IBM 150 Manual De Usuario

Hints and Tips 

  • Your SPOT server in the bootp 

server address

 field.

  • Your client's gateway in the 

gateway address

 field. If broadcasting will be 

used to obtain a boot image, leave these IP address fields empty.

  • Specify the 

subnet mask

 for your client machine if you are prompted for 

one in the subnet mask field. All machines in your subnet have the 
same subnet mask.

7. After you specify the addresses, press Enter to save the addresses and 

continue.

8. The RIPL screen is displayed. Select the Ping option and try to ping the 

server.

9. Go back to the SMS main menu and select the Multiboot function. Enter 

the Boot Sequence menu and select the network adapter to be used as 
the client's boot device.

10.After making your selections, you can boot the machine over the network.

Problem determination is much easier when you have some information 
about the nature of the problem that occurs. To enable access to more 
detailed information about problems that occur in your system, you should 
install the AIX error logging feature of AIX.

The error logging features are provided with the

 bos.sysmgt.serv_aid

 fileset. 

Once this fileset is installed, you will be able to use the 

errpt

 command to 

look at the AIX error log. The command:

    errpt -a |more

will display all the information in the error log starting from the most recent 
entry. Not all entries in the error log are errors. For example, every time the 
system is powered on, an entry will be logged to say that the error log has 
been turned on.

The error log is useful for resolving problems before they make an impact on 
your system. By regularly checking the error log, for example, you could 
discover that your hard disk was receiving temporary errors and was 
performing block relocations. If the errors were frequent (for example, every 
day), you could take actions to replace the disk without impacting the users.

To clear the error log, you can use the 

errclear

 command. For example, to 

clear all the entries from the error log, you would run the command: