Networking in VIO Server

To configure initial TCPIP setup:
# mktcpip -hostname vios1 -inetaddr 192.168.10.55 -interface en0 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -gateway 192.168.10.1 -nsrvdomain mydomain.com -start

To list stored tcpip configuration:
# lstcpip -stored

To list ethernet adapters on the server:
# lstcpip -adapters

To show system hostname:
# lstcpip -hostname

To show dns servers:
# lstcpip -namesrv

To display routing table:
# lstcpip -routtable

To display routing table in numbers:
# lstcpip -num -routtable

To list all open inet sockets:
# lstcpip –sockets –family inet

To show the state of all configured network interfaces:
# lstcpip –state

To flush (remove) all tcpip settings:
# rmtcpip -all

To unconfigure a network interface:
# rmtcpip -interface en0

To clean up routing table:
# rmtcpip –f -routing

To remove DNS information:
# rmcpip –namesrv

To unconfigure tcpip information on en0 during next reboot:
# rmtcpip –f –interface en0 -nextboot

To add an entry to /etc/hosts:
# hostmap -addr 192.168.10.34 -host alpha

To list the contents of hosts file:
# hostmap -ls

To remove a specific entry on hosts files:
# hostmap -rm 192.168.10.34


To enable / start all network services:
# startnetsvc ALL

To disable / stop all network services:
# stopnetsvc ALL

To enable telnet on a VIO Server:
# startnetsvc telnet

To enable ftp on a VIO ServerL
# startnetsvc ftp

To enable ldap daemon:
# startnetsvc ldap

To enable xntpd:
# startnetsvc xntpd

To enable cimserver:
# startnetsvc cimserver

To send CLI tracing info to system log:
# startnetsvc tracelog

To send system error log to the system log:
# startnetsvc errorlog

To list the start of ftp daemon:
# lsnetsvc ftp

To add a domain name entry:
# cfgnamesrv -add -dname abc.aus.century.com

To add a name server entry:
# cfgnamesrv –add -ipaddr 192.9.201.1

To list all resolv.conf entries:
# cfgnamesrv  -ls

To display statistics on a network interface:
# entstat en0

To reset statistics on a network interface:
# entstat –reset ent0

To trace a route:
# traceroute nis.nsf.net

Virtual Optical Device, Virtual Optical Drive and Virtual Media Library

1. To create a virtual media repository:
# mkrep -sp rootvg -size 10G

Above command will create a filesystem called /var/vio/VMLibrary.

2. To create an iso from from AIX DVD:
# dd if=/dev/cd0 of=/cg/AIX61-1.iso bs=1m

You can copy the iso file to /var/vio/VMLibrary.

3. To list the contents of virtual media repository:
$ lsrep
Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool         Parent Size      Parent Free
   10198     5828 rootvg                   139776           110592

Name                                    File Size Optical         Access
AIX61_1.iso                              3679 vtopt0          rw
AIX61_2.iso                               691 None            rw

4. To create a Virtual Optical device :
# mkvdev -fbo -vadapter vhost0

5. To create a virtual optical media from a downloaded ISO image:
# mkvopt -ro -name aix61 -file /home/padmin/aix61.iso

6. To remove a virtual optical media:
# rmvopt -name aix61

7. To list all the virtual optical devices:
# lsvopt

8. To load the virtual optical media on a virtual optical device:
# loadopt -vtd vtopt0 -disk linux

9. To load an ISO file on a virtual optical device:
# loadopt -vtd vtopt0 -disk AIX61_1.iso

10. To check if the ISO was loaded correctly:
# lsmap -vadapter vhost0

11. To unload the virtual media from virtual optical device:
# unloadopt -vtd vtopt0

12. To force remove the virtual media:
# unloadopt -vtd vtopt0 -release