Le 17/02/2025 à 16:54, Jim Oberholtzer a écrit :
With respect to TFTP not supported on IBMi Next, since the network
installation has become so important to many of us, there must be a
solution that does not involve putting up an extra AIX server with NIM to
do it.

Are you referring to this https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/668193, where they say that bootp, dhcp, dns servers will not run on IBM i Next?

I don't see tftp on this page, and they talk only about servers (e.g. the IBM i acting as a server). They do not talk about using tftp to install/upgrade an IBM i partition through Network install feature.

HMC is getting better and better at having that capability. That
said, I still want a full command line interface to install things since
the GUI is oftentimes suspect and quite honestly does not always show
what's needed in terms of status and errors, etc..

What about chsysstate HMC command?

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=commands-chsysstate

To activate and perform a network install of an IBM i partition:
*chsysstate -m */managed-system/*-r lpar -o on
*{*-n */partition-name/ | *--id */partition-ID/}
[*-f */partition-profile-name/] [*-k */keylock-position/]
[*-t *{*nfs *|*iscsi*}]
*--ip */IP-address/ [*--netmask */network-mask/]
*--gateway */gateway-IP-address/*
*[*--serverip */NFS-server-IP-address/*]
*[*--serverdir */NFS-server-directory/]
[*--targetip */iSCSI-target-IP-address/*]
*[*--targetname */iSCSI-target-name/*]
*[*--targetport */iSCSI-port/*]
*[*--initiatorname */iSCSI-initiator-name/*]
*[*--chapname */CHAP-name/ [*--chapsecret */CHAP-secret/]]
[*--speed *{*auto *|*1 *|*10 *|*100 *|*1000*}]
[*--duplex *{*auto *|*half *|*full*}]
[*--mtu *{*1500 *|*9000*}]
[*--vlan */VLAN-ID/]

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