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IBM Power 770 Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Power 770 Technical Overview And Introduction (220 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 5.61 MB

Table of Contents

Front Cover
1
Table of Contents
5
Notices

9
- Trademarks
  10
Preface

11
Chapter 1. General Description

15
- Systems Overview
  16
  - IBM Power 770 Server
    16
  - IBM Power 780 Server
    17
- Operating Environment
  18
- Physical Package
  19
- System Features
  20
  - Power 770 System Features
    20
  - Power 780 System Features
    21
  - Minimum Features
    23
  - Power Supply Features
    25
  - Processor Card Features
    25
  - Summary of Processor Features
    26
  - Memory Features
    32
- Disk and Media Features
  34
- I/O Drawers
  37
- Comparison between Models
  39
- Build to Order
  40
- IBM Editions
  40
- Model Upgrades
  40
  - Power 780
    42
- Management Consoles
  42
  - HMC Models
    42
  - Ibm Sdmc
    43
- System Racks
  44
  - IBM 7014 Model T00 Rack
    44
  - IBM 7014 Model T42 Rack
    45
  - IBM 7014 Model S25 Rack
    45
  - IBM 7953 Model 94Y Rack
    45
  - Feature Code 0555 Rack
    46
  - Feature Code 0551 Rack
    46
  - Feature Code 0553 Rack
    46
  - The AC Power Distribution Unit and Rack Content
    46
  - Rack-Mounting Rules
    48
  - Useful Rack Additions
    49
Chapter 2. Architecture and Technical Overview

53
- The IBM POWER7+ Processor
  55
- POWER7+ Processor Card
  62
  - Overview
    62
  - Processor Interconnects
    63
- Memory Subsystem
  63
  - Fully Buffered DIMM
    63
  - Memory Placement Rules
    63
  - Memory Activation
    68
  - Memory Throughput
    69
  - Active Memory Mirroring
    69
  - Special Uncorrectable Error Handling
    71
- Capacity on Demand
  72
- CEC Drawer Interconnection Cables
  74
- System Bus
  81
  - I/O Buses and GX++ Card
    81
  - Service Processor Bus
    81
- Internal I/O Subsystem
  82
  - Blind-Swap Cassettes
    82
  - System Ports
    82
- PCI Adapters
  83
  - PCI Express (Pcie)
    83
  - PCI-X Adapters
    83
  - IBM I IOP Adapters
    84
  - Pcie Adapter Form Factors
    84
  - LAN Adapters
    86
  - Graphics Accelerator Adapters
    87
  - SCSI and SAS Adapters
    88
  - Iscsi Adapters
    88
  - Fibre Channel Adapter
    89
  - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (Fcoe)
    90
  - Infiniband Host Channel Adapter
    90
  - Asynchronous and USB Adapters
    91
  - Cryptographic Coprocessor
    92
- Internal Storage
  92
  - Dual Split Backplane Mode
    96
  - Triple Split Backplane
    97
  - Dual Storage I/O Adapter (IOA) Configurations
    97
  - DVD
    98
- External I/O Subsystems
  99
- External Disk Subsystems
  107
  - EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer
    107
  - EXP12S SAS Expansion Drawer
    110
  - EXP24S SFF Gen2-Bay Drawer
    111
  - Totalstorage EXP24 Disk Drawer and Tower
    114
  - IBM Totalstorage EXP24
    114
  - IBM System Storage
    114
- Hardware Management Console (HMC)
  116
  - HMC Mode and RAID 1 Support
    116
  - HMC Functional Overview
    118
  - HMC Code
    119
  - HMC Connectivity to the POWER7+ Processor-Based Systems
    120
  - High Availability by Using the HMC
    121
  - HMC Code Level
    125
- Operating System Support
  125
  - Virtual I/O Server
    126
  - IBM AIX Operating System
    126
  - IBM I Operating System
    127
  - Linux Operating System
    127
  - Java Versions that Are Supported
    128
  - Boosting Performance and Productivity with IBM Compilers
    128
- Energy Management
  129
  - IBM Energyscale Technology
    129
  - Thermal Power Management Device (TPMD) Card
    133
Chapter 3. Virtualization

135
- POWER Hypervisor
  135
- POWER Hypervisor
  136
- POWER Processor Modes
  139
- Active Memory Expansion
  141
- Powervm
  145
  - Powervm Editions
    146
  - Logical Partitions (Lpars)
    146
  - Multiple Shared Processor Pools
    149
  - Virtual I/O Server
    154
  - Powervm Live Partition Mobility
    158
  - Active Memory Sharing
    161
  - Active Memory Deduplication
    161
  - Dynamic Platform Optimizer
    165
  - Operating System Support for Powervm
    167
  - Linux Support
    168
- System Planning Tool
  170
- POWER Version 2.2 Enhancements
  171
Chapter 4. Continuous Availability and Manageability

173
- Reliability
  175
  - Designed for Reliability
    175
  - Placement of Components
    176
  - Redundant Components and Concurrent Repair
    176
- Availability
  177
  - Partition Availability Priority
    177
  - General Detection and Deallocation of Failing Components
    178
  - Memory Protection
    179
  - Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
    182
  - Cache Protection
    186
  - Special Uncorrectable Error Handling
    187
  - PCI-Enhanced Error Handling
    187
  - POWER7 I/O Chip Freeze Behavior
    189
- Serviceability
  189
  - Detecting
    189
  - Diagnosing
    194
  - Reporting
    195
  - Notifying
    197
  - Locating and Servicing
    198
- Manageability
  202
- POWER7+ RAS Features
  211
- PORE in POWER7+: Assisting Energy Management and Providing RAS Capabilities
  212
- Operating System Support for RAS Features
  212
Related Publications

215
- IBM Redbooks
  215
- Other Publications
  216
- Online Resources
  217
- Help from IBM
  217
- Back Cover
  220

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