.7.0 No Classic option New design with easy access to social media and app links Developer Works Blogs on PowerVM Available only when accessing HMC remotely User Credentials System/Partiti on Status Social Media & App Links PowerVM LinkedIn Group 74 74

76 Classic vs Enhanced+ Terminology & Menus Note: Only virtualization tasks, now using REST API s, have a different look. Non-virtualization task remain unchanged. HMC Classic Interface Create Partition HMC Enhanced UI Interface Templates (Resources > All Systems > Server > View System Properties > System Actions > Templates) Partition Properties, DLPAR Manage Partition (Resources > All Systems > Server > Partition > * (Properties/Processors/Memory/Physical IO/Virtual Storage/Virtual Networks/Virtual NICs) Server > Configuration > Virtual Resources Resources > All Systems > Server > PowerVM Server > Hardware Information > Adapters Resources > All Systems > Server > PowerVM > Hardware Virtualized I/O Server > Performance Server > Properties Partition > Configuration > Manage Profiles Resources > All Systems > Server > View System Properties > Capacity > Performance Dashboard Resources > All Systems > Server > View System Properties Resources > All Systems > Server > Partition > Partition Actions > Profiles 75 75

77 HMC ENHANCED+ GUI QUICK START GUIDE 1.0 Classic GUI to Enhanced GUI Mappings and Enhanced GUI Improvements

78 Navigating through Enhanced+ UI My counterpart in the UK, Nigel Griffiths, has done a great job covering this in a 10 part series

79 Navigating through Enhanced+ UI Getting Started 78 78

80 Navigating through Enhanced+ UI Launch Page Gallery View Resource Path Gallery, Table & Relational Views Global Search (Search across all resources) Pin the page Quick Filter (Filter by fields of specific resource) Pins Like Shortcuts/Bookmarks Tool Bar Task Log 79 79

81 Navigating through Enhanced+ UI Easy access to resources (all systems view, all partitions view), read me and version info Multiple options to navigate through resources Resource Menus KC, Read Me, Getting Started, About Links About HMC Version, Build Level, MTMS 80 80

82 Basics View / Manage options (Gallery view) Can span multiple servers showing all non-vios LPARs 81 81

83 View / Manage options (Table or Gallery view) for a single server adds the option for relational view 82 82

84 Relational view VIOS and hosted LPARs 83 83

85 All VIO Servers (Gallery view) 84 84

86 Systems All Actions 85 85

87 Navigating through Enhanced UI Systems Actions & Options 86 86

88 Create & Activate Partitions (if you were paying attention we just did this for our vhmc) see backup slides Move on to Virtual IO Server 87 87

89 Create Virtual IO Server A Virtual I/O Server partition can be created using, 1. System template Deploy System Template can be used to configure the system, create VIOS partitions specified in the system template, configure SRIOV, Physical I/O, Network Storage etc. and install the VIOS. Note: When system template deploy is being used, it would initialize the system (i.e., delete all the partitions on the system) first and then performs above mentioned configuration. Or 2. Create Virtual I/O Server wizard. Add/create new VIOS Partitions as needed by using this option outside of the System Template Deploy. Create the VIOS partition and apply the configuration or proceed with installation of OS after the creation 88 88

90 Launch Create Virtual IO Server 89 89

91 Create Virtual IO Server 90 90

92 Create Virtual IO Server 91 91

93 Create Virtual IO Server 92 92

94 Create Virtual IO Server 93 93

95 Assign resources for storage and network 94 94

96 Activate the VIOS and install 95 95

97 Install the Virtual IO Server Current VIO ships with HMC 96 96

98 Manage Partition 97 97

99 Manage Partition Resources -> All Systems -> <System Name> -> Partitions -> <Partition Name> Resources -> All Partitions -> <Partition> Work with Partition Properties, Capabilities, CPU, Memory, IO, Virtual IO (Storage, Network, VNIC), Topology Diagrams With the new model, user needs to work only with the partition and not worry about profiles. The partition settings can be modified when partition is active or inactive 98 98

100 Manage Partition - Actions and Menu Options 99 99

101 Manage Partition - Quick Info

102 Where is DLPAR performed? - Manage Partition - Properties

103 Manage Partition Processor

104 Manage Partition Memory

105 Manage Partition Physical IO

106 I bet we have run out of time, but there is so much more to cover Backup Slides: Create & Activate Partitions Virtual Networks Virtual Storage Topology Diagrams Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) Console & Service Management Reference links Blog Links : What's new in HMC V8 R8.6.0 HMC V8 R8.6.0 Enhanced UI Updates Shared Storage Pool Management with HMC Creating Partition with Partition Templates in HMC Virtual Network Management with HMC Enhanced UI PowerVM Performance Monitoring What's New In HMC R8 V

