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  • Page 1: Front Cover

    Front cover IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction PowerVM virtualization technology including Live Partition Mobility World-class performance and flexibility Mainframe-inspired continuous availability Charlie Cler Carlo Costantini Redpaper ibm.com/redbooks...
  • Page 3 International Technical Support Organization IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction August 2008 REDP-4440-00...
  • Page 4 First Edition (August 2008) This edition applies to the IBM Power Systems 595 (9119-FHA), IBMs most powerful Power Systems offering. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2008. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1.3.4 I/O Drawers attachment (attaching using RIO-2 or 12x I/O loop adapters) ..15 1.3.5 IBM i, AIX, Linux for Power I/O considerations ......16 1.3.6 Hardware Management Console models .
  • Page 6 3.1 Virtualization feature support ......... . . 109 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 7 4.5.6 IBM System p firmware maintenance ....... . . 166...
  • Page 8 IBM Redbooks ........

  • Page 9: Notices

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  • Page 10: Trademarks

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  • Page 11: Preface

    This paper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center. Charlie Cler is an Executive IT Specialist for IBM in the United States. He has worked with IBM Power Systems and related server technology for over 18 years. Charlie’s primary areas of expertise include Power Systems processor virtualization and server consolidation.

  • Page 12: Become A Published Author

    Scott Vetter, (PMP) is a Certified Executive Project Manager at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center. He has enjoyed 23 years of rich and diverse experience working for IBM in a variety of challenging roles. His latest efforts are directed at providing world-class Power Systems Redbooks®, whitepapers, and workshop collateral.

  • Page 13: Chapter 1. General Description

    General description Chapter 1. IBM System i™ and IBM System p™ platforms are unifying the value of their servers into a single and powerful lineup of IBM Power Systems servers based on POWER6-processor technology with support for the IBM i operating system (formerly known as i5/OS®), IBM AIX, and Linux for Power operating systems.

  • Page 14: Model Overview And Attributes

    On Demand Business. The Power 595 is an 8- to 64-core SMP system packaged in a 20U (EIA-unit) tall central electronics complex (CEC) cage. The CEC is 50 inches tall, and housed in a 24-inch wide rack.
  • Page 15 Table 1-1 Attributes of the 9119-FHA Attribute 9119-FHA SMP processor configurations 8- to 64 core POWER6 using 8-core processor books 8-core processor books Up to 8 POWER6 processor clock rate 4.2 GHz Standard or 5.0 GHz Turbo L2 cache 4 MB per core L3 cache 32 MB per POWER6 processor (shared by two cores) RAM (memory)

  • Page 16: Installation Planning

    Minimum requirements include a single 8-core book with three cores active, and for every 8-core book, three cores must be active. 1.2 Installation planning Complete installation instructions are shipped with each server. The Power 595 server must be installed in a raised floor environment. Comprehensive planning information is available at this address: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp...

  • Page 17: Service Clearances

    Table 1-3 lists the Power 595 server full system weights without the covers. Table 1-3 Power 595 server full system weights (no covers) Frame With integrated battery Without integrated battery backup backup A Frame (system rack) 1542 kg (3400 lb)

  • Page 18: Operating Environment

    Service clearances for other configurations can be found at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/iphad/serv iceclearance.htm Important: If the Power 595 server must pass through a doorway opening less than 2.02 meters (79.5 inches), you should order the compact handling option (#7960) which, ships the rack in two parts.

  • Page 19: Power Requirements

    74.4 KBTU/hr Maximum thermal output (5.0 GHz processor) 83.6 KBTU/hr Table 1-8 on page 8 lists the electrical characteristics for 4.2 GHz and 5.0 GHz Power 595 servers, and the Powered Expansion Rack (U.S., Canada, and Japan). Chapter 1. General description...
  • Page 20 460R9W type 4100R9W type 430R7W type 430R7W Table 1-9 lists the electrical characteristics for 4.2 GHz and 5.0 GHz Power 595 servers, and the Powered Expansion Rack (World Trade). Table 1-9 Electrical characteristics (World Trade) Description World Trade...

  • Page 21: Minimum Configuration Requirements

    1.3 Minimum configuration requirements This section discusses the minimum configuration requirements for the Power 595. Also provided are the appropriate feature codes for each system component. The IBM configuration tool also identifies the feature code for each component in your system configuration.
  • Page 22 Table 1-10 Power 595 minimum system configuration Quantity Component description Feature code Power 595 9119-FHA 8-core, POWER6 processor book 0-core active #4694 1-core, processor activations 3 x #4754 Four identical memory features (0/4 GB or larger) — 1 GB memory activations (16x #5680)

  • Page 23: Minimum Required Processor Card Features

    UPIC Cable Group, BPD1 to I/O Drawer at position #6942 U5 in the system rack If IBM i is specified as the primary operating system, refer to Table 1-12, which lists the minimum required features. Table 1-12 Minimum required features when IBM i is the primary operating system...

  • Page 24: Memory Features

    For a list of available memory features refer to Table 2-15 on page 80. 1.3.3 System disks and media features This topic focuses on the I/O device support within the system unit. The Power 595 servers have internal hot-swappable drives supported in I/O drawers. I/O drawers can be allocated in 24-inch or 19-inch rack (IBM i application only).
  • Page 25 I/O drawer (#5791) per system is required in the 5U location within the system rack. When an IBM i operating system is specified as the primary operating system, a minimum of one PCI-X Expansion Drawer (#5790) per system is required in a 19-inch expansion rack.
  • Page 26 For IBM i applications, a maximum of 96 RIO-2 drawers or 30 12X I/O drawers can be attached to the 595, depending on the server and attachment configuration.The IBM i supported #0595, #0588, #5094/#5294, #5096/#5296 and #5790 all provide PCI slots and are supported when migrated to the Power 595.

  • Page 27: I/O Drawers Attachment (Attaching Using Rio-2 Or 12X I/O Loop Adapters)

    The Power 595 server must have access to a device capable of reading CD/DVD media or to a NIM server. The recommended devices for reading CD/DVD media is the Power 595 media drawer (#5720), or and external DVD device (7214-1U2, or 7212-103). Ensure there is a SAS adapter available for the connection.

  • Page 28: Ibm I, Aix, Linux For Power I/O Considerations

    I/O drawers that can be connected to a 595 server based on the number of processor books installed. Note: On initial Power 595 server orders, IBM manufacturing places dual-loop connected I/O drawers as the lowest numerically designated drawers followed by any single-looped I/O drawers.

