This table provides a list of all defined operating environment installation resources that the Hardware Management Console (HMC) can access and use.
Click Add to create a new installation resource for the HMC. You must have the operating environment installation files available to complete the process of defining the installation resource. These files can be either on the original installation media when adding a local installation resource or they can be on a Network Installation Management (NIM) server when adding a remote installation resource.
The HMC must have a minimum of 3GB of free hard disk space on the local hard drive. If the value for the Available HMC disk space field indicates that the amount of available space is below this minimum, the Add button is unavailable and you cannot define and add a local installation resource.
Select an existing installation resource from the table and click Remove to remove the defined resource from the HMC. When you remove a local installation resource from the HMC, the HMC also also deletes the installation files from the local hard drive. When you remove a remote installation resource from the HMC, the files on the NIM server are not affected.