My NIM boot is hanging on 0605, this is a new spot, so I suspect there is a problem with it:
605 Configuration of physical network boot device failed. (from pimpworks.org )
First, I look and see what is installed into my spot and just compare it to an old spot that I know works:
nim -o showres '5300-11-spot'
I suspect that we are missing something for the virtual ethernet. I can compare this to the NIM server since it is also a virtual client:
root@aixd10:/etc/methods>lsdev -Cl ent0 -r Configure
/usr/lib/methods/cfgvioent
root@aixd10:/etc/methods>lsdev -Cl vio0 -r Configure
/usr/lib/methods/cfgbus_vdevice
In this case, it eventually worked, something just must have not been in the correct state. It would be interesting to build a spot that simply loads exactly what is needed for a mksysb,bos install, service mode work for our environment.