  • Page 29: Hardware Management Console Models

    IOA (or one that does not run with an IOP). AIX or Linux client partitions hosted by an IBM i partition are independent of any unique IBM i I/O hardware requirements. For new system orders, IOP-less IOAs are what AIX or Linux users consider as the normal I/O environment.

  • Page 30: Model Conversion

    Due to the size and complex nature of the miscellaneous equipment specification (MES) model upgrades into the Power 595 server, a two-step MES process is required. The two MESs are configured in a single eConfig session (the ordering tool used by sales and technical professionals) and contained within the same eConfig Proposed Report.
  • Page 31 DDR2 feature (4 DIMMs/feature). Interposer cards must be used in increments of two within the same processor book. Each Power 595 processor book can contain a maximum of 32 interposer cards. Within a server, individual processor books can contain memory different from that contained in another processor book.
  • Page 32 Table 1-18 Feature conversions for 9119-590 to 9119-FHA adapters From feature code To feature code #7818 - Remote I/O-2 (RIO-2) Loop Adapter, Two #1814 - Remote I/O-2 (RIO-2) Loop Adapter, Two Port Port IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 33 From feature code To feature code #7820 - GX Dual-port 12x HCA #1816 - GX Dual-port 12x HCA Table 1-19, Table 1-20, and Table 1-21 list features involved in the 9119-590 to 9119-FHA model conversion (rack-related, the specify-codes, and memory). Table 1-19 Feature conversions for 9119-590 to 9119-FHA rack-related From feature code To feature code...
  • Page 34 #8204 - 0/512 GB 400 MHz DDR2 Memory Cards) Package (16x#5696) From type-model 9119-595 Table 1-22 on page 23, Table 1-23 on page 23, and Table 1-24 on page 23 list features in a 9119-595 to 9119-FHA model conversion. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 35 Table 1-22 Processor feature conversions for 9119-595 to 9119-FHA From feature code To feature code #7988 - 16-core POWER5 Standard CoD #1631 - Transition Feature from 9119-595 #7988 Processor Book, 0-core Active to 9119-FHA #4694/#4695 #7813 - 16-core POWER5 Turbo CoD Processor #1632 - Transition Feature from 9119-595 #7813 Book, 0-core Active to 9119-FHA #4694/#4695...
  • Page 36 Table 1-30 Processor feature conversions for 9406-570 to 9119-FHA processor From feature code To feature code #7618 - 570 One Processor Activation #4754 - Processor Activation #4754 #7738 - 570 Base Processor Activation #4754 - Processor Activation #4754 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 37 From feature code To feature code #7618 - 570 One Processor Activation #4755 - Processor Activation #4755 #7738 - 570 Base Processor Activation #4755 - Processor Activation #4755 #7260 - 570 Enterprise Enablement #4995 - Single #5250 Enterprise Enablement #7577 - 570 Enterprise Enablement #4995 - Single #5250 Enterprise Enablement #9286 - Base Enterprise Enablement #4995 - Single #5250 Enterprise Enablement...
  • Page 38 #5694 - 0/8 GB DDR2 Memory (4X2 GB) DIMMS- 667 MHz-POWER6 CoD Memory #4495 - 4/8 GB DDR2 Main Storage #5695 - 0/16 GB DDR2 Memory (4X4 GB) DIMMS- 533 MHz-POWER6 CoD Memory IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 39 From feature code To feature code #4496 - 8/16 GB DDR2 Main Storage #5695 - 0/16 GB DDR2 Memory (4X4 GB) DIMMS- 533 MHz-POWER6 CoD Memory #4497 - 16 GB DDR2 Main Storage #5695 - 0/16 GB DDR2 Memory (4X4GB) DIMMS- 533 MHz-POWER6 CoD Memory #4499 - 16 GB DDR2 Main Storage #5695 - 0/16 GB DDR2 Memory (4X4 GB)
  • Page 40 #5694 - 0/8 GB DDR2 Memory (4X2 GB) DIMMS- 667 MHz- POWER6 CoD Memory #7828 - 16 GB Main Storage #5695 - 0/16 GB DDR2 Memory (4X4 GB) DIMMS- 533 MHz-POWER6 CoD Memory IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 41: Racks Power And Cooling

    #4643 with DCA 1.4 Racks power and cooling A Power 595 system uses racks to house its components: The 24-inch rack system rack includes an integrated power subsystem called the Bulk Power Assemblies (BPA) that is located at the top of the rack on both the front and rear sides.

  • Page 42: Door Kit

    Door kits containing front and rear doors are available in either slimline, acoustic, rear heat exchanger, or acoustic rear heat exchanger styles. Additional disk expansion for IBM i partitions is available in a 42U high, 19-inch Expansion Rack (#0553). Both the feature #5786 SCSI (4U) and feature #5886 SAS drawers can be mounted in this rack.

  • Page 43: Rear Door Heat Exchanger

    1.4.2 Rear door heat exchanger The Power 595 systems support the rear door heat exchanger (#6859) similar to the one used in POWER5 based 590/595 powered system racks. The rear door heat exchanger is a water-cooled device that mounts on IBM 24-inch racks. By circulating cooled water in sealed tubes, the heat exchanger cools air that has been heated and exhausted by devices inside the rack.

  • Page 44: Operating System Support

    Note: Planned availability for IBM i is September 9, 2008. Planned availability for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER is October 24, 2008. For the IBM i operating system, a console choice must be specified which can be one of the following: ops console...

  • Page 45: Ibm Aix 5.3

    You can also use the Fix Central Web site to search for and download individual operating system fixes licensed program fixes, and additional information. Part of the fix processing includes Fix Central dialoguing with your IBM i or AIX operating system to identify fixes already installed, and whether additional fixes are required.

  • Page 46: Ibm I 5.4 (Formerly Ibm I5/Os V5R4)

    – IBM Systems Director Console for AIX 1.5.3 IBM i 5.4 (formerly IBM i5/OS V5R4) IBM i 5.4 contains a wide range of medium to small enhancements and new functions built on top of IBM i’s integrated work management, performance management, database (DB2® for i5/OS), security, backup and recovery functions and System i Navigator graphical interface to these functions.

