About this documentation
Welcome to the Cloud Pak System Software for Power documentation, where you can find information about how to configure and use Cloud Pak System Software for Power. Cloud Pak System Software for Power is an IBM Cloud Pak System solution that provides hybrid cloud capabilities. It is an integrated, highly-scalable private cloud appliance that helps you to build, deploy, and manage workloads that are based on IBM® Power Systems, providing an application-centric computing model in a cloud environment. This information applies to both IBM Cloud Pak System Software for Power and IBM Cloud Pak System Software Suite for Power Version 2.3.3 and subsequent V2.3.3.x fix pack releases.
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Product overview
IBM Cloud Pak System Software for Power is an IBM Cloud Pak System solution that provides hybrid cloud capabilities.
Getting started
Start using Cloud Pak System Software by reviewing system requirements and setting up Platform System Manager , configuring Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC) and Hardware Management Consoles (HMCs) , setting up and configuring your environment, and learning about the console .
IBM Cloud Pak System user interface navigation
Use the navigation menu information table as a quick reference to access various functions and features of the IBM Cloud Pak System user interface .
Working with IBM Cloud Pak System user interface
IBM Cloud Pak System user interface is the new user interface, which includes a unified log in page, getting started page, and IBM Cloud Pak accelerator deployment wizard for all containerized use cases.
Administering the system
Administering the system includes configuring settings, users and groups, scheduled tasks, and monitoring capabilities.
Working with virtual images
Virtual images provide the operating system and product binary files needed to create a virtual system instance .
Working with virtual patterns
Virtual patterns enable efficient and repeatable deployments of systems that include one or more virtual machine instances, and the applications that run on them. You can completely automate the deployment and eliminate the need to perform multiple time-consuming manual tasks. Such a deployment eliminates problems that are introduced by error-prone, manual configuration processes and accelerates solution deployment.
Working with shared services
Shared services provide a predefined pattern that is deployed and shared by multiple application deployments in the cloud, including virtual applications, virtual systems, and virtual appliances .
Monitoring the product
The system provides facilities to perform monitoring on all areas of your integrated solution.
Monitoring hardware resources
You can monitor various hardware devices included in the system.
Deploying the System Monitoring service
After you deploy the System Monitoring service, three virtual machines that host a hub monitoring server, a remote monitoring server, and a Tivoli Data Warehouse, are created and compose the monitoring infrastructure that facilitates the collection of performance and availability information by monitoring agents. A Cloud Pak System Software Agent is installed and started on the virtual machine that hosts the hub monitoring server as a result of the deployment.
Monitoring virtual appliance instances
You can monitor virtual appliance instances with Cloud Pak System Software .
Virtual appliance instances overview
You can create multiple Virtual appliance instances by deploying a Virtual appliance in aVMware ESX cloud.
Installing maintenance and updates
Install the latest maintenance fixes and updates to apply maintenance to your existing environment.
Troubleshooting and support
Use troubleshooting information to isolate and determine issues that you might be encountering.
Command line reference
The command-line interface provides a scripting environment in which you can run commands to manage IBM Cloud Pak System Software for Power remotely.
Configuring a floating IP address on a management network
You can configure a single management network that is used to perform all types of management tasks, and to also serve as an access point for your deployed virtual machines to communicate with the system.
Configuring a floating IP address on a separate network
As an alternative to configuring a floating IP address on a management network, you can configure the IP address on a separate network. Use this configuration when you have to modify the network interface card containing the assigned floating IP address.
Configuring multiple floating IP addresses
Configure multiple floating IP addresses to support multiple communication channels among the user interface and your deployed virtual machines to the appliance.
Cloud groups
You can use the command-line interface to view cloud groups, which are collections of hypervisors.
REST API reference
The representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) is provided by Cloud Pak System Software .
Troubleshooting and support