Managing system properties

You can view and change the properties of the selected managed system. You can view the capabilities that are supported by the managed system.

1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
3. In the work pane, select a system and click Actions > View System Properties. You can view and change the properties of the system that are listed under the PowerVM area.
4. In the navigation pane, ensure that Properties is expanded.
   1. Click General Settings > General Properties. You can view and change the general system properties. You can change the system's name, location, and description, assigned service partition (if designated), power-off setting, and group tags. You can view only the reference code, machine type, serial number, managed system firmware, default configuration, and the maximum number of partitions that can be defined on the server.
   2. Click Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.
   3. Click General Settings > Migration. You can view or change the partition mobility properties and change the migration policy for inactive partitions on the managed system.
      • Select the migration policy that you want to use when you migrate inactive partitions. You can select one of the following policies:
        • Partition configuration: Configures the management console to use the partition state that is defined for the logical partition when you migrate an inactive partition. If the inactive partition cannot start automatically, the management console uses the configuration data that is defined for the partition in the last activated profile.
        • Last Activated Profile: Configures the management console to use the memory and processor configuration data that is defined in the last activated profile for the partition when you migrate an inactive logical partition.
      • Select Allow Migration with Inactive Source Storage VIOS to perform Live Partition Mobility (LPM) when the source Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) that is hosting the storage adapters is powered off or shutdown. If you enable this feature, the storage configuration-related data is collected for all client partitions based on the CEC level preference. The collected data is used to perform LPM on the powered off VIOS.
      • View the migration capabilities table to see information about the type of migration that is supported, number of migrations in progress, and number of migrations that are supported by the managed system.
   4. Click Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.
   5. Click General Settings > Power-On Parameters.
      You can change the power-on parameters for the next system restart by changing the values in the Next Value fields. The Current Value field displays the value that was used when the system was last restarted. You can change the value for the partition start policy, power-on side, keylock position, IBM® i IPL source, and AIX®/Linux® boot mode. The changed value takes effect after the next system restart.
   6. Click Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.
   7. Click General Settings > Advanced.
      You can view or change the settings for Barrier Synchronization Register (BSR), huge page memory, processor performance, memory mirroring, memory optimization, Virtual Trusted Platform Module (VTPM) enabled partitions, and supported hardware accelerator types for the managed system. The Nutanix hardware accelerator has a total of 32 hardware accelerator types. Currently, only the GZIP co-processor type is supported. You can increase the amount of available mirrored memory on the system and perform defragmentation operation, by using the Memory Optimization Tool.
   8. Click Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.
5. In the navigation pane, click Processor, Memory, I/O to view the memory, processor, and physical I/O resource settings for the managed system. You can click I/O Pools to display all the I/O pools available in the managed system. The maximum number of I/O pools that are allowed is 1000.
6. Click Save to apply the changes. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.
7. In the navigation pane, click Hardware Virtualized I/O. The Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) page for the selected Virtual I/O Server is displayed in the work pane.
   1. The SR-IOV page lists all of the SR-IOV logical ports that are connected to the VIOS. Right-click a logical port and select Modify Port or Remove Port to change or remove the selected port. Click Add Port to add an SR-IOV logical port to the VIOS partition.
   2. The HEA page lists all of the Logical Host Ethernet Adapters (LHEAs) connected to the VIOS. Select an LHEA adapter from the list to view the port configuration details. Right-click any port in the table to modify the port configuration and view the partitions that are associated with the selected HEA port.
   3. In the HCA page, click Launch Manage Host Channel Adapters to open the HMC panel with a list of available HCAs. Select an HCA to display the current partition usage for the selected HCA.