Part III. IBM System z Architecture - Installation and Booting

Table of Contents

18. Planning for Installation on System z

18.1. Pre-Installation

18.2. Overview of the System z Installation Procedure

18.2.1. Booting (IPL) the Installer

18.2.2. Installation Phase 1

18.2.3. Installation Phase 2

18.2.4. Installation Phase 3

18.3. Graphical User Interface with X11 or VNC

18.3.1. Installation using X11 forwarding

18.3.2. Installation using X11

18.3.3. Installation using VNC

18.3.4. Installation using a VNC listener

18.3.5. Automating the Installation with Kickstart

19. Preparing for Installation

19.1. Preparing for a Network Installation

19.1.1. Preparing for FTP and HTTP installation

19.1.2. Preparing for an NFS installation

19.2. Preparing for a Hard Drive Installation

19.2.1. Accessing Installation Phase 3 and the Package Repository on a Hard Drive

20. Booting (IPL) the Installer

20.1. Installing under z/VM

20.1.1. Using the z/VM Reader

20.1.2. Using a prepared DASD

20.1.3. Using a prepared FCP-attached SCSI Disk

20.1.4. Using an FCP-attached SCSI DVD Drive

20.2. Installing in an LPAR

20.2.1. Using an FTP Server

20.2.2. Using the HMC or SE DVD Drive

20.2.3. Using a prepared DASD

20.2.4. Using a prepared FCP-attached SCSI Disk

20.2.5. Using an FCP-attached SCSI DVD Drive

21. Installation Phase 1: Configuring a Network Device

21.1. A Note on Terminals

22. Installation Phase 2: Configuring Language and Installation Source

22.1. Non-interactive Line-Mode Installation

22.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface

22.2.1. Using the Keyboard to Navigate

22.3. Language Selection

22.4. Installation Method

22.4.1. Installing from DVD

22.4.2. Installing from a Hard Drive

22.4.3. Performing a Network Installation

22.4.4. Installing via NFS

22.4.5. Installing via FTP or HTTP

22.5. Verifying Media

22.6. Retrieving Phase 3 of the Installation Program

23. Installation Phase 3: Installing using anaconda

23.1. The Non-interactive Line-Mode Text Installation Program Output

23.2. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface

23.3. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface

23.4. Configure the Install Terminal

23.5. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

23.6. Storage Devices

23.6.1. The Storage Devices Selection Screen

23.7. Setting the Hostname

23.7.1. Edit Network Connections

23.8. Time Zone Configuration

23.9. Set the Root Password

23.10. Assign Storage Devices

23.11. Initializing the Hard Disk

23.12. Upgrading an Existing System

23.12.1. Upgrading Using the Installer

23.13. Disk Partitioning Setup

23.14. Encrypt Partitions

23.15. Creating a Custom Layout or Modifying the Default Layout

23.15.1. Create Storage

23.15.2. Adding Partitions

23.15.3. Create Software RAID

23.15.4. Create LVM Logical Volume

23.15.5. Recommended Partitioning Scheme

23.16. Write changes to disk

23.17. Package Group Selection

23.17.1. Installing from Additional Repositories

23.17.2. Customizing the Software Selection

23.18. Installing Packages

23.19. Installation Complete

23.19.1. IPL under z/VM

23.19.2. IPL on an LPAR

23.19.3. Continuing after Reboot (re-IPL)

24. Troubleshooting Installation on IBM System z

24.1. You are unable to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux

24.1.1. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors?

24.2. Trouble During the Installation

24.2.1. No devices found to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Error Message

24.2.2. Saving traceback messages

24.2.3. Other Partitioning Problems

24.2.4. Are You Seeing Python Errors?

24.3. Problems After Installation

24.3.1. Remote Graphical Desktops and XDMCP

24.3.2. Problems When You Try to Log In

24.3.3. Your Printer Does Not Work

24.3.4. Apache-based httpd service/Sendmail Hangs During Startup

25. Configuring an Installed Linux on System z Instance

25.1. Adding DASDs

25.1.1. Dynamically setting DASDs online

25.1.2. Preparing a new DASD with low-level formatting

25.1.3. Persistently setting DASDs online

25.2. Adding FCP-Attached Logical Units (LUNs)

25.2.1. Dynamically activating an FCP LUN

25.2.2. Persistently activating FCP LUNs

25.3. Adding a Network Device

25.3.1. Adding a qeth Device

25.3.2. Adding an LCS Device

25.3.3. Mapping subchannels and network device names

25.3.4. Configuring a System z Network Device for Network Root File System

26. Parameter and Configuration Files

26.1. Required parameters

26.2. The z/VM configuration file

26.3. Installation network parameters

26.4. VNC and X11 parameters

26.5. Loader parameters

26.6. Parameters for kickstart installations

26.7. Miscellaneous parameters

26.8. Sample parameter file and CMS configuration file

27. IBM System z References

27.1. IBM System z Publications

27.2. IBM Redbooks for System z

27.3. Online resources