From your client LPAR SMS menu attempt to ping the NIM server. If this
fails work it as a basic networking problem.

Verify the NIM server is sharing resources properly:
showmount -e nimserver
Verify both a boot device image and SPOT are being shared properly.

Verify 'portcheck' is set to 0 on the NIM server:
nfso -a | grep port
Both values returned need to be zero:
nfso -o <value>=0

Hope that helps.


matteo wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to install one LPAR via NIM.
> The server is a P570, and the lpar to be installed has not physical
> ethernet but only virtual.
>
> On the NIM server I launched this command:
>
> nim -o bos_inst -a source=rte -a lpp_source=aix53ML2 -a
> spot=aix53ML02bos_spot -a boot_client=no -a bosinst_data=bosinst_source
> client2Binstalled
>
> That's the client boot configuration and the error that I received:
>
> ================================================== ========
>
> BOOTP: chosen-network-type = ethernet,auto,none,auto
> BOOTP: server IP = 10.215.3.26
> BOOTP: requested filename =
> BOOTP: client IP = 10.215.3.57
> BOOTP: client HW addr = 6b 24 d0 0 60 3
> BOOTP: gateway IP = 10.215.3.1
> BOOTP: device /vdevice/l-lan@30000004
>
> BOOTP: BOOTP request fail: 0
>
> BOOTP: BOOTP request fail: 1
>
> BOOTP: BOOTP request fail: 2
> BOOTP ERROR: BOOTP request failed, QUIT
> !BA010004 !
>
> ================================================== ==========
>
>
> Any idea?
>
> Tx
> Matt