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How to Install AIX OS on IBM Power System

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Intro

AIX is a Unix operating system developed by IBM for its Power Systems hardware. It is a proprietary operating system that is used in enterprise environments for high-availability and mission-critical applications.

In my company, we use AIX OS as the base operating system for our production servers running IBM Db2. Database workloads are separated from application and hypervisor layers, which improves both security and performance.

The latest hardware we use is IBM Power S924 a.k.a Power9 server.

It is a very stable operating system and we have never had any issues with it.

Steps

  1. Insert AIX CD/DVD

  2. Press 1 to select the next step to “SMS Menu”

  3. Press 3 to select the next step to “Continue to Password Entry”

  4. Type the default password “admin”

  5. Press 5 to continue to “Select Boot Options”

  6. Press 1 to continue to “Select Install/Boot Device”

  7. Since this guide uses a CD/DVD device, press 2 to select “CD/DVD”

  8. Press 6 to select “List All Device”

  9. Select “SATA” because the device used is CD/DVD

  10. Select “Normal Boot” and wait for the reboot process to complete

  11. Press 1 and press Enter

  12. Press 2 to continue to “Change/Show Installation Settings and Install”, and press Enter

  13. Change “Select Edition” to “Enterprise”

    Press 5 then press Enter until it changes to “Enterprise” If RAID, press 1 to set the use of hard disk for OS and installation type If not RAID, press 0 to install

    And make sure to press 4 to ensure the FTP/IP installation is “yes”

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