IPL configurations

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

An IPL configuration has a section identifier that consists of a section name within square brackets and is followed by one or more option lines.

Each configuration includes one of the following mutually exclusive options that determine the type of IPL configuration:

image=<image>: Defines a boot configuration. See Preparing a boot device for details.
dumpto=<dump_device>: Defines a DASD, SCSI, NVMe, or tape dump configuration. See Preparing a dump device for details.
mvdump=<dump_device_list>: Defines a multi-volume DASD dump configuration. See Preparing a multi-volume dump on ECKD DASD for details.

KVM: For KVM guests, image= is the only supported option.

Additional parameters might be required for logical boot devices.