107 Create & Activate Partitions

108 Partition Templates How to Create Partition Templates? HMC provides Canned/Starter Templates (cannot be edited/deleted) Existing partition configuration can be captured as user defined template Starter templates can be copied and user defined templates can be created. Actions with partition templates View the Templates details Edit the partition templates to customize the resources allocated to a partition. For example, you can customize the partition template to be used for a particular workload or operating system type. You can change configurations like general settings, processor & memory, Virtual Network, Virtual Storage, Physical IO, Hardware Virtualized IO, Tagged IO. Copy a template and create a new one. For example, you can copy a starter template and create a new one to customize for the partition requirements Export the template which can later be imported on to another HMC. Deploy the template to create, configure and activate the partition. Delete the template

109 Create Partition using Templates Once template & managed system is selected, a validation of template against the selected managed system is performed (Validation for capabilities, available CPU/Memory etc.,) Logical Partition Configuration Summary Tab : Partition Id, Name, Shared Processor Pool Name Physical IO : Physical IO, HEA, SRIOV (Pre-selected Physical IO will be shown if Use Captured IO option is used) Network Configuration : Pre-selected Virtual Networks (Use Captured IO) or Available Virtual Networks Virtual NIC Configuration : Pre-selected Virtual NIC (Use Captured IO) or Available VNIC Virtual Storage Configuration : Virtual SCSI Physical Volumes and Shared Storage Pool Logical Units Virtual Fibre Channel IBM I Tagged IO Summary : Activate or Apply Configuration

110 Create Partition Launch from Managed System Partitions View

111 Create Partition Quick/Simple Create (HMC V8 R8.6.0 or later) Create a partition with minimal settings, helps in creating multiple partitions faster Default Configuration for quick create : 1.Shared processor with 1. Minimum, Desired and Maximum Virtual Processors as Minimum, Desired and Maximum Processing Units as Uncapped sharing mode with weight as Memory with 1. Minimum memory as 1GB 2. Desired memory as 1GB 3. Maximum memory as 4GB 3.Maximum Virtual Adapters as 10 Note : You need to attach the storage/network using manage partition before booting the partition

112 Create Partition Launch from Templates Library View

113 Create Partition using Templates LPAR Config Only partition name and ID can be edited at this step. Other details have to be specified/edited in the template itself

114 Create Partition using Templates Physical IO

115 Create Partition using Templates Virtual Network Deploy process creates the Virtual Ethernet adapter with the vlan & vswitch of selected virtual networks

116 Create Partition using Templates Virtual NIC

117 Create Partition using Templates Virtual Storage User needs to select only the storage or port to be assigned to the partition Deploy process creates the required client & server adapter pair and maps storage/fc port Selecting Assigned Physical Volumes option lists the Physical Volume which are already in use can be used when the same physical volume has to be shared across multiple partitions (Cluster or PowerHA or IBM DB2 Cluster Services) Edit Connections can be use to specify server adapter id or select redundancy

118 Create Partition using Templates - Summary Review the settings of the partition using the summary page before starting the create/activate process

119 Create Partition using Templates Activate/Apply Choose Create & Apply, if you want to create all the configuration and boot later. You can later activate the partition using the activate action under partition

120 Create Partition using Templates - Notes Create partition from template is a halt on first failure operation. After the partition template and managed system is selected, the wizard validates the configuration of partition template against the selected managed system. Validation might fail in case of, The capability selected in the template is not supported in the system Non-availability of the requested configuration. If any requested configuration is greater than available configurations. [Such as, requested memory, processor configuration is greater than the processor or memory available.] In case of failure, error message is shown and wizard waits for you to cancel the operation or navigate back to make the changes and re-attempt the operation. Not all attributes/options are editable as part of the create/deploy partition template wizard. A partition template can be edited to choose the required configuration before deploy

121 Activate Partition Choose activate with profile or current configuration Network boot supported for AIX/Linux Logical Partitions

122 Create Virtual IO Server A Virtual I/O Server partition can be created using, 1. System template Deploy System Template can be used to configure the system, create VIOS partitions specified in the system template, configure SRIOV, Physical I/O, Network Storage etc. and install the VIOS. Note: When system template deploy is being used, it would initialize the system (i.e., delete all the partitions on the system) first and then performs above mentioned configuration. 2. Create Virtual I/O Server wizard. Add/create new VIOS Partitions as needed by using this option outside of the System Template Deploy. Create the VIOS partition and apply the configuration or proceed with installation of OS after the creation

123 Launch Create Virtual IO Server

124 Create Virtual IO Server

125 Create Virtual IO Server

126 Create Virtual IO Server

127 Create Virtual IO Server

128 Virtual Networks

129 Virtual Networks Enhanced UI Model Equivalent Legacy Model Virtual Switch Virtual Network (New) Network Bridge Load Group Link Aggregation Virtual Network Flow : Virtual Switch VLAN + Vswitch Combination Single SEA ( Non Failover) or SEA Pair ( failover/ load balancing) Trunk Adapter on SEA (non failover) or Pair of Trunk Adapters with exact same configuration across two failover/load balancing SEAs Combine physical ports to make one single data path for higher bandwidth and to provide redundancy Add Virtual Network to System Internal or Bridged Network Tagged or Untagged Network Attach Partition to Virtual Network

