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156 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage
4. Remove the tape devices and library device, if present, from the system. The
AIX rmdev command can be used for this purpose:
rmdev -dl rmt0
rmdev -dl smc0
5. Remove the Fibre Channel device from AIX. The -R flag used with the rmdev
command removes the fcnet and fscsi devices at the same time. Be careful if
you are using a dual-ported Fibre Channel card. You must migrate the
devices attached to both ports:
rmdev -Rdl fcs0
rmdev -Rdl fcs1
On the HMC: part 1
On the HMC, use the following steps to create the Virtual Fibre Channel
attachment:
6. Remove the assigned Fibre Channel card from the client logical partition.
Ensure that any profiles are updated if you perform this operation as a
dynamic logical partitioning process.
7. Create a virtual Fibre Channel server adapter in the Virtual I/O Server
partition.
a. Select the Virtual I/O partition to be configured using Systems
Management Servers <servername>.