Greetings - Very new to both VIOS and AIX and an inherited Power8 S882 system. I've got though all my problems (So far) and have VIOS up and running, networked, and accesible via ssh etc. I 've done this with serial connection and IVM.
Now I've installed an AIX 7.1 LPAR, but it is not pingable from VIOS or other parts of the network.
On the VIOS I have the following:
# lsdev | grep ^ent
ent0 Available 07-00 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Express Adapter (e414571614102004)
ent1 Available 07-01 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Express Adapter (e414571614102004)
ent2 Available 07-02 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Express Adapter (e414571614102004)
ent3 Available 07-03 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Express Adapter (e414571614102004)
ent4 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent5 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent6 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent7 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent8 Defined Shared Ethernet Adapter
# ifconfig en0
en0: flags=5e080863,18c0<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,GROUPRT,64BIT,CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD(ACTIVE),PSEG,LARGESEND,CHAIN>
inet xxx.xxx.xxx.123 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255
tcp_sendspace 131072 tcp_recvspace 65536 rfc1323 0
On the LPAR I was given the option in smity mktcpip of using en0 or et0. I chose et0 NIC and configure with IP addr etc - same subnet as the VIOS
But I cannot ping the LPAR, and the LPAR cannot ping outside itself.
On the LPAR:
# lsdev -Cc adapter
ent0 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
pkcs11 Available ACF/PKCS#11 Device
vsa0 Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
vscsi0 Available Virtual SCSI Client Adapte
ifconfig et0: flags=1e084863,1480<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,GROUPRT,64BIT,CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD(ACTIVE),CHAIN>
inet xxx.xxx.xxx.128 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255
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Not sure why the ent8 SEA shows as "defined" on the VIOS and not available?
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Not sure what else to look for if not an SEA problem...
Any hints or help would br greatly appreciated!