130 Virtual Network View System Virtual Networks

131 Virtual Network Add Virtual Network Untagged VLAN ID is used as PVID of the trunk adapter/sea Tagged VLAN ID is used as additional VLAN ID of trunk adapter and you need to specify the PVID of SEA in the next panel if a new Network Bridge is created. Use Advanced settings to choose a different VSwitch or Create a new one Bridged & Untagged network

132 Virtual Network Add Virtual Network Specify failover or load sharing options If Load sharing is enabled, specify the 2 nd load group VLAN ID (PVID of 2 nd trunk adapter)

133 Virtual Network Add Virtual Network Choose the adapters and specify the IP address to be configured on the SEA interface(s)

134 Virtual Network Add Virtual Network Use adapter view to choose slot numbers of trunk adapters, if needed Clicking on Finish will start the add network process and Create a virtual network (vlan + vswitch combination) Create Trunk adapter(s) in the VIOS(s) Create SEA(s) by associating the selected physical adapters and trunk adapters Configure IP(s), if specified, for the SEA interface

135 Virtual Network Adding Virtual Network to Partition Add or Remove Virtual Network

136 Virtual Network Adding Virtual Network to Partition Show and assign new virtual ethernet adapters allows you to see adapter id & specify adapter id for adding a new virtual network

137 Virtual Storage

138 Virtual Storage View Virtual Storage Resources > All Systems > <System Name> > Partitions > <Partition Name> > Virtual Storage Resources > All Partitions > <Partition Name> > Virtual Storage

139 Virtual Storage Add Virtual SCSI User needs to only select the storage and HMC creates the required server/client adapter pair and maps storage Use Edit Connection to work with redundancy and specify/select slot id Selecting Show assigned physical volumes lists the physical volumes already in use Can be used when the same physical volume has to be shared across multiple partitions (Cluster or PowerHA or IBM DB2 Cluster Services) Virtual Target Device name

140 Virtual Storage Add Virtual FC User needs to only select the FC Port and HMC creates the required server/client adapter pair and maps FC port Use Edit Connections to specify WWPN

141 Virtual Storage Add Virtual Optical Media Repository has to be created as a pre-requisite Use Edit Connections to specify/select server adapter id

142 Topology Diagrams

143 Export Network/Storage Topology Diagram

144 System Virtual Networking Diagram

145 System Virtual Storage Diagram Highlighted boxes show the mapping/paths

146 Partition Virtual Storage Diagram

147 Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM)

148 Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) PCM available via REST API & GUI To be enabled per system per HMC User must have ManageUtilizationData task access to be able to change the PCM preference settings Long Term & Short Term Metrics Long Term Collected every 30 seconds and purged after 30 minutes Short Term Collected every 5 seconds and purged after 30 minutes Raw, Processed & Aggregated Metrics SSP PCM Metrics & Energy Metrics are available only via REST API Supported from HMC V8 R8.6.0 onwards SSP Preference to be enabled individually apart from PCM enablement Energy Metrics is supported on specific systems with FW or later and gets enabled if PCM is enabled on the system from the GUI or if Aggregation is enabled from the Rest API and can be enabled individually via the API as well. Rest API documentation at

149 Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) Raw Metrics : Raw stats Collected every 30 seconds for Long Term Monitoring (LTM) Retained for 30 minutes Processed Metrics : Works on Raw Metrics and performs series of computations to generate processed data Generated every 30 seconds & only if aggregation is enabled Retained for 2 hours Aggregated Metrics : Works on Processed Metrics Average, Minimum, Maximum of processed metric is maintained in the aggregated metric PCM graphs can be used to Monitor to capacity (Over/Optimal/Under allocation) Monitor to take pro-active measures by using the trends shown in the graphs

150 PCM Quick View Time stamp when data was collected Enable/Disable PCM Virtual network traffic for server (doesn t include dedicated IO assigned to lpars) Virtual storage traffic for server Launch PCM Dashboard

151 PCM Server Overview Shows Over/Optimal/Under allocation for partitions based on entitled & utilized

152 PCM Server Overview New in V8.860 Shows Over/Optimal/Under allocation for partitions based on entitled & utilized

153 PCM Processor Utilization Allocated or Assigned to Partitions

154 PCM Memory Utilization Allocated to Partitions, System Firmware Memory & Memory Pool Allocated to dedicated memory Partitions +system firmware memory

155 PCM Storage Utilization

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157 Session reference links Blog Links : What's new in HMC V8 R8.6.0 HMC V8 R8.6.0 Enhanced UI Updates Shared Storage Pool Management with HMC Creating Partition with Partition Templates in HMC Virtual Network Management with HMC Enhanced UI PowerVM Performance Monitoring What's New In HMC R8 V