  • Page 47: Ibm I 6.1

    Logical partitioning extensions including support of multiple shared processor pools and IBM i 6.1 as a client partition to another 6.1 server partition or a server IBM Virtual I/O Server partition. The VIOS partition can be on a POWER6 server or a POWER6 IBM Blade JS22 or JS12.
  • Page 48 The PowerVM features are supported in Version 2.6.9 and above of the Linux kernel. The commercially available latest distributions from Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL AS 5) and Novell SUSE Linux (SLES 10) support the IBM System p 64-bit architectures and are based on this 2.6 kernel series.

  • Page 49: Chapter 2. Architectural And Technical Overview

    The bandwidths provided throughout this section are theoretical maximums provided for reference. We always recommend that you obtain real-world performance measurements using production workloads. Figure 2-1 IBM Power 595 processor book architecture © Copyright IBM Corp. 2008. All rights reserved.

  • Page 50: System Design

    (SMP) system. To avoid any possible confusion with earlier POWER5 model 595 systems, we will hereafter refer to the current system as the Power 595. The Power 595 is based on a modular design, where all components are mounted in 24-inch racks. Inside this rack, all the server components are placed in specific positions.
  • Page 51 IO Node Figure 2-2 Power 595 front view Figure 2-3 on page 40 shows the four air-moving devices at the rear of the Power 595. Figure 2-25 on page 69 shows the air flow. Chapter 2. Architectural and technical overview...

  • Page 52: Center Electronic Complex (Cec)

    Figure 2-3 Power 595 rear view 2.1.2 Center electronic complex (CEC) The Power 595 CEC is a 20U tall, 24-inch rack-mounted device. It houses the system processors, memory, redundant system service processors, I/O drawer connection capability, and associated components. The CEC is installed directly below the power subsystem.
  • Page 53 The processor book VPD card holds the VPD card and SVPD (CoD) for processor book information. Routes sense and control signals pass between the DCAs and processor book planar (DIMM LED Control). The VPS card plugs into processor book planar and the node power distribution planar Two Distributed Converter Assemblies (DCAs) located at the back of each processor book.

  • Page 54: Cec Midplane

    Two system controllers (SC) One VPD-card, which contains the CEC cage VPD information One VPD-anchor (SVPD) card, which contains the anchor point VPD data. Dual Smartchips Figure 2-6 on page 43 shows the CEC midplane layout. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 55: System Control Structure (Scs)

    System Controller SC card 1 2.1.4 System control structure (SCS) The Power 595 has the ability to run multiple different operating systems on a single server. Therefore, a single instance of an operating system is no longer in full control of the underlying hardware.
  • Page 56 (redundant System Controllers-SC), node (redundant Node Controllers-NC), and in the BPC. Figure 2-7 shows a high-level view of a Power 595, together with its associated control structure. The system depicted to the right is composed of CEC with many processor books and I/O drawers.
  • Page 57 required the development of a rigorously modular management architecture, which organizes the management model in the following ways: Groups together the management of closely related subsets of hardware elements and logical resources. Divides the management into multiple layers, with operations of increasing breadth and scope.
  • Page 58 The VLAN capability allows a single physical wire to act as separate virtual LAN connections. The SC and BPC will make use of this functionality. The switch is controlled (programmed) by the BPC firmware. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 59: System Controller (Sc) Card

    SPCN is a serial communication network that interconnects the operating system and power components of all IBM Power Systems.It provides the ability to report power failures in connected components directly to the operating system.It plays a vital role in system VPD along with helping map logical to physical relationships.SPCN also provides selective...

  • Page 60: System Vpd Cards

    SVPD modules. The MCM serial number is stored in the SEEPROMs on the MCM. Figure 2-6 on page 43 shows the VPD cards location in midplane. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 61: Oscillator Card

    2.1.7 Oscillator card Two (redundant) oscillator cards are on the CEC midplane. These oscillator cards are clock cards sometimes referred to as . An oscillator card provides clock signals to the entire system. Although the card is actively redundant, only one is active at a time. In the event of a clock failure, the system dynamically switches to the redundant oscillator card.

  • Page 62: Dc Converter Assembly (Dca)

    After a failing DCA is replaced, the system clocks are returned to normal if needed. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 63: System Buses

    Physically, the fabric bus is an 8-, 4-, or 2-byte wide, split-transaction, multiplexed address. For Power 595 the bus is 8 bytes and operates at half the processor core frequency From a fabric perspective, a node (processor book node) is one to four processors fully connected with XYZ busses.
  • Page 64 33% for coherence or with 50% for data and 50% for coherence. Within a node, the shared links are fully connected such that each chip is directly connected to all of the other chips in the node. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 65 System Description (b) POWER5 A POWER5 processor-based system can interconnect up to eight nodes with a parallel ring topology. With this approach, both coherence and data links are organized such that each chip within a node is connected to a corresponding chip in every node by a unidirectional ring.
  • Page 66 Figure 2-15 on page 55 illustrates the potential for a large, robust, 64-core system that uses 8-byte SMP interconnect links, both L3 data ports to maximize L3 bandwidth, and all eight memory channels per chip. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 67: I/O Subsystem

    Figure 2-15 Power 595 64 core 2.2.2 I/O subsystem The Power 595 utilizes remote I/O drawers for directly attached PCI or PCI-X adapters and disk capabilities.The 595 supports I/O DASD and media drawers through Remote I/O (RIO), High Speed Loop (HSL), and 12x Host Channel Adapters (HCA) located in the front of the GX adapters processor books.
  • Page 68 The numbers at the right indicate the rack location for the bottom edge of the drawer. For example, A-01 is the drawer in the system rack, located at U1 (first I/O drawer) and A-09 is the drawer in the system rack, located at U9 (third I/O drawer). IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 69: Bulk Power Assembly

    2.3 Bulk power assembly The Power 595 system employs a universal front-end power system. It can accept nominal ac inputs from 200 V to 480 V at 50 or 60 Hz and converts this to a main isolated 350 V dc nominal bulk power.

  • Page 70: Bulk Power Hub (Bph)

    BPH = Bulk Power Hub Figure 2-18 Bulk power assembly The power subsystem in the primary system rack is capable of supporting Power 595 servers with one to eight processor books installed, a media drawer, and up to three I/O drawers. The nonpowered expansion rack can only be attached to powered expansion racks.
  • Page 71 BPH – Side A J01 J02 J03 J04 J05 J06 J07 J08 J09 J10 J11 J12 J13 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J23 J01 J02 J03 J04 J05 J06 J07 J08 J09 J10 J11 J12 J13 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J23 BPH –...

