IBM POWER systems are amazing, but it's amazing how long it takes them to boot up on average! Even recent and fast POWER4 and POWER5 systems. I guess it has to do with the whole service processor setup, the fairly complicated bootloader and all the startup diagnostics. Once running, you have something really nice and something you won't really need to reboot much!
I have a question. I i have a J50 7013 RS/6000 enterprise server at home (for learning purpose) and it does not have the operating system on it. I do have AIX 5.1 CD set. How do I make it boot from the CD-ROM drive so that I can install the OS?
Nothing wrong with not knowing something -and this is a pretty obscure computer thing - you're not dumb!
Is a logical partition (some system resources ie cpu & ram etc) run under a "hypervisor" booting up into IBMs version of UNIX(a computer operating system)
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ppcaddon 1 year ago
IBM POWER systems are amazing, but it's amazing how long it takes them to boot up on average! Even recent and fast POWER4 and POWER5 systems. I guess it has to do with the whole service processor setup, the fairly complicated bootloader and all the startup diagnostics. Once running, you have something really nice and something you won't really need to reboot much!
eMGeeGFX 1 year ago
@eMGeeGFX tru that we have power6 and power7 and they still take a while to boot
xmlisnotaprotocol 1 year ago
I have a question. I i have a J50 7013 RS/6000 enterprise server at home (for learning purpose) and it does not have the operating system on it. I do have AIX 5.1 CD set. How do I make it boot from the CD-ROM drive so that I can install the OS?
mansoorn 2 years ago
can you see the CD rom in the SMS menu via a rs232 cable (9600,n,1) in the serial port?
You then select the cdrom as the boot device from the SMS menu
xmlisnotaprotocol 2 years ago
I am not sure. I will give it a try. When I start the system, I should have the key on service?
mansoorn 2 years ago
yeah if that gives you the sms menu, if its got a kbd you press 1 or 4 or something
xmlisnotaprotocol 2 years ago
awesome!!! if anybody put upload video for power 565 series configure would be nice... i love to watch tat.?!!!
grdvarun 2 years ago
@grdvarun - is there such a machine? I have not heard of it.
Is it a new power7 model?
xmlisnotaprotocol 2 years ago
rivetting
TheItalix 2 years ago
cool thanks
cellarweasel 3 years ago
What is a pSeries/LPAR? ... sorry I'm dumb.
cellarweasel 3 years ago
Nothing wrong with not knowing something -and this is a pretty obscure computer thing - you're not dumb!
Is a logical partition (some system resources ie cpu & ram etc) run under a "hypervisor" booting up into IBMs version of UNIX(a computer operating system)
xmlisnotaprotocol 3 years ago
is this the matrix i'm watching? how do i log in? is neo going to hack the system?!
lispified 4 years ago
To answer your questions:
yes
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no hes 0xDEADBEEF
xmlisnotaprotocol 4 years ago
Got to love those power-on time with pSeries hardware. :D
d3vnull 4 years ago