Re: Virtual HMC connection

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The moving parts are a mystery to me and I have never used an HMC.  My 
Bladecenter just used VIOS and everything connected via the backplane so 
all the HW components and their use "just worked"....I didn't want to go 
to the building where the P9 sits unless I had to ....<LAZY>.  Hence the 
post to verify the drive over to cable it was worth it.

Will cable it up and see what happens...

Thanks

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
Twitter - Sys_i_Geek  IBM_i_Geek

On 6/5/2019 9:39 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> Yes, you need to provide the cable from the intel box (via a switch, etc) to the HMC1 port on the POWER system.  I have several of these up and running and they work fine.  Clearly that needs to be configured in vCenter.
>
> Just out of curiosity, how would you propose that the vHMC (or any other HMC for that matter) would communicate with the FSP without that cable?
>
> Also, once you have the HMC connected using LAN console will be way too old school (and harder) so you might just as well convert the console to HMC at that point.
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> Jim Oberholtzer
> Agile Technology Architects
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> Subject: Virtual HMC connection
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> Does the vHMC use the same connection as a physical HMC?  I installed the vHMC VM in vCenter and it is running but do I need to have a cable running to one of the HMC ports on the back of my 9009-41A?  I think so but I am not sure...."Find managed systems" doesn't find anything but I don't have it cabled to the HMC port on the back either....
>
> I manage the P9's IBM i partition with the Lan Console but want to use the other 3 cores for Linux partitions.  HMC is the only way to make that happen so that is why I am using the vHMC.
>
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> Pete Helgren
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