  • Page 72: Bulk Power Controller (Bpc)

    Two additional BPD assemblies are provided with each Powered Expansion Rack. Figure 2-21 details the BPD assembly. Figure 2-21 Bulk power distribution (BPD) assembly Table 2-7 on page 61 lists the BPD component location codes. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 73: Bulk Power Regulators (Bpr)

    Table 2-7 Bulk power distribution (BPD) assembly component location codes Location code Component Location code Component Un-Px-C2 BPD 1 Un-Px-C3 BPD 2 (front or rear) Un-Px-C2-J01 I/O Drawer 1, DCA 2 Un-Px-C3-J01 I/O Drawer 4, DCA 2 Un-Px-C2-J02 I/O Drawer 1, DCA 1 Un-Px-C3-J02 I/O Drawer 4, DCA 1 Un-Px-C2-J03...

  • Page 74: Bulk Power Fan (Bpf)

    Each bulk power assembly has a BPF for cooling the components of the bulk power enclosure. The bulk power fan is powered via the universal power input cable (UPIC) connected to connector J06 on the BPC. The BPF is shown in Figure 2-23 on page 63. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 75: Integrated Battery Feature (Ibf)

    Figure 2-23 Bulk power fan (BPF) 2.3.6 Integrated battery feature (IBF) An optional integrated battery feature (IBF) is available for the Power 595 server. The battery backup units are designed to protect against power line disturbances and provide sufficient, redundant power to allow an orderly system shutdown in the event of a power failure. The battery backup units attach to the system BPRs.
  • Page 76 The IBM POWER6 processor is designed exactly with this goal in mind (high degree of adaptability), enabling feedback-driven control of power and associated performance for robust adaptability to a wide range of conditions and requirements.
  • Page 77 The EnergyScale architecture is based on design principles that are used not only in POWER6 processor-based servers but also in the IBM BladeCenter® and IBM System x™ product lines. These principles are the result of fundamental research on system-level power management performed by the IBM Research Division, primarily in the Austin Research Laboratory.
  • Page 78 Figure 2-24 Power management architecture EnergyScale functions The IBM EnergyScale functions, and hardware and software requirements are described in the following list: Power trending EnergyScale provides continuous power usage data collection (monitoring). This enables the administrators with the information to predict power consumption across their infrastructure and to react to business and processing needs.
  • Page 79 Although the basic design of the EnergyScale architecture is similar for all of the POWER6 processor-based systems, some differences on system implementations exist. The Power 595 is the largest POWER6 processor-based server. These servers contain multiple boards, and the designs of their predecessor in the POWER5 product line already contain power measurement features.
  • Page 80 The Power 595 uses the existing MDC microcontroller found on each DCA to perform the TPMD's functions and executes the firmware that run there. It uses communication between the two MDCs on each processor book and the embedded node controller service processor (NC) to measure the book-level power.

  • Page 81: System Cooling

    A1, A2, A3, A4 2.5 Light strips The Power 595 server uses a front and back light strip for service. The front and rear light strips each have redundant control modules that can receive input from either System Controller (SC).

  • Page 82: Processor Books

    The 595 server can be configured with one to eight POWER6, 4.2 GHz or 5.0 GHz, 8-core processor books. All processor books installed in a 595 server must operate at the same speed. Figure 2-28 on page 71 shows the Power 595 processor book architecture. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 83 30 bit addr 16 bit cmd/addr Inter-node Fabric Busses 8 bytes each direction (180 bits) (X8) Figure 2-28 IBM Power 595 processor book architecture The available processor books are listed in Table 2-12. Table 2-12 Available processor books Feature code Description #4694 0/8-core POWER6 4.2 GHz CoD 0-core Active Processor Book...
  • Page 84 MCMs as shown in Figure 2-29 on page 73. The processor book also provides 32 DIMM slots for DDR2 memory DIMMs and four GX bus slots for remote I/O hubs cards (RIO-2 and 12x) that are used to connect system I/O drawers. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 85: Power6 Processor

    32 MB L3 cache is shared by the two cores. 2.6.1 POWER6 processor The POWER6 processor capitalizes on all of the enhancements brought by the POWER5 processor. The POWER6 processor implemented in the Power 595 server includes additional Chapter 2. Architectural and technical overview...
  • Page 86 POWER6 processor automatically retries the instruction. If the source of the error was truly transient, the instruction will succeed and the system will continue as before. On predecessor IBM systems, this error would have caused a checkstop. Alternate processor retry Hard failures are more challenging to recover from, being true logical errors that are replicated each time the instruction is repeated.
  • Page 87 Alti Alti Alti Alti Alti Alti Core Core Core Core Core Core 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Chip Chip Chip Chip Chip Chip Fabric Bus Fabric Bus to Chip to Chip to Chip...

  • Page 88: Decimal Floating Point

    – Two floating-point operations – One branch operation The POWER6 processor implements the 64-bit IBM Power Architecture® technology. Each POWER6 chip incorporates two ultrahigh dual-threaded Simultaneous Multithreading processor cores, a private 4 MB level 2 cache (L2) for each processor, integrated memory controller and data interconnect switch and support logic for dynamic power management, dynamic configuration and recovery, and system monitoring.

  • Page 89: Altivec And Single Instruction, Multiple Data

    Software emulation is supported on all other POWER architectures. Running under IBM i 6.1, support for DFP has been added to the IBM i 6.1 ILE C compiler. If a C program that uses DFP data is compiled on POWER 6 hardware, hardware DFP instructions is generated;...

  • Page 90: Memory Subsystem

    2.7 Memory subsystem The Power 595 server uses fully buffered, Double Data Rate (DDR2) DRAM memory DIMMs. The DIMM modules are X8 organized (8 data bits per module). Support is provided for migrated X4 DIMM modules. Memory DIMMs are available in the following capacities: 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB.

  • Page 91: Memory Bandwidth

    Note: One memory unit is equal to an orderable memory feature. One memory unit contains four memory DIMMs. 2.7.1 Memory bandwidth The Power 595 memory subsystem consists of L1, L2, and L3 caches along with the main memory. The bandwidths for these memory components is shown in Table 2-14 Table 2-14 Memory bandwidth...

