Objectives
- Discuss the advantages or value of PowerVM edition's features
- Define micro-partitioning and shared processor LPARs
- Discuss the benefits of simultaneous multithreading
- Discuss and configure the Integrated Virtual Ethernet (IVE)
- Install and configure the Virtual I/O Server
- Configure virtual network devices, such as virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet adapters
- Configure virtual SCSI and virtual Fibre Channel storage adapters
- Configure virtual SCSI target devices on a virtual SCSI adapter
- Define file-backed storage pools and file-backed virtual optical devices
- Identify single points of failure in virtualized environments
- Configure multiple VIO servers for high availability
- Configure advanced virtual networking options
- Configure the shared Ethernet adapter failover feature
- Configure advanced virtual SCSI options
- Configure MPIO in a VIO server's client partition
- Manage the service events, configure call home, add, exchange FRUs, and discuss FSP failover
- Perform PowerVM (VIOS) Maintenance
Audience
This advanced course is appropriate for System Administrators, Technical Support Personnel, and Business Partners responsible for implementing LPARs on IBM Power Systems with AIX servers.
Prerequisites
You must have advanced system administration experience with AIX 6 or AIX 7. This prerequisite can be met by attending one of the following courses:
- Power Systems for AIX II: Implementation and Administration (AN12G)
- Power Systems for AIX III: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination (AN15G)
- AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AN14G)
Alternatively, you must have equivalent AIX and LPAR skills.
General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended. This prerequisite can be met by attending TCP/IP for AIX Administrators (AN21G).
You are also expected to have logical partition administration skills on Power Systems servers, which can be obtained by attending Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11G).
Duration
Five days
Outline for POWER SYSTEMS FOR AIX - POWERVM I IMPLEMENTING VIRTUALIZATION Training
Chapter 1. Introduction to partitioning
Exercise 1: Power Systems documentation overview
Chapter 2. HMC V8 enhancements
Exercise 2: HMC enhanced interface
Chapter 3. Processor virtualization
Exercise 3: Processor virtualization configuration
Chapter 4. Virtual Ethernet
Exercise 4: Virtual Ethernet adapter configuration
Chapter 5. Virtual I/O Server and Shared Ethernet Adapter
Exercise 5: Virtual I/O Server configuration
Chapter 6. Virtual SCSI devices
Exercise 6: Client partition configuration
Chapter 7. Virtual network configuration with dual VIOS
Exercise 7: SEA failover setup
Chapter 8. Virtual SCSI configurations with dual VIOS
Exercise 8: Dual VIO server configuration with MPIO in the client partition
Chapter 9. Virtual Fibre Channel devices
Exercise 9: Virtual Fibre Channel adapter configuration
Chapter 10. HMC Service Management
Exercise 10: Manage service events
Chapter 11. PowerVM advanced systems maintenance
Exercise 11: PowerVM system maintenance
Exercise 12: (Optional) File-backed virtual SCSI devices