Adding a management object to the NIM environment

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You can add management objects for stand-alone, diskless, and dataless clients to the NIM environment with SMIT or by using the command line.

You can add management objects to the NIM environment to gain additional control on the standard NIM machine objects.

The stand-alone, diskless, and dataless clients can be either managed or unmanaged. A managed client is associated with a managing system that controls the client.

Managed clients can use the network-boot and power-control capabilities of the dsm.core fileset when the fileset is installed. For example, it is possible to request a maintenance boot of the client without accessing the managed system to request a network boot.

When the dsm.core fileset is installed, the additional capabilities of managed clients, in comparison to the unmanaged clients, is as follows:

Performs a network boot and boot in maintenance mode by using the following command:
```
nim -o maint_boot -a boot_client=yes
```
Performs a network boot and the client is installed by using the following command:
```
nim -o bos_inst -a boot_client=yes
```
Boots or reboots the client by using the following command:
```
nim -o reboot
```
Opens a virtual console xterm when you use the -a open_console parameter on selected NIM operations.
Defines and uses virtual optical devices so that VIOS clients can mount ISO images from a virtual CD.

Management objects are represented by Hardware Management Console (HMC), Central Electronic Complex (CEC), Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM), Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), Blade Center Management Module (BCMM), or Power® Virtualization Center (PowerVC) objects.