Contents
Contents 3
1 Introduction 11
1.1 Target groups and objective of this manual 12
1.2 System requirements 12
1.3 Supported Hardware 14
1.4 Changes since the previous edition 21
1.5 ServerView Suite link collection 21
1.6 Documentation for the ServerView Suite 23
1.7 Typographic conventions 24
2 Virtual-IO Manager - Introduction 25
2.1 Virtual addresses 25
2.2 Special connection blade for blade server 25
2.3 Management with VIOM - Procedure 28
2.4 Defining networks (LAN) (for blade servers only) 30
2.5 Server profiles 43
2.5.1 Defining server profiles 44
2.5.2 Assigning server profiles 44
2.5.3 Dedicated LAN connections (only for blade servers) 45
2.5.4 Virtualizing I/O parameters 45
2.6 Server profile failover (for blade servers only) 47
2.7 High-Availability (HA) support 48
3 Installation and uninstallation 57
3.1 Prerequisites for the VIOM installation 57
3.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS 58
3.2.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
59
3.2.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line
interface 68
3.3 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS 72
3.4 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS 73
3.4.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
74
3.4.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line 84
3.4.3 Important directories of Virtual-IO Manager 88
3.4.4 Collecting diagnostic information 89
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