IBM POWER LE / OpenPOWER

Most of the content is general information for xCAT, the focus and examples are for management of IBM OpenPOWER servers.

IBM OpenPOWER Servers

• based on POWER8 Processor Technology is IPMI managed
• based on POWER9 Processor Technology is OpenBMC managed [Alpha]

• Configure xCAT
  • Set attributes in the site table
  • Set attributes in the networks table
  • Configure passwords
• Hardware Discovery & Define Node
  • MTMS-based Discovery
  • Switch-based Discovery
  • Sequential-based Discovery
  • Manually Define Nodes
  • Manually Discover Nodes
• Hardware Management
  • Basic Operations
  • Advanced Operations
• Diskful Installation
  • Select or Create an osimage Definition
  • Customize osimage (Optional)
  • Initialize the Compute for Deployment
  • Start the OS Deployment
• Diskless Installation
  • Select or Create an osimage Definition
  • Customize osimage (Optional)
  • Generate Diskless Image
  • Pack Diskless Image
  • Export and Import Image
  • Initialize the Compute for Deployment
  • Start the OS Deployment
• Statelite Installation
  • Configuration
  • Provision statelite
  • Hierarchy Support
  • Advanced features
• Using Updatenode
  • Introduction
  • Add Additional Software
  • Rerun Postscripts or Run Additional Postcripts
  • Synchronize new/updated configuration files
  • Update the ssh Keys and Credentials on the Nodes
  • Appendix : Debugging Tips
• Parallel Commands
  • Examples for xdsh
  • Examples for xdcp
• Virtual Machines
  • Set Up the Management Node for KVM
  • Install and Configure Hypervisor
  • Manage Virtual Machine (VM)
  • Trouble Shooting