Booting from SCSI

If you need to IPL from SCSI on the HMC after a shutdown of the KVM host...

1. On the HMC,activate the LPAR if necessary.
2. In the navigation pane of the HMC, expand Systems Management and Servers and select the mainframe system you want to work with. A table of LPARs is displayed on the Images tab in the content area.
3. Select the LPAR where you want to boot KVM for IBM z.
4. In the Tasks area, expand Recovery and click Load.
5. For booting from a SCSI device: Select load type SCSI

1. Enter the device number of the FCP channel through which the SCSI device is accessed in the Load address field.
2. Enter the WWPN of the SCSI device in the World wide port name field.
3. Enter the LUN of the SCSI device in the Logical unit number field.
4. These are the minimum requiremets. Click OK to start the boot process.
5. Open the Operating System Messages console to check for IPL messages.