| | h3. [Basic Setup] - after the AIX Installation |
| | This link covers what to do immediately after installation of AIX to get the machine ready for real work or installing applications/middleware. Like: |
| | * Time and date |
| | * root password |
| | * Network setup |
| | * Error messages |
| | * Checking the configuration and settings |
| | * Paging space and expanding filesystems |
| | * Users |
| | * mksysb backup |
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| | Take this Link [Basic Setup] |
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| | h3.[HMC attached System Setup] |
| | Hardware Management Console (HMC) controls machines need the HMC setup beforehand. Here are hints and tips on the HMC. Like: |
| | * Planning your setup |
| | * The LPAR details |
| | * Memory assignment |
| | |
| | Take this Link [HMC attached System Setup] |
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| | h3.[IBM Standalone Diagnostics] |
| | You can boot the machine from hardware Diagnostics CDROM for problem determination, hardware testing and setup up something's before AIX starts. Like: |
| | * Why you might do this? |
| | * What this can let you fix before the OS starts? |
| | * With and without HMC |
| | |
| | Take this Link [IBM Standalone Diagnostics] |
| | |
| | h3.[Hardware RAID] |
| | If you want to install AIX on top of disks controlled by a RAID adapter (like a SCSI RAID5 PCI adapter) then you need to set up the disks before installing AIX. |
| | This sounds like "Catch 22" but here is what to do - it is quite easy once you know the tricks. |
| | |
| | Take this Link [Hardware RAID] |
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