Can I open an shell if I am signed onto the hmc remotely? If so where and how? I thought you coul only open a shell if you are locally sitting at the hmc console PC.
On Monday, February 2, 2015, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The message is coming from the Linux installer. > > On Monday, February 2, 2015, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mp...@suse.com');>> wrote: > >> >>> On 2/2/2015 at 02:00 PM, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > So I've tried to Ping the Lpar IP from the hmc under Network >> Diagnostics to >> > see if the lpar is communicating at all through the hmc. But it fails. >> So I >> > wonder if the failure is because of the the network connection. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> >> If you get into a shell >> 1. Do you see the network interface? (ip link show) >> 2. If you have a network interface, does it have an IP address? (ip addr >> show) >> 2a. Does it have the right network mask? (ip addr show) >> 3. If you have an IP address, is the default gateway set? (ip route show) >> 4. Can you ping the default gateway? (ping -c 3 ip.addr.of.gateway) >> >> If all those are OK and you can ping your gateway, then the problem is >> somewhere beyond the gateway. Only your network people can help you at >> that point. >> >> Also, note that the LPAR does _not_ "communicate through the HMC." The >> traffic from the OSA adapter you're using goes out through whatever >> switches and routes your network team has hooked up, and then to the >> (usually well isolated) NIC on the HMC. As I said, all that part of the >> network is outside of your control, so it might be a good idea to see if >> you can access another FTP/HTTP/SMB/NFS server somewhere else on the >> network. We have had at least one report of someone using the z/OS FTP >> server to install Linux in an LPAR. Not necessarily a lot of fun, but it's >> another possible avenue. >> >> >> Mark Post >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