  • Page 92: Available Memory Features

    Memory can also be temporarily activated using the feature codes provided in Table 2-17. For additional discussion on CoD options, see Chapter 3, CoD Options. Table 2-17 CoD memory activation features Feature code Description #5691 On/Off, 1 GB-1Day, memory billing POWER6 memory #7973 On/Off Memory Enablement IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 93: Memory Configuration And Placement

    2.7.3 Memory configuration and placement Each processor book features four MCMs. The layout of the MCMs and their corresponding memory units (a unit is a memory feature, or 4 DIMMs) is shown in Figure 2-33. Memory unit 8 Memory unit 8 GX-V GX-V MCM-U...

  • Page 94: Internal I/O Subsystem

    Processor Book Processor Book Figure 2-34 GX bus adapters The processor book provides two narrow and two wide GX bus adapter slots. Narrow adapters fit into both narrow and wide GX bus slots. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 95: Connection Technology

    Therefore, the cabling relationship between the I/O hubs and drawers can vary with each Power 595 server. We suggest that you document these connections to assist with system layout and maintenance. I/O hubs cards can be hot-added. Concurrent re-balancing of I/O hub cards is not supported.

  • Page 96: Internal I/O Drawers

    I/O drawer #5798 (without repeater) is only supported in the system rack. Note: I/O drawers #5797 and #5798 have a planned availability date of November 21, 2008. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 97 Figure 2-36 shows the components of an internal I/O drawer. The I/O riser cards provide RIO-2 or 12x ports that are connected via cables to the I/O hubs located in the processor books within the CEC. PCI-X card in blind-swap hot plug cassette (2-20) PCI-X card in blind-swap hot plug cassette (2-20) (20) (20)
  • Page 98 14 PCI-X 2.0 (266 MHz) slots and 6 PCI-X (133 MHz) slots. An internal diagram of the #5797 and #5798 internal I/O drawers is shown in Figure 2-38 on page 87. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 99 Sustained. 6 GB/s pk Figure 2-38 #5797 and #5798 internal I/O drawers (12x) The Power 595 server supports up to 30 expansion drawers (maximum of 12 for RIO-2). Figure 2-39 on page 88 shows the drawer installation sequence when the integrated battery feature (IBF) is not installed.

  • Page 100: Internal I/O Drawer Attachment

    I/O Drawer #24 (23) I/O Drawer #24 (23) I/O Drawer #24 (23) Figure 2-39 Power 595 I/O Expansion Drawer locations 2.8.3 Internal I/O drawer attachment The internal I/O drawers are connected to the 595 server CEC using RIO-2 or 12x technology.

  • Page 101: Single Loop (Full-Drawer) Cabling

    Table 2-22 Number of RIO drawers that can be connected Number of installed RIO-2 (#5791) 12x (#5797 & #5798) processor books Single-looped Dual-looped Single-looped Dual-looped 2.8.4 Single loop (full-drawer) cabling Single loop I/O drawer connections are shown in Figure 2-40. Processor Book Processor Book GX Bus...

  • Page 102: Dual Looped (Half-Drawer) Cabling

    I/O expansion drawer. For each planer: – The lower connector on the I/O expansion drawer riser card connects to the left connector on the I/O hub adapter in the processor book. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 103 Figure 2-42 shows an example of the loop cabling between an I/O expansion drawer and an I/O hub for a Power 595 server with one processor book, four I/O hubs, and two I/O expansion drawers.

  • Page 104: Pci Adapter Support

    IBM Systems Hardware Information Center → Power Systems information → 9119-FHA (IBM Power 595) → PDF files for the 9119-FHA (IBM Power 595) Before adding or rearranging adapters, use the IBM System Planning Tool to validate the new adapter configuration. See the IBM System Planning Tool Web site at: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/tools/systemplanningtool/...

  • Page 105: Lan Adapters

    Note: When using the IBM i operating system, some adapters might require feature #2844 PCI IOP adapter card. These adapters are note by in the support column under the IBM i heading. 2.9.1 LAN adapters Table 2-23 lists the LAN adapters that are available for the 595 server.

  • Page 106: Iscsi

    Fibre Channel SANs over an IP network using iSCSI-to-Fibre Channel gateways such as storage routers and switches. The IBM iSCSI adapters in the 595 server offer the advantage of increased bandwidth through the hardware support of the iSCSI protocol. The 1 Gigabit iSCSI TOE PCI-X adapters support hardware encapsulation of SCSI commands and data into TCP and transport it over the Ethernet using IP packets.

  • Page 107: Fibre Channel Adapters

    2 Gbps data rate, and distances up to 150 meters running at 4 Gbps. When these adapters are used with IBM supported Fibre Channel storage switches supporting long-wave optics, distances of up to 10 kilometers are capable running at either 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, or 4 Gbps data rates.

  • Page 108: Pci-X Cryptographic Coprocessor

    Table 2-29 Available cryptographic adapters Feature Adapter description Size Maximum Support code #4764 PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessor (FIPS 4) Short — Note: This feature has country-specific usage. Refer to your IBM marketing representative for availability or restrictions. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 109: Iop Adapter

    The PCI IOP adapter is used to drive PCI IOA adapters located in expansion drawers, units, and towers. PCI IOP and PCI IOA adapters are used exclusively by the IBM i operating system. Each PCI IOP adapter can support up to four PCI IOA adapters. Table 2-30 lists the IOP adapter that is available for the 595 server.

  • Page 110: Media Drawers

    — — a. #5786 is supported only with IBM i. #5791 is supported only with AIX and Linux for Power. For IBM i, use 4328. 2.11 Media drawers Tape and DVD support is provided though the use of a media drawer. As listed in Table 2-34, two media drawers are available for the 595 server.

  • Page 111: Media Drawer, 19-Inch (7214-1U2)

    — #5756 Slimline DVD-ROM Drive #5757 IBM 4.7 GB Slimline DVD-RAM Drive 2.11.1 Media drawer, 19-inch (7214-1U2) The Media Drawer, 19-inch is a rack mounted media drawer with two media bays as shown in figure Figure 2-43 Figure 2-43 19” Media Drawer, 19-inch (7214-1U2) The first bay in the 7214-1U2 media drawer supports a tape drive.

  • Page 112: External I/O Enclosures

    Redundant power supplies and two Service Managers are included in the drawer. The EXP 12S requires 2U of mounting space in a 19-inch rack. The enclosure attaches to the 595 server using a SAS controller card (#5900 or #5912), or SAS RAID controllers #5902. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 113: Hardware Management Console (Hmc)

    The HMC 7042 Model CR4 is a 1U, 19-inch rack-mountable drawer that has two native 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports and two additional PCI slots. Note: When you order the IBM 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter (FC 5767, or the older adapter FC 5706 if existing), consider ordering the HMC to provide additional physical Ethernet connections.

