VIO - IBM

Mike Gregor – Senior Power Consultant
28 August 2014
AIX-VUG Advanced PowerVM Toolkit
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Value Proposition
 Business Challenge
– Clients struggling with consistency in their build process when deploying VIO servers and clients.
– Differences in configuration depending on who built the systems and when.
– Attempted to develop their own scripts and automation, but struggled with adding new features and
ongoing support.
– Issues migrating partitions from one managed system to another
 Solution
– Introduced the Advanced PowerVM Toolkit and process to accelerate the clients transition from
Power6->Power7->Power8 across their infrastructure.
– Provide planning, assessment and execution to implement the Toolkit and provisioning process
based on client requirements.
– Work with customer to integrate Toolkit into their existing build process and automation.
 Key Benefits
– Reduced manual errors associated with current build process.
– Able to integrate Toolkit into their existing automation, thereby creating a repeatable methodology for
deploying new VIO servers and client LPARs
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Typical Provisioning Flow
 Gathering of system build information
– HMC, managed system
– VIO and client names, network, storage, cpu, memory,vswitches, processor pools,…
 Repeated series of:
– HMC GUI or command line execution
– NIM commands
– VIO commands
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Advanced PowerVM Toolkit Flow
 Use gathered system information to create build profiles using the Toolkit Provisioning Language
– Single VIOS build profile which defines your VIO server configuration
– One or more client build profiles which defines clients to build on same frame
 Process these simple, ASCII-text build profiles using Provisioning Toolkit
– Executes the HMC, NIM, and VIO commands in proper order
– Produces repeatable results
– Apply build profile templates to new similar frames by changing variables
– One touch VIO build and configuration
– Capture / Create / Build capabilities
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Capture
 Capture profile contains hmc, group, [managed system, [partition,[profile]] that defines data
to retrieve and where to place it
 Code can be run interactively to specify the HMC, managed systems, and partitions
 Commands are issued through HMC to gather data associated with VIO servers and client
partitions
 Basis for performing migrations or DR activity
 Logically groups data for deployment to target frames
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Create
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Uses previously captured data to create build profiles
Process one or multiple systems captured data
Create VIO pair to support selected client networks
Reuse of client VFC wwpn’s
Add, remove, and over ride capabilities for any partition attribute
Config profile contains minimum set of information that requires updating
– client ip, netmask, gateway,bosinst, vlans
 Summary file represents VIO and client partition requirements in csv format
– cpu, memory, network, storage
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Build
 Use gathered system information to create build profiles using the Toolkit Provisioning Language
– Single VIOS build profile which defines your VIO server configuration
– One or more client build profiles which defines clients to build on same frame
 Process these simple, ASCII-text build profiles using Provisioning Toolkit
– Issues the HMC, NIM, and VIO commands
– Produces repeatable results
– Apply build profile templates to new similar frames by changing variables
– One touch VIO build and configuration
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Wiki style User’s Guide
 Easy lookup of function and syntax
 Code examples
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User Interface
 Java Swing-based to run on nearly any desktop or laptop
 Provisioning Toolkit syntax-aware build profile editor facilitates build profile creation:
– Provides built-in sample templates for VIO Server and Client build profiles (e.g. VIO
Server pair, NPIV Client, VSCSI Client)
– Provides built-in samples for individual Toolkit keyword use (e.g. SERVERINFO,
PARTITION, SEA, etc.)
– Keyword and syntax highlighting guides build profile creation
– Syntax awareness detects numerous classes of errors and typos to find errors in build
profiles before processing them
 Remote execution of build operations from within the UI
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Options for Obtaining Advanced PowerVM Toolkit
 Deal Closer Program (Pre- or Post Sales for our Sellers on the line)
– See PreDefined Service offering for Toolkit out under Deal Closer website
 PowerCare Program (eligible for 770/780/795 only) - select "POA" option at time of TDA
 Direct Lab Services Statement of Work (SOW)
 Business Partner Contract Attachment (CA)
 $12,500 One Time Fee
For further questions on funding approach, please contact:
Linda Hoben
-ORStephen Brandenburg
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Code and Documentation Updates
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IBM ResourceLink
Customer is registered with IBMID and notified when complete
Subscription capability allows for automatic notification of updates
Customer downloads at their convenience
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New Function 4Q-2014
 VSCSIMAP to disk UDID
 DRAW capability for build profiles and current managed system
 UI support for capture/create
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Additional Support Slides
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APVM Toolkit Build Provisioning Language
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SERVERINFO
VARIABLES
SHAREDPP
VSWITCH
BOSINST
DEFINE
DISKATTR
VSCSIRESOLVE
VSCSIZONE
FABRIC
FABRICDEF
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Define a managed system and its managing HMC
Create a free-form substitution variable
Create or rename a shared processor pool in hypervisor
Create or rename a virtual switch in the hypervisor
Define a NIM resource OS image
Create a NIM definition on-the-fly
Define hdisk attributes used for VSCSI mapped disks
Choose a sort order for VSCSI LUN size matching
Define a system as part of a common VSCSI zone
Designate a fabric name for VFC client adapters wwpn report
Designate a fabric identifier for a list of HBA ports
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APVM Toolkit Build Provisioning Language
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ENATTR
ENTATTR
ECHATTR
SEAATTR
SEADEF
FCSATTR
FSCSIATTR
IOSLOTS
HEA
VETHMAP
PARTITIONDEF
PARTITION
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Create a named set of enX device attributes
Create a named set of entX device attributes
Create a named set of etherchannel attributes
Create a named set of SEA attributes
Create a named set of common SEA parameters
Create a named set of fcsX device attributes
Create a named set of fscsiX device attributes
Assign physical I/O slots to a partition
Configure an IVE port
Define a virtual ethernet adapter for a client partition
Create a named set of partition parameters
Define a logical partition
Define a VIO stanza
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APVM Toolkit Build Provisioning Language (VIO Stanza)
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EN
ENT
ETHERCHANNEL
PORT
SEA
MKVG
FCS
FSCSI
VFCGEN
VFCMAP
VFCMAPFABRIC
VSCSIGEN
VSCSIMAP
VSCSIMAPLV
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Set attributes for VIO’s enX devices defined in ENATTR
Set attributes for VIO’s entX devices defined in ENTATTR
Create an etherchannel device for the VIO
Configure a physical or virtual ethernet port for the VIO
Configure an SEA for the VIO
Create a volume group on VIO
Set attributes for VIO’s fcsX devices defined in FCSATTR
Set attributes for VIO’s fscsiX devices defined in FSCSIATTR
Create VFC adapters in client and VIO
Map a VFC adapter to an VIO HBA port
Map VFC adapter to HBA ports defined by FABRICDEF
Create VSCSI adapters in client and VIO
map a VSCSI adapter to a LUN
map a VSCSI adapter to a logical volume
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User Interface - File
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User Interface - File
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User Interface - Insert
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User Interface - Deploy
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User Interface - Execute
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User Interface – Execution Output
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User Interface - View
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User Interface - Themes
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