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Select the client on which the disk will be made bootable in the Client Name field. Then select a disk to
configure in the Hard Disk Name field by using the arrow to the right of the entry field. When pressing the
arrow, the system will be queried to find one or more disks that were configured as a

Local System

Backup Disk

. If no disks are listed, then none were configured for system backup/recovery.

Network

Use this option to create a network boot image to be used to boot a client system over the network from a
network boot server.

To create a network boot image on any configured client or server and save the image on the boot server,
select either:

Configure

!Network Boot/Install!Create/Update a Network Boot Image

or

Utilities

!Create System Installation Boot Media!Network Boot Images.

If creating a network boot image from one system which will be used to boot other systems, the original
system must be running the same level of AIX as the backup that will be installed onto the client, and must
also have the device support installed to support the client system.

The AIX level, platform type and primary network type of the selected host will be automatically displayed.
The AIX OS Level shown confirms the AIX level of the boot image that will be created and may not be
changed. If the Platform Type shown is not the same as that of the client to be installed, you must change
this field to the platform type of the client. The Network Type field will show the first network type detected

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