  • Page 114: Determining The Hmc Serial Number

    For some HMC or service processor troubleshooting situations, an IBM service representative must log into the HMC. The service password changes daily and is not generally available for client use. If an IBM project engineer (PE) determines a local service IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 115: Advanced System Management Interface

    engineer can sign onto the HMC, the service representative might request the HMC serial number. To find the HMC serial number, open a restricted shell window and run the following command: #lshmc -v 2.14 Advanced System Management Interface The Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) is the interface to the service processor that is required to perform general and administrator-level service tasks, such as reading service processor error logs, reading vital product data, setting up the service processor, and controlling the system power.

  • Page 116: Accessing The Asmi Using An Ascii Console

    In the case of a network boot, there are SMS menus provided to set up the network parameters and network adapter IP address. For more information about usage of SMS, refer to the IBM Systems Hardware Information Center: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/iphau/usin...

  • Page 117: Server Firmware

    Licensed Internal Code Updates section of the HMC. Firmware is available for download at: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/firmware/gjsn Power subsystem firmware Power subsystem firmware is the part of the Licensed Internal Code that enables the power subsystem hardware in the 595 server.
  • Page 118 The partition manager manages the operational partitioning transactions. It responds to commands from the service processor external command interface that originate in the application that is running on the HMC. For more information about Open Firmware, refer to Partitioning Implementations for IBM eServer p5 Servers, SG24-7039, at: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/SG247039.html?Open...
  • Page 119 Firmware levels The levels of firmware are: Installed Level indicates the level of firmware that has been installed and is installed in memory after the managed system is powered off, and powered on using the default temporary side. Activated Level indicates the level of firmware that is active and running in memory.
  • Page 120 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 121: Chapter 3. Virtualization

    The 595 server and PowerVM provide a variety of virtualization capabilities. Most of them are available to the AIX, IBM i, and Linux for Power operating systems. Several virtualization features are operating system-specific. Table 3-1 lists AIX, IBM i and Linux for Power operating system support for each of the virtualization capabilities that will be discussed in this chapter.

  • Page 122: Powervm And Powervm Editions

    Table 3-2 PowerVM features by edition Virtualization Feature PowerVM Standard PowerVM Enterprise Edition (#8506) Edition (#8507) Shared Processor Pool LPARs Shared Dedicated Capacity Multiple Shared-Processor Pools Virtual I/O Server (Virtual SCSI, Shared Ethernet Adapter) IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 123: Capacity On Demand

    Additional information about the different PowerVM Editions can be found at the IBM PowerVM Editions Web site: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/editions/index.html Detailed information about the use of PowerVM technology can be found in the following IBM Redbooks: PowerVM Virtualization on IBM System p: Introduction and Configuration Fourth Edition,...

  • Page 124: Permanent Activation

    After receiving an order for a CoD processor activation feature, IBM will provide you with a 32-character encrypted activation key. Enter this key into the HMC associated with your 595 server. Newly activated processors are automatically put into use as part of the shared processor pool.

  • Page 125: On/Off Cod

    IBM. Upon receipt of the signed contracts, IBM generates an enablement code, mails it to you, and posts it on the Web. Enter the enablement code on the managing HMC to enable On/Off functionality.

  • Page 126: Utility Cod

    The On/Off CoD billing contract requires that you report usage data at least once a month to IBM whether or not there is activity. Billing data can be automatically delivered to IBM by the HMC if it is configured with Electronic Service Agent™. You can also manually report billing data through a fax or e-mail.

  • Page 127: Power Hypervisor

    Minimum and maximum configuration requirements for memory and I/O are the same as for the standard 595 server offerings. For further information about CBU, visit: http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/cbu 3.4 POWER Hypervisor Combined with features designed into the POWER6 processors, the POWER Hypervisor...

  • Page 128: Logical Partitioning

    Detailed information about logical partition definitions and configuration can be found in PowerVM Virtualization on IBM System p: Introduction and Configuration, Fourth Edition, SG24-7940, which is on the IBM Redbooks Web site is located at: http://www.ibm.com/redbooks IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 129: Dynamic Logical Partitions

    Logical partitioning was introduced with System p POWER4™ servers and the AIX 5L Version 5.1 operating system. Logical partitioning was introduced on System i models prior to POWER4 and IBM i (then known as OS/400) V4.5. LPAR is remains a valid option for configuring LPARs on the 595 server...

  • Page 130: Shared Dedicated Capacity

    Starting with POWER6, multiple shared processor pools can be defined. SPLARs can now be assigned to run in a specific pool. Each pool has a maximum processing unit (MaxPU) setting that limits the total amount of processing units available to the collection IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 131: Virtual Ethernet

    As a member of a Network Interface Backup adapter EtherChannel or Link Aggregation is not applicable to virtual Ethernet LAN adapters on the Power 595 server. The POWER Hypervisor’s virtual Ethernet switch can support virtual Ethernet frame sizes of up to 65408 bytes, which is much larger than what physical switches support: 1522 bytes is...

  • Page 132: Virtual I/O Server

    Virtual I/O Server and is only supported in special Virtual I/O Server partitions. Two major functions are provided with the Virtual I/O Server: Virtual SCSI and a Shared Ethernet Adapter. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 133: Virtual Scsi

    3.7.1 Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI refers to a virtualized implementation of the SCSI protocol. Virtual SCSI is based on a client/server relationship. The Virtual I/O Server logical partition owns physical disk and resources and then acts as server or, in SCSI terms, target device to share these devices with client logical partitions.

  • Page 134: Shared Ethernet Adapter

    Figure 3-5 on page 123 shows a configuration example of an SEA with one physical and two virtual Ethernet adapters. An SEA can include up to 16 virtual Ethernet adapters on the Virtual I/O Server that share the same physical access. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 135 SEA failover is configured. Note: Shared Ethernet Adapter interfaces can be used by both dedicated CPU (LPAR) and shared processor pool (SPLPAR) client logical partitions. For a more detailed discussion about virtual networking, see: http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/whitepapers/aix_vn.pdf Chapter 3. Virtualization...

  • Page 136: Powervm Lx86

    3.8 PowerVM Lx86 The IBM PowerVM Lx86 feature creates a virtual x86 application environment within a Linux operating system-based partition running on your 595 server. Most 32-bit x86 Linux applications can run in the Lx86 environment without requiring clients or ISVs to recompile the code.

