IBM AIX® (internal) Location System Codes

lsdev -C -H -F "name status physloc locationdescription" : Get the AIX ( if present) and physical location codes.
lsdev -Cc disk -F 'name location physloc' : Get the AIX and physical location codes of all disks.
lsdev -Cl hdisk0 -F physloc : Get the location code of hdisk0.
lscfg -vpl hdisk0 : Get extended information o fhdisk0.
lsdev -C| grep hdisk0 : Get the AIX location code of hdisk0.
lsparent -Cl hdisk0 : Get the parent devices for hdisk0.
lscfg -l fcs0 : Get information about the fsc0 device.

Location Codes are divided as:

Unit enclosure type-----------Enclosure model----------Serial number-----------Location

U789C---------001------------DQD3F62---------P2-D3

U : Unit
C: Card
P : Planar
D: Device

Locate Timezone In Linux

[root@linux_lab ]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
# The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date.
# The timezone of the system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.
ZONE="America/New_York"
UTC=true
ARC=false
[root@linux_lab ]# echo $TZ

[root@linux_lab ]#

How To Enable FTP Service on AIX 6.1

aix_lab# ftp localhost
ftp: connect: Connection refused
ftp> bye
aix_lab#

as we see the ftp service is not enable, so let’s enable it

aix_lab# chsubserver -a -v ftp -p tcp
aix_lab# refresh -s inetd
0513-095 The request for subsystem refresh was completed successfully.
aix_lab#


aix_lab# ftp localhost
Connected to loopback.
220 aix_lab FTP server (Version 4.2 Tue Dec 22 14:13:26 CST 2009) ready.
Name (localhost:root):