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    AIX HMC TipSheet

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    This document provides summaries of commands for managing AIX systems and HMCs, creating virtual devices on VIO servers, sharing storage between VIO servers, AIX performance tuning parameters, and useful monitoring tools. It lists commands for viewing HMC and system configurations, managing partitions, creating shared Ethernet adapters and virtual storage mappings on VIO servers, and adjusting memory, I/O, and network settings for performance. Useful links are also included for monitoring tools like Lparmon, nmon, and references for AIX commands.

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    This document provides summaries of commands for managing AIX systems and HMCs, creating virtual devices on VIO servers, sharing storage between VIO servers, AIX performance tuning parameters, and useful monitoring tools. It lists commands for viewing HMC and system configurations, managing partitions, creating shared Ethernet adapters and virtual storage mappings on VIO servers, and adjusting memory, I/O, and network settings for performance. Useful links are also included for monitoring tools like Lparmon, nmon, and references for AIX commands.

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    This document provides summaries of commands for managing AIX systems and HMCs, creating virtual devices on VIO servers, sharing storage between VIO servers, AIX performance tuning parameters, and useful monitoring tools. It lists commands for viewing HMC and system configurations, managing partitions, creating shared Ethernet adapters and virtual storage mappings on VIO servers, and adjusting memory, I/O, and network settings for performance. Useful links are also included for monitoring tools like Lparmon, nmon, and references for AIX commands.

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    This document provides summaries of commands for managing AIX systems and HMCs, creating virtual devices on VIO servers, sharing storage between VIO servers, AIX performance tuning parameters, and useful monitoring tools. It lists commands for viewing HMC and system configurations, managing partitions, creating shared Ethernet adapters and virtual storage mappings on VIO servers, and adjusting memory, I/O, and network settings for performance. Useful links are also included for monitoring tools like Lparmon, nmon, and references for AIX commands.

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    AIX / HMC Tip Sheet

    HMC Commands
    lshmc n lssyscfg r sys F name,ipaddr lssysconn r sys lssysconn r all rmsysconn o remove ip <ipaddr from lssysconn list> mkvterm m {msys} p {lpar} rmvterm m {msys} p {lpar} (lists dynamic IP addresses served by HMC) (lists managed system attributes) (lists attributes of managed systems) (lists all known managed systems with attributes) (removes a managed system from the HMC) (opens a command line vterm from an ssh session) (closes an open vterm for a partition)

    Activate a partition chsysstate m managedsysname r lpar o on n partitionname f profilename b normal chsysstate m managedsysname r lpar o on n partitionname f profilename b sms Shutdown a partition chsysstate m managedsysname r lpar o {shutdown/ossshutdown} n partitionname [-immed][-restart]

    VIO Server Commands


    lsdev virtual lsmap all oem_setup_env (list all virtual devices on VIO server partitions) (lists mapping between physical and logical devices) (change to OEM [AIX] environment on VIO server)

    Create Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) on VIO Server mkvdev sea{physical adapt} vadapter {virtual eth adapt} default {dflt virtual adapt} defaultid {dflt vlan ID} SEA Failover ent0 GigE adapter ent1 Virt Eth VLAN1 (Defined with a priority in the partition profile) ent2 Virt Eth VLAN 99 (Control) mkvdev sea ent0 vadapter ent1 default ent1 defaultid 1 attr ha_mode=auto ctl_chan=ent2 (Creates ent3 as the Shared Ethernet Adapter) Create Virtual Storage Device Mapping mkvdev vdev {LV or hdisk} vadapter {vhost adapt} dev {virt dev name} Sharing a Single SAN LUN from Two VIO Servers to a Single VIO Client LPAR hdisk = SAN LUN (on vioa server) hdisk4 = SAN LUN (on viob, same LUN as vioa) chdev dev hdisk3 attr reserve_policy=no_reserve (from vioa to prevent a reserve on the disk) chdev dev hdisk4 attr reserve_policy=no_reserve (from viob to prevent a reserve on the disk) mkvdev vdev hdisk3 vadapter vhost0 dev hdisk3_v (from vioa) mkvdev vdev hdisk4 vadapter vhost0 dev hdisk4_v (from viob) VIO Client would see a single LUN with two paths. spath l hdiskx (where hdiskx is the newly discovered disk) This will show two paths, one down vscsi0 and the other down vscsi1.

    AIX Performance TidBits and Starter Set of Tuneables


    Current starter set of recommended AIX 5.3 Performance Parameters. Please ensure you test these first before implementing in production as your mileage may vary. Network no p o rfc1323=1 no p o sb_max=1310720 no p o tcp_sendspace=262144 no p o tcp_recvspace=262144 no p o udp_sendspace=65536 no p o udp_recvspace=655360 nfso p o rfc_1323=1 NB Network settings also need to be applied to the adapters nfso p o nfs_socketsize=600000 nfso p o nfs_tcp_socketsize=600000 Memory Settings vmo p o minperm%=5 vmo p o maxperm%=80 vmo p o maxclient%=80 Let strict_maxperm and strict_maxclient default vmo p o minfree=960 vmo p o maxfree=1088 vmo p o lru_file_repage=0 vmo p o lru_poll_interval=10 IO Settings Let minpgahead and J2_minPageReadAhead default ioo p o j2_maxPageReadAhead=128 ioo p o maxpgahead=16 ioo p o j2_maxRandomWrite=32 ioo p o maxrandwrt=32 ioo p o j2_nBufferPerPagerDevice=1024 ioo p o pv_min_pbug=1024 ioo p o numfsbufs=2048 If doing lots of raw I/O you may want to change lvm_bufcnt Default is 9 ioo p o lvm_bufcnt=12 Others left to default that you may want to tweak include: ioo p o numclust=1 ioo p o j2_nRandomCluster=0 ioo p o j2_nPagesPerWriteBehindCluster=32 Useful Commands vmstat v or l or s vmo o ioo o schedo o lvmstat

    lvmo iostat (many new flags) svmon filemon fileplace

    Useful Links 1. Lparmon www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/lparmon 2. Nmon www.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/nmon 3. Nmon Analyser www-941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/nmonanalyser 4. vmo, ioo, vmstat, lvmo and other AIX commands http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/doc/base/commandsreference.htm

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