Administration Guide › Managing Virtual Environments › IBM PowerVM (LPAR) › How to Configure the PowerVM Management Components › Add an HMC or an IVM Server Connection to the Manager

Add an HMC or an IVM Server Connection to the Manager

You can add an HMC or an IVM Server connection using the Administration tab of the CA Virtual Assurance user interface.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA Virtual Assurance user interface from the Start menu. Click Administration, Configuration.

   The Configuration page appears.

2. Select IBM PowerVM from the Provisioning section in the left pane.

   The right pane refreshes and displays the managed HMC and IVM Servers, associated Virtual I/O Servers, and the LPAR AIM Servers.

3. Click (Add) on the HMC/IVM Servers pane toolbar.

   The New HMC/IVM Server dialog appears.

4. Enter the required connection data (server name, user, password), specify the preferred AIM, enable Managed Status (checkbox).
   Note: The preferred AIM field is active only if you specify more than one AIM instance for a given HMC or IVM server.
5. (Optional) Specify the Virtual I/O Servers Default Credentials.

   The default VIOS credentials apply to newly discovered VIO servers.

   Important! If you do not specify the default VIOS credentials for an HMC Server, provide the VIOS credential for each VIOS in the Virtual I/O Servers panel to complete the configuration of the discovered VIOS. If the default VIOS credentials do not apply to a particular VIOS, you can overwrite the credentials in the Virtual I/O Servers panel.

6. Click OK.

   If the network connection has been established successfully, the Server is added to the top right HMC/IVM Servers pane with a green status icon. CA Virtual Assurance discovers the HMC/IVM Server automatically.

   If the connection fails, the Validation Failed dialog appears. If you click Yes, CA Virtual Assurance adds the Server to the list with a red status icon indicating a connection failure. If you click No, nothing is added.