Configuring a Partition From HMC to Storwize with the Magic of the Command Line!

Session Abstract:

GUI GUI GUI STICKY GUI it's all we here about these days. The HMC has a GUI the fiber switches have a GUI the network switches have a GUI Storewize has a GUI the firewall has a GUI. They are so nice a purdy and all grpahicalike and such. However in case you've been living under a rock they keep changing.

Allow me to imnumerate a few. HMC: No more with the classic now it's the super duper enhanced mega. Plus! And nothing is where it once was. In fact as of late 2017 some stuff ain't even there AND you cannot go back!! Fiber switches: Need JAVA. Stupid JAVA. And they download the big blobba java to your desktop through the browser to run it. And you cannot change the font size and you gotta wait for every click. I'm already old!!

Oh your browser updated? Yeah sucks to be you, find an old XP machine and try from there, and good luck! Storwize, yeah that one actually ain't all bad, BUT the steps you need to take to create a host and create the LUNS and map the LUNS is not so quick. And then you gotta wait on those LUNS to format too. Icky sticky. And some stuff simply does not exist in the GUI. For example what percentage of your data is on SSD vs Spinny? How about how far behind is remote copy? No idea, I know, not visible!

But it doesn't have to be this way! Did you know that you can create a partition on the HMC with ONE command?! Yep, just one. Did you know you can list the WWNs for that partition with one command? Did you know that on the SAN you can create the disk LUNS withOUT having to wait for them to format? How about that SSD vs Spinny? On the command line, presto chango, a little maconess and shazaam there it is!

Fiber switch (face palm) There is so little you really need to do in there and it is Sooo logical that the massive 10 ton JAVA GUI is like a 12 lb sledge hammer for a little finish nail!

Come, learn, be edjumacated about the way to be efficient and to NOT have to worry if the next browser update will blasticate your ability to manage the foundations of your enterprise!!

Learning Objectives:

Learn the basics of the HMC command line and how to create a partition there.

Learn the basics of the Storwize command line and how to create a host and LUNS there.

Learn the basics of the brocade switch command line and how to add zones for a partition there.

Learn a bit about the VIOS command line and how to connect the virtual adapters.

Learn all the steps needed to go from nothing to a complete partition without seeing a GUI.

Audience:

POWER Systems Administrators tasked with virtualization.

Level:

This session is advanced and expects attendees know a little about IBM i and virtualization concepts.

Duration:

This is a 1 Hour session.