First steps

After you install the product, use these steps to set up and configure your environment.

1. Open the Cloud Pak System Software console.
   Open https://<host_IP_address> from a supported web browser. Log in with the administrative user name and password that you specified during the installation process.
2. Click System > System settings to configure the system settings.
   1. Expand the Cloud Management IP section, and configure the cloud management network settings.
      These settings are used by your virtual machines to communicate with the Platform System Manager.

      Management IP

      Specify the IP address for the Platform System Manager.

      Host Name

      Specify the host name for the Platform System Manager.

      Domain Name

      Specify the domain name for the Platform System Manager.

      Netmask

      Specify the netmask for the Platform System Manager.

      Default Gateway

      Specify the default gateway for the Platform System Manager.

      Important: These settings are configured only once and are not editable; ensure the values you provide are correct before saving your changes.

      Add or remove VLANs in the VLANS field as needed. Use a comma-separated list to specify more than one VLAN. This information is used when virtual machines are deployed to a separate broadcast domain. Because Cloud Pak System Software does not control the network, make sure the broadcast domain provided by the VLAN ID is available and accessible.

      Important: If a VLAN is removed from the network, the virtual machines that are running on that network must be deleted and deployed on the correct VLAN.

      Cloud Pak System Software uses the VLAN ID of IP groups to decide on which port group of the distributed virtual switch to place the NIC of virtual machines that are deployed by using the IP group. If no port group is found that uses the VLAN ID, the system uses a port group with a name that matches the VLAN ID. If your environment does not use VLANs, you can create your port groups with integer names in the range 0 - 4094, then list those VLAN IDs here and use them when you create IP groups.

   2. Configure the DNS servers.
      For more information, see Administering the DNS server.
   3. Configure the NTP servers.
      For more information, see Configuring date and time settings.
3. Allocate the infrastructure cloud resources.
   1. Expand the Virtual Center Access section, and specify the IP address, user name, and password for the Power® Virtualization Center (PowerVC).
   2. Click Discover to discover the connected Hardware Management Consoles (HMCs).
   3. Specify the user name and password for each HMC that was discovered.
   4. Click Discover to discover the VIO Servers (VIOS) on each HMC.
   5. Specify the administrator user name (padmin) and password for each discovered VIOS.
   6. Click Test Connection.
   7. If the connection is successful, click Save Changes. If the connection is not successful, check the settings.
   8. Discover the compute resources.
      For more information, see Administering compute nodes.
   9. Discover the storage resources.
      For more information, see Discovering storage resources.
4. Build your cloud environment.
   1. Create your IP groups.
      For more information, see Adding IP groups.
   2. Create your cloud groups.
      For more information, see Adding cloud groups.
   3. Create your environment profiles.
      For more information, see Creating environment profiles.
5. Import the virtual images and integrated patterns.
   1. Ensure that the Platform System Manager is running by connecting to the Platform System Manager through a Secure Shell session and running this command: psm info.

      Verify that the System Management Status is Online.

   2. Ensure that the following steps are complete and are marked as Configured in the Step 2 section on the Cloud Pak System Software welcome page:
      • Connect to external virtual center server
      • Discover compute resources
      • Discover storage resources

      Note: These tasks are covered in Step 3 of this task.
   3. Import the content from the Platform System Manager:
      1. Connect to the Platform System Manager through a Secure Shell (SSH) session.
      2. Change to the /data/maintenance/default_data/ directory.
      3. Run this command: nohup ./install.sh 127.0.0.1 <admin user> <admin password> -imagesOnly &

         where <admin user> and <admin password> are the Administrator user name and password that you specified during installation. This user name and password are the same user name and password that are used to log in to the Cloud Pak System Software console user interface.

      This content takes some time to import. After the import is complete, the imported virtual images and patterns are visible in the user interface.

6. Download tools.
   1. Download the command-line tool.
      For more information, see Command line reference.
   2. Download the OS Pattern Kit.
      For more information, see Using your own AIX OS image to create virtual system instances.
   3. Download the IBM Workload Plugin Development Kit.
      For more information, see Plug-in Development Kit
   4. Download the IBM Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Agent.
      For more information, see Monitoring Agent for IBM Cloud Pak System Software.
7. Work with patterns. For more information, see Working with virtual patterns.
   Note: Before you can deploy patterns, you must first import the virtual images and integrated patterns and create and import an operating system image. For more information, see Step 5 and Using your own AIX OS image to create virtual system instances.