Installing Red Hat 6.1 or SUSE SLES 11 SP1 in a System z FCP Environment Hands-on Lab, Part 1 of 2

While Linux is the same operating system across all supported platforms, there are some unique platform features that must be understood, especially when working in a System z environment. In this workshop, students will have an opportunity to install either the current level of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6.1 which became available in May 2011) or the current level of Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 11 SP1) in a SCSI FCP environment. Each student will have their own System z virtual machine to install the distribution of choice in. If you have not yet worked with the latest levels of these distributions in the context of System z, this is your opportunity to experience first hand the Linux installation process. Once the basic installation is completed, additional exercises will take you through the process of adding FCP SCSI LUNs to your running system, and configuring those LUNs into a multipath logical volume.  Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 has support for the new cmsfs-fuse file system (which allows for r/w mounting of a CMS formatted minidisk into the Linux file tree), the Apache exercise will include serving content from a r/w mounted CMS formatted minidisk.  In addition, students will have the opportunity to modify content on that minidisk from within the Linux environment.

Tracks: Linux Systems Management and zNextGen