VUG - HMC Enhanced UI Deep Dive 1b

HMC Enhanced UI Deep Dive
Allyn Walsh, Hari G M & S. Ashok

awalsh@us.ibm.com
harimura@in.ibm.com
sashok@us.ibm.com
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Session objectives
• PowerVM Simplification Enhancements

• New Login Page
• Classic vs Enhanced Option
• Navigating through Enhanced UI
• Setting up system using System Template
• Creating VIOS & Partition (Templates)
• Managing Partition
• Virtual Storage Management
• Virtual Network Management
• Performance & Capacity Monitoring
• HMC Management
• Serviceability
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PowerVM Simplification Enhancements
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Enhanced UI Roadmap
HMC V8 R8.6.0
HMC V8 R8.4.0
Topology Diagram Enhancements
Storage Topology
HMC V8 R8.2.0 Task Pod (Tasks Log)
SSP Tiers & Failure Groups
- Tech Preview New option to create partition
HMC V8 R8.3.0 HMC V8 R8.5.0 HMC V8 R8.6.0 SP1

GA SRIOV & Virtual NIC New Login Page
topology diagrams
Tablet Support
Performance
Improvements
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Performance Enhancements in HMC V8 R8.5.0
• Response time above in seconds

• Configuration used:
• CR6 HMC (with 16GB of RAM)
• 6 Managed Systems (1 E870, 3 p260s, 2 p460+) and some emulated instances
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Performance Enhancements in HMC V8 R8.6.0
• Response time above in seconds

• Configuration used:
• CR9 HMC (with 16GB of RAM)
• 5 Managed Systems (S824 machines: 8286-42A)
• 500 LPARS total (100 partitions per system)
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New Login Page – HMC V8 R8.6.0 SP1 onwards
New design with easy access to social media and app links Developer Works Blogs on PowerVM – Available
only when accessing HMC remotely
User System/Partiti
Credentials on Status
Social Media &

App Links PowerVM LinkedIn Group
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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 System/Partiti
Credentials on Status
Social Media &

App Links PowerVM LinkedIn Group
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Classic vs Enhanced – Terminology & Menus
HMC Classic Interface HMC Enhanced UI Interface
Create Partition 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 Resources > All Systems > Server > View
System Properties > Capacity > Performance
Dashboard
Server > Properties Resources > All Systems > Server > View
System Properties
Partition > Configuration > Manage Profiles Resources > All Systems > Server > Partition
> Partition Actions > Profiles
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Navigating through Enhanced UI
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Navigating through Enhanced UI – Launch Page – Gallery View
Pin the
Gallery, Table & page
Relational Views
Resource Path
Global Search (Search
across all resources)
Quick Filter (Filter by Pins – Like Shortcuts/Bookmarks

fields of specific resource)
Tool Bar
Task Log
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Navigating through Enhanced UI – Getting Started
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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
About HMC – Version, Build

KC, Read Me, Getting Started, Level, MTMS
Resource Menus About Links
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Navigating through Enhanced UI – Systems All Actions
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Navigating through Enhanced UI – Systems Actions & Options
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Setting up a system and initial configuration
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System Templates
To work with system

templates, use the
Templates and OS Images
option.
Deploy System Template
can be launched in 2 ways
1. From Template
Library – In this case,
Wizard would ask you
to choose the system
for deployment
2. System > View All
Actions > Deploy
System Template
Template Library View
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System Templates
• Use System Template to
• Set system settings like LMB Size, Power Off Policy,
Firmware Start Policy
• Create Shared Processor Pool, Shared Memory Pool
as needed
• Configure IO adapters (SRIOV, HEA)
• Create Virtual IO Server (VIOS) and Install VIOS
• Configure Network Settings (Create Network
Bridge, Virtual Network)
• Configure Storage
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.
Only certain specific details are allowed to be edited during the

deploy process, so its important to edit the template and have
the required configuration before deploy.
If you would like to Add VIOS to an existing system, use the

Create Virtual IO Server Option in Resources > All Systems >
System > Virtual IO Servers
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System Templates – Launch from Template Library
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System Templates
When you click on Reset Button on the selected system, message is displayed
as to what action would be taken to reset the system
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System Templates
• Use the start button to start the system configuration setup
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System Templates
• Choose install options and specify install details
• Once install is complete and RMC connection becomes active, accept the license & you can configure
Network (Network Bridge) & Storage (Like attach to a SSP) on the VIOS
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Create & Activate Partitions/Virtual IO Server
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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
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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
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Create Partition – Launch from Managed System Partitions View
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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 1.
2. Minimum, Desired and Maximum

