The next generation Virtual I/O Server!
Interested
in learning more about the next generation of Virtual I/O Server? Yes? Then
take a look at this presentation. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/cgaix/resource/VM19.pdf The
following diagram gives you a high-level overview of the classic VIOS compared with the NextGen VIOS. Should be enough to spark your interest! Happy reading!
Tags:  powervm aix chris gibson gen next vios |
A journey into the world of VLAN tagging and Virtual I/O!
I just had to share this entertaining presentation with everyone. http://gibsonnet.net/AIX/ibm/Journey_in_VLAN_world.pps Or the PDF. It's not as interesting or fun, as the animations don't work but you get the idea. I'm sharing the PDF because it appears that you can open this file on Windows fine (in read-only mode) but on a Mac it prompts for a password without an option for opening in read-only. Shame. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/cgaix/resource/Journey_in_VLAN_world.pdf It was... [More]
Tags:  powervm lemal chris aix vlan vio ibm bernard gibson |
Cluster Aware AIX
Using Cluster Aware AIX with AIX 7.1 you can create a cluster of AIX
nodes. This interconnected cluster of nodes can immediately provide several
capabilities, such as: ·
Clusterwide event management. ·
Communication and storage events: o
Node UP and node DOWN o
Network adapter UP and DOWN o
Network address change o
Point-of-contact UP and DOWN o
Disk UP and DOWN o
Predefined and user-defined events ·
Clusterwide storage naming service ·
Clusterwide command... [More]
Tags:  caa_private0 caa event aware ahafs cluster mkcluster aix cldisk1 7.1 lscluster |