Hi, I am new in AIX. I am trying to setup a few old servers with 4.3.3,
model 250 and C10 by using NIM. I have setup the NIM in the server at 43p.

My question is:
(1) Do I need to know the MAC address of the clients (250 and C10)?
(2) I follow the manual to start the client, switch the key to secure, wait
until LCD shown 200, change to service mode, press reset. After a while, LCD
shown 262, but nothing on the ASCII console screen. What else should I set?

I know NIM is in the marketing for years, hope someone can still guide me on
this. Thanks.

In article <c5dsr1$aoj$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg>, Rickie wrote:
> Hi, I am new in AIX. I am trying to setup a few old servers with 4.3.3,
> model 250 and C10 by using NIM. I have setup the NIM in the server at 43p.
>
> My question is:
> (1) Do I need to know the MAC address of the clients (250 and C10)?
> (2) I follow the manual to start the client, switch the key to secure, wait
> until LCD shown 200, change to service mode, press reset. After a while, LCD
> shown 262, but nothing on the ASCII console screen. What else should I set?
>
> I know NIM is in the marketing for years, hope someone can still guide me on
> this. Thanks.
>
>

Wait on the 262 until it reads something like c31 or c32, I don't remember
which. Some of these machines take a long time doing the POST. If you are
doing a NIM and not a NIMADM, then you'll need the hardware address so
that bootp works right. Get the hardware address while in service mode
by going to the remote IPL menu.