Duke
thanks, it'll have to wait until we get the add'l power installed? I knew I was on the right track with what I was seeing.I suspected that mightbe the case.
I don't have time to read 702 page docs that are wrong in many places.I've seen enough of the HMC to know that it has poor wording on many of its pages.
installing vios via system template ,for instance, says 'click start when ready'.only they have no start button ( so I instead click on the 'next' button)..but how can you pass along a product like that? there was no QA of the HMC product? hmc 8.2 mind you.latest and *cough* greatest..

then they give you a read-only Vterm which stops at 'insert disk #2' but gives you no way to actually tell it to continue, because it is read-only.it also says click 'accept license' only you can't click the radio button. they have another section in documentation which clearly states that HMC will automatically find VIOS disk #2 in the hmc repository.it doesnt.it hasn't.it wont.LOL
outside of my shortcomings on the subject, it's painfully obvious that this is still a work in progress for IBM..the fact that you can't even 'vi ' a file in restricted shell is comical to me..


but as you say , I need the disk arrays powered up so it can see all of the disks and controllers, etc..
question: shouldn't this whole set up work on just the 8202 alone? I mean,what if I'm a client who doesn't need the extra 6+ TB disk space, I only need the 6x146GB internal drives on the 8202? I should then be able to install VIOS on it, and let it work with the internal disk controllers and network controllers and spread them out to the soon-to-be newly created VMs..right? so, in my case, why is this not working as such? I don't have the enclosures hooked up.the 8202 should work without a problem..
is there something that's telling the 8202 that it absolutely,positively needs the add'l enclosures to work? what if I had all three working, and decided to get rid of the g30 and the 24? I should still be able to work with PowerVM on the 8202 correct?
I distinctly remember when ordering the server that the enclosures were an add-on, not mandatory.so why can't I work without the add'l 210v power line, and without g30 and 24?

thanks for clarifying things though.you're right, no need to waste time playing with it.
If I sound completely off the rails frustrated , it's because I am..