434 IBM BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 Implementation Guide
11.1 Requirements
Partition mobility places certain demands on hardware, software, network and
storage configurations. These considerations need to be reviewed early in the
setup of an IBM BladeCenter JS23 or JS43 to avoid reconfiguration and rework.
11.1.1 Hardware
The IBM BladeCenter JS23 or JS43 requires a Fibre Channel HBA expansion
expansion card for SAN connectivity. All storage assigned to a logical partition
must have external backing devices that are visible to both the local and remote
VIOS systems.
11.1.2 Firmware
In a new blade environment the recommendation would be to have the most
current system firmware available installed. For the hardware configuration used
in the writing of this book the source and target blades had two different levels,
the current and previous levels of firmware. This configuration was chosen to
represent a customer environment where Live Partition Mobility may be used for
system maintenance reasons. IBM BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 firmware
updates can be downloaded from
http://www.ibm.com
Select the Support & Downloads link, then BladeCenter from the drop-down
box to be directed to the Support for IBM BladeCenter page. Select
BladeCenterJS23 or BladeCenterJS43 from the Product family drop-down box,
then click Go to display a list of related blade and BladeCenter updates. Blade
system firmware will have a prerequisite AMM firmware that will be identified in
the firmware readme file.
11.1.3 VIOS version
Similarly to system firmware, the VIOS version and fixpack level should be the
most recent. To display the current code level from the UI, click Updates from the
navigation area. The Management Partition Updates view will open and the code
level shown in Figure 11-1 on page 435. If the workstation that you are using has
Internet access, the link displayed on the Management Partition Updates page
will take you to a download site for newer updates and fixes, if available. The link
to the Virtual I/O Server is also available here:
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/vios/download
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