Managing client CPU ID validation
The CPU ID of a NIM client is stored in the NIM database so that the master can perform verification that NIM client commands are coming from the machines that were originally registered as clients.
A NIM administrator
would not want this CPU ID validation to be performed in the following situations:
- When the hardware of a client machine is changed, giving the client a new CPU ID.
- When a single client definition is used to install different machines, as on a preinstall assembly line.
- When a client machine is migrated with Logical Partition Mobility (LPM), giving the client new hardware and a new CPU ID.