Chris Gibson
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Chris Gibson is an AIX and PowerVM specialist located in Melbourne, Australia. He is an IBM Champion for Power Systems, IBM CATE (Power Systems and AIX), a technical editor, and a co-author of several IBM Redbooks publications.
Automating AIX Live Update With Ansible
September 4, 2024
IBM’s Chris Gibson explains how to perform AIX Live Update using Ansible with command examples
ArticlesUsing emgr_check_ifixes on AIX 7.3
March 11, 2024
IBM's Chris Gibson explains how to use emgr_check_ifixes to automatically check for and download AIX security interim fixes
ArticlesAIX Virtual Fibre Channel Enhancement
February 8, 2024
IBM’s Chris Gibson introduces the new AIX 7.3 vfcstat command and discusses some of the (not so recent) enhancements to the fcstat command
ArticlesAIX SR-IOV VF and Cisco CDP
November 11, 2023
Yesterday, IBM released Technology Level (TL) 2 for AIX 7.3. With TL2, a new capability is delivered for AIX systems using native Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) adapters (logical ports). With this update AIX administrators can now display information for Cisco network devices (switches) that are directly connected to their AIX logical partition (LPAR). This […]
ArticlesPreparing a VIOS for Maintenance Using the HMC
October 17, 2023
Did you know that, starting with Hardware Management Console (HMC) V9.2.950.0 and later, you can use the HMC user interface (UI) to prepare a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) for maintenance on your IBM Power server? If this interests you, please read on to find out how. The VIOS is considered an appliance or (like) firmware […]
ArticlesConfiguring Hybrid Network Virtualization for AIX
May 26, 2023
In this article, IBM’s Chris Gibson explains how to configure Hybrid Network Virtualization for an AIX partition
ArticlesA Look at the Latest AIX 7.3 Enhancements
December 22, 2022
In December 2022, AIX 7.3 Technology Level (TL) 1 became available. Many new features and functions were delivered with this TL. You can find the official list of announcements and “what’s new” information at the following links: I wanted to take a moment to talk about some of the new enhancements that caught my attention […]
ArticlesFiltering IP Addresses With AIX IPSec
May 10, 2022
I want to deny IP address 8.211.1.243 from accessing my AIX system (for inbound connections). The first step is to enable IPSec on the AIX. This example is for ipsec_v4. # smit ipsec4 --> Start/Stop IP Security --> Start IP Security Start IP Security [Now and After Reboot] + Deny All Non_Secure IP Packets [no] […]
ArticlesHow to Check NPIV Virtual Fibre Channel Adapter Mapping on AIX
October 21, 2021
Starting with AIX 7.2 TL5 SP3 (and VIOS 3.1.3.00), AIX/Power System administrators can use an alternative to kdb for viewing VIOS “identifying info” from client AIX LPARs. For example: # cat /proc/sys/adapter/fc/fcs0/hostinfo fcs0 VFC client adapter name : fcs0 Host partition name (VIOS) : vio1 VFC host adapter name : vfchost0 VFC host adapter location […]
ArticlesInstalling an ifix With AIX Live Update
September 1, 2021
Chris Gibson explains how to install an AIX security ifix without a reboot