Changing Virtual I/O Server settings

You can change the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) settings that are specified in a system template by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). You can add or remove VIOS, change the properties of the VIOS, or change the resources that are assigned to the VIOS.

About this task

To change the VIOS settings of a template, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click the HMC Management icon The icon represents the HMC Management function of the HMC.
  2. Click Templates and OS Images.
  3. Click the System tab and select the system template that you want to change.
  4. Click Action > Edit.
    The Template Detail page is displayed.
  5. To change the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) settings, click the Virtual I/O Servers tab. Select the VIOS that you want to rename. You can specify the name in the VIOS Name field. To add a VIOS, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Add VIOS tab.
    2. In the General tab, you can specify the name for the VIOS in the VIOS Name field.
    3. Select a value for the Boot Mode field.
    4. To enable synchronization of the current profile, select the Save Configuration Change to profile check box.
      When this option is selected, the partition profile is always synchronized with the last activated partition profile.
    5. In the Advanced Settings area of the General tab, you can select or clear the Automatic Start With Managed System, Mover Service Partition, Enable Connection Monitoring, Enable Redundant Error Path Reporting, Enable Time Reference, Enable VTPM, and Allow Performance Information Collection fields. You can select a value for the Secure Boot field if you are using HMC Version 9.1.920, or later, and when the firmware is at level FW920, or later. If the HMC is at a Version 9.2.950, or later, and when the firmware is at level FW950, or later, you can specify a value of either 0 kilobytes (KB) or a value within the range of values supported by the system for the Keystore Size field.
    6. In the Processor tab, if you select Shared for the processor mode, you can set the processor weight as capped or uncapped. When you set the processor weight as uncapped, you must specify a value for the processor weight in the Weight field.
    7. In the Virtual Processors area, you can specify values for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields.
    8. In the Advanced Settings area, you can select a value for the Processor Compatibility Mode.
    9. In the Processor tab, if you select Dedicated as the processor mode, you can specify values for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields in the Processors area.
    10. In the Advanced Settings area, you can select a value for the Processor Compatibility Mode and the Idle Processor Sharing fields.
    11. In the Memory tab, if you select Shared for the memory mode, you can set the value for the memory in either MB or GB.
    12. In the Memory Allocation area, you can specify values for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields.
    13. In the Memory tab, if you select Dedicated for the memory mode, you can set the value for the memory in either MB or GB.
    14. In the Memory Allocation area, you can specify values for the Maximum, Allocated, and Minimum fields.
      The Advanced Settings area is displayed only when you use dedicated memory. You can enable Enable Memory Expansion, and the Huge Page Memory.
      • If you enable Enable Memory Expansion, you can specify a value in the range 1.0 - 10.0 for the Active Memory Expansion (AME) factor.
      • If you enable Huge Page Memory, you can specify values for Minimum, Allocated, and Maximum fields.
    15. In the Physical I/O Adapters tab, if you select the Use Captured I/O Information check box, you can view the details of the physical I/O adapters that were captured.
    16. Click the Hardware Virtualized I/O tab and then click the SR-IOV tab. If you select the Use Captured I/O Information check box, you can view the details of the captured physical Ethernet port. If the captured system template contains information about RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) logical ports, that information about the RoCE logical ports is also listed. If you do not use the captured I/O information, you can select the logical port and the Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) backing device that you want to assign to the VIOS. Also, details about the RoCE logical ports are displayed if they are available in the system, but you cannot use RoCE logical ports as SEA backing devices.
    17. If you do not select a SEA backing device and click the Advanced Settings tab, you can select available values for the OS MAC Address Restrictions, VLAN ID Restrictions, Port VLAN ID, and the 802.1Q Priority fields.
    18. To remove a logical port, select the logical port to be removed and click Remove Selected.
    19. Click the HEA tab. You can select the logical port and the Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) backing device that you want to assign to the VIOS.
    20. To add an HEA, click the Add tab. In the HEA Port Group Settings area, you can select a value for the multi-core Scaling (MCS) Value field. In the HEA Physical Port Settingss area, you can set the speed, select full duplex or half duplex mode, enable or disable flow control, and specify the maximum receiving packet size.
    21. To remove an HEA, select the HEA to be removed and click Remove Selected.
    22. To delete a VIOS, select the VIOS, then right-click to select Remove VIOS.
  6. Click Save and Exit to overwrite the changes that are made in the template, or click Save As to save the changes in a new template.