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NIM provisioning uses the Network Installation Manager (NIM) to provide AIX OS imaging services for IBM PowerPC-based Logical Partitions and physical computers. The NIM adapter resides on the NIM master, where you set up and maintain your NIM environment. The OS version running on the NIM master must be the same OS version or higher than the versions that it deploys to NIM clients.
You can only provision IBM systems that are already defined in the NIM environment and configured with AIX. You cannot provision physical (bare metal) computers that do not have an OS installed.
The CA Server Automation user interface displays the status of IBM AIX provisioning jobs that the NIM adapter monitors. Configure NIM to monitor status and deploy images.
This documentation assumes that you are familiar with NIM. All requirements and restrictions imposed by NIM on IBM AIX are valid for CA Server Automation.
Note: For more information about NIM and IBM AIX, see the IBM Redbooks on the IBM website, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/. NIM From A to Z in AIX 5L is a good resource on the IBM Redbooks website.
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