Use the SE or HMC to boot Linux® in LPAR mode
from a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) device.
Before you begin
NVMe IPL devices are supported for LinuxONE III as of
the firmware upgrade of November 2020.
You need an NVMe device that is prepared with zipl.
Procedure
Perform these steps to boot from an NVMe boot device:
In the navigation pane of the HMC, expand Systems
Management and select the hardware system that you want to work with. A table of LPARs
is displayed on the Partitions tab in the content area.
Select the LPAR where you want to boot Linux.
In the Tasks area, expand Recovery and click
Load as shown in the following graphic:
Figure 1. Load task on the HMC
On the Load panel, select load type NVMe
load.
Note:Select the Clear the main memory on this partition before loading
it check box only if you must clear memory. Memory clearing can considerably prolong the
IPL procedure.
Figure 2. Load panel for NVMe load
Enter the PCIe function ID of the NVMe device in the Load address
field. You can omit leading zeroes.
If the boot configuration is part of a zipl created menu
configuration, type the configuration number that identifies your boot configuration within the menu
in the Boot program selector field.
Configuration number
0 specifies the default configuration.
Optional: For boot images in the secure-boot format, select the Enable Secure
Boot for Linux option. For more information about secure boot, see Secure boot.
Optional: Type kernel parameters in the Operating system specific
load parameters field.
These parameters are concatenated to the end of the
existing kernel parameters that are used by your boot configuration when booting Linux.
Use ASCII characters only. If you enter characters
other than ASCII characters, the boot process ignores the data in the Operating system
specific load parameters field.
Accept the defaults for the remaining fields.
Click OK to start the boot process.
What to do next
Check the output on the preferred console to monitor the boot progress.
