Import System Plan

Use this page to import a system-plan file into this Hardware Management Console (HMC). A system plan is a specification of the logical partition configuration of a single managed system. A system plan is stored in a file that is called a system-plan file. A system-plan file can contain more than one system plan. You must import a system-plan file into the HMC before you can deploy a system plan in the file to a managed system.

You can import a system-plan file from one of three sources:

• You can import a system file from the local system on which you are running the browser to access the HMC.
• You can import a system-plan file from removable media that is currently mounted to the HMC, such as optical discs or USB Mass Storage devices.
• You can import a system-plan file from a remote file transfer protocol (FTP) site. Importing a system-plan file by means of FTP allows you to deploy a system plan from a source other than the current HMC.

You cannot import a system plan that has an identical name to any system plan that is available on the HMC.

Select one of the following topics to learn more about using this page:

System plan file name

Select the source for the system plan

Sub-directory on media

Remote site hostname

User ID

Password

Remote directory