  • Page 137: Powervm Live Partition Mobility

    PowerVM LX86 is supported under the VIOS Software Maintenance Agreement (SWMA). When using PowerVM Lx86 on an IBM System p POWER6 processor-based system, only SLES 10 with SP1 and RHEL 4.5 are supported. Make sure the x86 version is the same as your Linux for Power version. Do not try to use any other version because it is unlikely to work.
  • Page 138 Virtual I/O Server partitions cannot be migrated. The operating system must be at one of the following levels: – AIX 5L V5.3 with 5300-07 Technology Level or later – AIX V6.1 or later – Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version V5.1 or later IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 139: Aix 6 Workload Partitions

    The HMC controls all phases of the migration process. For more information about Live Partition Mobility and how to implement it, refer to PowerVM Live Partition Mobility on IBM System p, SG24-7460 which can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/redbooks 3.10 AIX 6 workload partitions...

  • Page 140: System Planning Tool

    To create and deploy partitions on your systems automatically The SPT is the next generation of the IBM LPAR Validation Tool (LVT). It contains all the functions from the LVT, and significant functional enhancements. It is integrated with the IBM Systems Workload Estimator (WLE).
  • Page 141 (or only partition) on a system. Based on that output, you can use the IBM System Planning Tool to configure the hardware for each partition. As part of its output, SPT also estimates POWER Hypervisor requirements as part of the memory resources required for all partitioned and non-partitioned servers.
  • Page 142 Also note that SPT 2.0 is the last release to support .lvt and .xml files. You should load your old .lvt and .xml plans, and then save them as .sysplan files. The SPT and its supporting documentation can be found on the IBM System Planning Tool site at: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/...

  • Page 143: Chapter 4. Continuous Availability And Manageability

    This chapter discusses several features that are based on the benefits available when using AIX and IBM i as the operating system. Support for these features when using Linux for Power should be verified with your Linux supplier.

  • Page 144: Reliability

    Parts selection also plays a critical role in overall system reliability. IBM uses three grades of components, with Grade 3 defined as industry standard (off-the-shelf). As shown in...

  • Page 145: Placement Of Components

    IBM RAS engineers use specially designed logic circuitry to create faults that can be detected error injection and stored in FIR bits, simulating internal chip failures.

  • Page 146: Availability

    (initial program load (IPL)), depending both on the type of fault and when the fault is detected. In addition, runtime unrecoverable hardware faults can be deconfigured from the system after the first occurrence. The system can be rebooted immediately after failure and resume IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 147 operation on the remaining stable hardware. This prevents the same faulty hardware from affecting system operation again, and the repair action is deferred to a more convenient, less critical time. Persistent deallocation functions include: Processor Memory Deconfigure or bypass failing I/O adapters Note: The auto-restart (reboot) option has to be enabled from the Advanced System Manager interface (ASMI) or from the Operator Panel.
  • Page 148 This results in an error message and the requirement for a system administrator to take corrective action. In all cases, a log entry is made for each partition that could use the physical core in question. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 149 POWER6 processor instruction retry To achieve the highest levels of server availability and integrity, FFDC and recovery safeguards must protect the validity of user data anywhere in the server, including all the internal storage areas and the buses used to transport data. Equally important is to authenticate the correct operation of internal latches (registers), arrays, and logic within a processor core that comprise the system execution elements (branch unit, fixed instruction, error...
  • Page 150 Redundant bit steering This helps to avoid a situation in which multiple single-bit errors align to create a multi-bit error. In the event that an IBM POWER6 process-based system detects an abnormal number of errors on a IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 151 The POWER6 chip includes two memory controllers (each with four ports) and two L3 cache controllers. Delivering exceptional performance for a wide variety of workloads, the Power 595 uses both POWER6 memory controllers and both L3 cache controllers for high memory...
  • Page 152 If a memory fault is detected by the service processor at boot time, the affected memory will be marked as bad and will not be used on this or subsequent IPLs (memory persistent deallocation). IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 153: Special Uncorrectable Error Handling

    As the manager of system memory, at boot time the POWER Hypervisor decides which memory to make available for server use and which to put in the unlicensed or spare pool, based upon system performance and availability considerations. – If the service processor identifies faulty memory in a server that includes CoD memory, the POWER Hypervisor attempts to replace the faulty memory with available CoD memory.

  • Page 154: Cache Protection Mechanisms

    During system runtime, a correctable error is reported as a recoverable error to the service processor. If an individual cache line reaches its predictive error threshold, the cache is IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 155: The Input Output Subsystem

    (I/O devices accessed through the drawer must not be defined as for a partition boot or, for IBM i partitions, ring level or tower level mirroring has been implemented) can be repaired while the main server continues to operate.
  • Page 156 PCI error recovery IBM estimates that PCI adapters can account for a significant portion of the hardware based errors on a large server. Although servers that rely on boot time diagnostics can identify failing components to be replaced by hot-swap and reconfiguration, run time errors pose a more significant problem.

  • Page 157: Redundant Components And Concurrent Repair Update

    EnergyScale technology, and Capacity on Demand (CoD) options, the Power 595 helps businesses take control of their IT infrastructure and confidently consolidate multiple UNIX, IBM i (formerly known as i5/OS), and Linux application workloads onto a single system. Extensive mainframe inspired reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features in the Power 595 help ensure that mission critical applications run reliably around the clock.
  • Page 158 Hot RIO/GX adapter add Note: Statement of general direction. IBM is committed to enhancing client investments in Power Systems servers. Based on this commitment, IBM plans to provide the following enhancements: The capability to add additional processor books to POWER6 process-based 595...
  • Page 159 The resulting code provides not only advanced features but also superb reliability. It is used in IBM Power Systems and in the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series products. It has therefore been strenuously tested under a wide ranging set of system environments and configurations.

  • Page 160: Availability In A Partitioned Environment

    (DMA) from I/O devices to memory owned by the partition using the device. The single memory cache coherency domain design is a key requirement for delivering the highest levels of SMP performance. Because it is IBM’s strategy to deliver hundreds of dynamically configurable logical partitions, allowing improved system utilization and reducing overall computing costs, these servers must be designed to avoid or minimize conditions that would cause a full server outage.

  • Page 161: Operating System Availability

    IBMs mainframe technology designed for robust operation. In fact, clients in survey, have selected AIX as the highest quality UNIX operating system. In addition, IBM i offers a highly scalable and virus resistant architecture with a proven reputation for exceptional business resiliency.

