Guide to Configure/Deploy New Power9 Box and LPARs using vHMC

Hello,



I have been given the opportunity to learn how to set up a new Power9 box
(9009-41G) from scratch. This box will be used for hosting IBM i and Red Hat
LPARs. It has no pre-installed software. I was able to successfully bring up
the vHMC appliance in a Linux KVM Hypervisor. The vHMC is running at version
V9R2, M950, with fix MH01881 already applied. I have not connected the vHMC
to the Power9 box yet.



Would someone be interested in providing a high-level overview of setting up
a new box with a virtual HMC that will be running IBM i and Linux LPARs? I
am no stranger to reading the manuals, so something along the lines of "read
this first, then follow this one, and then this book" would be a great help
to start off with. (My Redbooks collection has grown quite a bit that I
don't even know which one to read first). Also, I do believe I am going to
want to set up two VIO Servers, as the common consensus is to do it and
thank yourself later.



Thanks in advance,



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Jacob Banda
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