Initial Program Load (IPL) Procedures must exists for each partition defined to the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256853	HMCP0010	SV-256853r890905_rule		Low

Description
If procedures for performing IPLs are not in place, it is extremely difficult to ensure overall operating system integrity.

STIG	Date
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Policies Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-03-20

Details

Check Text ( C-60528r890903_chk )
Have the Systems Administrator validate that IPL Procedures Documentation exists for all partitions that are defined on the system. Using the Hardware Management Console, do the following: 1) Access CPC Images Group displays. (This will list the LPARs.) 2) Compare the partition names listed on the Partition Page to validate that IPL procedures exist for each entered on the Central Processor Complex Domain/LPAR Names. If IPL Procedures do not exist for each partition, this is a FINDING.

Check Text ( C-60528r890903_chk )

Have the Systems Administrator validate that IPL Procedures Documentation exists for all partitions that are defined on the system.

Using the Hardware Management Console, do the following:

1) Access CPC Images Group displays. (This will list the LPARs.)

2) Compare the partition names listed on the Partition Page to validate that IPL procedures exist for each entered on the Central Processor Complex Domain/LPAR Names.

If IPL Procedures do not exist for each partition, this is a FINDING.

Fix Text (F-60471r890904_fix)
Create or refine procedures for performing IPLs for the LPARs/partitions defined on the system.