  • Page 162: Serviceability

    IBMs diverse System x, System i, System p, and high-end System z™ offerings. The goal of the IBM Serviceability Team is to design and provide the most efficient system service environment that incorporates: Easy access to service components...

  • Page 163: Service Environments

    Multiple logical partitions can be created, each with its own operating environment. All I/O is virtualized and shared. An analogous feature, the Virtual Partition Manager (VPM), is included with IBM i (5.3 and later), and supports the needs of small and medium clients who want to add simple Linux workloads to their System i5 or Power server.

  • Page 164: Detecting Errors

    POWER6 process-based systems employ System z server inspired error detection mechanisms that extend from processor cores and memory to power supplies and hard drives. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 165 Error checking hardware ranges from parity error detection coupled with processor instruction retry and bus retry, to ECC correction on caches and system buses. All IBM hardware error checkers have distinct attributes, as follows: Continually monitoring system operations to detect potential calculation errors.

  • Page 166: Diagnosing Problems

    Boot time When an IBM POWER6 processor system powers up, the service processor initializes system hardware. Boot-time diagnostic testing uses a multi-tier approach for system validation, starting with managed low-level diagnostics supplemented with system firmware...

  • Page 167: Reporting Problems

    Runtime All POWER6 processor systems can monitor critical system components during runtime, and they can take corrective actions when recoverable faults occur. IBM’s hardware error check out-of-band architecture provides the ability to report non-critical errors in an communications path to the service processor without affecting system performance.
  • Page 168 The data collected depends on the invocation method but includes information like firmware levels, operating system levels, additional fault isolation register values, recoverable error threshold register values, system status, and any other pertinent data. IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 169: Notifying The Appropriate Contacts

    When an event is important enough to report, but does not indicate the need for a repair action or the need to call home to IBM service and support, it is classified as customer notify. Customers are notified because these events can be of interest to an administrator. The event might be a symptom of an expected systemic change, such as a network reconfiguration or failover testing of redundant power or cooling systems.

  • Page 170: Locating And Repairing The Problem

    IBM problem management database At the IBM Support Center, historical problem data is entered into the IBM Service and Support Problem Management database. All information related to the error and any service actions taken by the service representative are recorded for problem management by the support and development organizations.
  • Page 171 Under normal operating conditions, IBM intends to provide patches for an individual firmware release level for up to two years after first making the release code generally availability.

  • Page 172: Operating System Support For Ras Features

    Service documentation on the support for IBM System p The support for IBM System p Web site is an electronic information repository for POWER6 processor-based systems. This Web site provides online training, educational material, documentation, and service procedures that are not handled by the automated R&V guided component.
  • Page 173 RAS feature IBM i 5.4 RHEL SLES V5.3 V6.1 LIC 5.4.5 i 6.1 V5.1 GX+ bus persistent deallocation — — PCI bus extended error detection PCI bus extended error recovery Limited Limited PCI-PCI bridge extended error handling Redundant RIO Link...

  • Page 174: Manageability

    The service processor is used to monitor and manage the system hardware resources and devices. The service processor checks the system for errors, ensuring the connection to the HMC for manageability purposes and accepting ASMI Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) network IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 175: System Diagnostics

    (NIM) server. 4.5.3 Electronic Service Agent Electronic Service Agent and the IBM Electronic Services Web portal comprise the IBM Electronic Service solution. IBM Electronic Service Agent is a no-charge tool that proactively monitors and reports hardware events, such as system errors, performance issues, and...
  • Page 176 Electronic Service Web portal, and used to improve problem determination and resolution between the client and the IBM support team. As part of an increased focus to provide better service to IBM clients, Electronic Service Agent tool configuration and activation is standard with the system.

  • Page 177: Manage Serviceable Events With The Hmc

    The Electronic Services Web portal is a single Internet entry point that replaces the multiple entry points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services and support. This Web portal enables you to more easily gain access to IBM resources for assistance in resolving technical problems.

  • Page 178: Ibm System P Firmware Maintenance

    4.5.6 IBM System p firmware maintenance The IBM Power Systems client managed microcode is a methodology that enables you to manage and install microcode updates on Power Systems, IBM System p, IBM System p5, pSeries, and RS/6000® systems and associated I/O adapters. The IBM System p microcode...
  • Page 179 Each IBM System p server has the following levels of server firmware and power subsystem firmware: Installed level: This is the level of server firmware or power subsystem firmware that has been installed and will be installed into memory after the managed system is powered off and powered on.

  • Page 180: Management Edition For Aix

    4.5.7 Management Edition for AIX IBM Management Edition for AIX (ME for AIX) provides robust monitoring and quick time to value by incorporating out-of-the box best practice solutions that were created by AIX and PowerVM Virtual I/O Server developers. These best practice solutions include predefined...

  • Page 181: Cluster Solution

    HA MS. The CSM HA MS is designed to remove the management server as a single point of failure in the cluster. For information regarding the IBM CSM for AIX, HMC control, cluster building block servers, and cluster software available, see the following items: IBM System Cluster 1600 at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/clusters/hardware/1600/index.html...
  • Page 182 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 183: Related Publications

    For information about ordering these publications, see “How to get Redbooks” on page 173. Note that some of the documents referenced here might be available in softcopy only. PowerVM Virtualization on IBM System p: Introduction and Configuration Fourth Edition, SG24-7940...

  • Page 184: Online Resources

    0029&taskind=1 Support for Hardware Management Console for Power Systems https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/home.html Microcode downloads http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/firmware/gjsn PowerVM Editions http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/editions/index.html Capacity on Demand, Power Systems Capacity on Demand solutions http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/cod/ IBM Capacity Backup for Power Systems http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/cbu/ IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...

  • Page 185: How To Get Redbooks

    You can search for, view, or download Redbooks, Redpapers, Technotes, draft publications and Additional materials, as well as order hardcopy Redbooks, at this Web site: ibm.com/redbooks Help from IBM IBM Support and downloads ibm.com/support IBM Global Services ibm.com/services Related publications...
  • Page 186 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction...
  • Page 188 IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction Redpaper ™ PowerVM This IBM Redpaper is a comprehensive guide describing the IBM Power INTERNATIONAL 595 (9119-FHA) enterprise-class server. The goal of this paper is to virtualization TECHNICAL introduce several technical aspects of this innovative server. The major...

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