When you deploy a system plan that includes the Virtual I/O Server and, optionally, client logical partitions,
the Deploy System Plan wizard creates the Virtual I/O Server logical partition
and the logical partition profile, and installs the Virtual I/O Server and client logical partitions.
Before you start, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
- The system to which you plan to deploy the system plan is managed
by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).
- The HMC is
at version 7 or later.
- If you plan to deploy different entities
of the Virtual I/O Server configuration
at different times, ensure that the HMC is at version V7R3.3.0,
or later. (Virtual I/O Server entities
include Shared Ethernet Adapters,
EtherChannel adapters, or Link Aggregation devices, storage
pools, and backing devices.) If the HMC is not at V7R3.3.0,
or later, system plans that include the Virtual I/O Server can be deployed
only to new systems, or to systems that do not already have a Virtual I/O Server logical partition
configured. (The Virtual I/O Server can
be installed, but not configured.) More specifically, no Virtual I/O Server entities can
be configured on the managed system, including Shared Ethernet Adapters, EtherChannel
adapters, or Link Aggregation devices,
storage pools, and backing devices.
- If you plan to deploy a system plan that includes AIX® or Linux® installation information
for at least one client logical partition, ensure that you meet the
following requirements:
- The HMC must
be at V7R3.3.0.
- The client logical partition does not have an operating system
already installed. The HMC installs AIX and Linux on client logical
partitions that do not already have an operating system installed.
If the client logical partition already has an operating system installed,
the HMC does not
deploy the operating system specified in the system plan.