Processing Units as 0.1.
3.
Uncapped sharing mode with
weight as 128.
2.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
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Create Partition – Launch from Templates Library View
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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
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Create Partition using Templates – Physical IO
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Create Partition using Templates – Virtual Network
Deploy process creates the Virtual Ethernet adapter with the vlan & vswitch of selected virtual
networks
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Create Partition using Templates – Virtual NIC
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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
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Create Partition using Templates - Summary
Review the settings of the partition using the summary page before starting the create/activate process
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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
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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.
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Activate Partition
• Choose activate with profile or current configuration
• Network boot supported for AIX/Linux Logical Partitions
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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
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Launch Create Virtual IO Server
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Manage Partition
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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
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Manage Partition - Actions and Menu Options
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Manage Partition - Quick Info
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Where is DLPAR performed? - Manage Partition - Properties
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Manage Partition – Processor
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Manage Partition – Memory
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Manage Partition – Physical IO
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Virtual Networks
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Virtual Networks
Enhanced UI Model Equivalent Legacy Model
Virtual Switch Virtual Switch
Virtual Network (New) VLAN + Vswitch Combination
Network Bridge Single SEA ( Non – Failover) or SEA Pair ( failover/

load balancing)
Load Group Trunk Adapter on SEA (non failover)
or
Pair of Trunk Adapters with exact same configuration
across two failover/load balancing SEAs
Link Aggregation Combine physical ports to make one single data path
for higher bandwidth and to provide redundancy
Virtual Network Flow :
Add Virtual Internal or Tagged or Un- Attach Partition to
Network to System Bridged Network tagged Network Virtual Network
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Virtual Network – View System Virtual Networks
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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
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• Specify failover or load sharing options
• If Load sharing is enabled, specify the 2nd load group VLAN ID (PVID of 2nd trunk adapter)
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• Choose the adapters and specify the IP address to be configured on the SEA
interface(s)
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• 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
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Virtual Network – Adding Virtual Network to Partition
Add or Remove Virtual Network
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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
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Virtual Storage
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Virtual Storage – View Virtual Storage
Resources > All Systems > <System Name> > Partitions > <Partition Name> > Virtual Storage
Resources > All Partitions > <Partition Name> > Virtual Storage
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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
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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
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Virtual Storage – Add Virtual Optical
• Media Repository has to be created as a pre-requisite
• Use Edit Connections to specify/select server adapter id
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Topology Diagrams
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Export Network/Storage Topology Diagram
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System Virtual Networking Diagram
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System Virtual Storage Diagram
• Highlighted boxes show the mapping/paths
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Partition Virtual Storage Diagram
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Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM)
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• 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 860.10 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
• https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/P8ESS/p8ehl/concepts/PerformanceCapacityMonitor.htm
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• 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 date
• 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
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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
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PCM – Server Overview
Shows Over/Optimal/Under allocation

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

for partitions based on entitled & utilized
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PCM – Processor Utilization
Allocated or Assigned to Partitions
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PCM – Memory Utilization
Allocated to dedicated memory
Allocated to Partitions, System
Partitions +system firmware memory
Firmware Memory & Memory Pool
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PCM – Storage Utilization
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Console & Service Management
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HMC Management
• Menu Options which were under the HMC Management section in Classic
View are listed under different options in Enhanced UI
• Console Settings – Network settings, Locale, welcome text, date & time
• Console Management – License, Update HMC, Backup/Restore, Save
Upgrade
• User & Roles – Working with users, tasks/resource roles.
• Systems & Console security – LDAP, Kerberos, Remote access
• Serviceability – View Management Console events
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HMC Management
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HMC Management
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HMC Management
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Service Management
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Session reference links
• http://www.ibm.com/training/events
• 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 V8.6.0
• Related Sessions :
• p015010 – HMC Security & Auditing – Wednesday (24th May 2017) 4.30 – 5.30 PM – Sabal A
• p015007 – Power Systems Management Roadmap – Thursday (25th May 2017) 1.45 – 2.45 PM – Sabal D &
Monday (22nd May 2017) 3.15 – 4.15 PM – Sabal D
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Allyn Walsh, Hari G M & S. Ashok

• PowerVM Simplification Enhancements

HMC V8 R8.3.0 HMC V8 R8.5.0 HMC V8 R8.6.0 SP1

• Response time above in seconds

• Response time above in seconds

Social Media &

Social Media &

Quick Filter (Filter by Pins – Like Shortcuts/Bookmarks

About HMC – Version, Build

To work with system

Note: When system template deploy is being used, it would

Only certain specific details are allowed to be edited during the

If you would like to Add VIOS to an existing system, use the

Actions with partition templates

1.Shared processor with

1. Minimum, Desired and Maximum

2. Minimum, Desired and Maximum

2. Create Virtual I/O Server wizard.

Virtual Switch Virtual Switch

Virtual Network (New) VLAN + Vswitch Combination

Network Bridge Single SEA ( Non – Failover) or SEA Pair ( failover/

Bridged & Untagged network

Add or Remove Virtual Network

Virtual Target Device name

• Highlighted boxes show the mapping/paths

• PCM available via REST API & GUI

Time stamp when data was collected

Virtual network traffic for

Virtual storage traffic for

Launch PCM Dashboard

Shows Over/Optimal/Under allocation

Shows Over/Optimal/Under allocation

Allocated or Assigned to Partitions

• Have questions about PowerVM (VIOS, HMC, NovaLink, Hypervisor) ?

Join the PowerVM LinkedIn group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8403988

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