Preface
Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ i
1.1
External Network Configuration .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
1.2.1
1.3
Management LAN ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1
Overview of the management LAN ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4
Maintenance LAN/REMCS LAN ............................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5
Production LAN ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.1
Overview of the production LAN ........................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.2
Redundancy of the production LAN ...................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6
1.6.1
MMB ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.2
Remote operation (BMC) ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.3
ServerView Suite ................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Operating System Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 27
3.1
Partition Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
3.1.1
Partition Configuration (PPAR) .............................................................................................................................................. 28
3.1.2
3.2
High availability configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.2.1
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) ............................................................................................................................................. 31
3.2.2
Reserved SB .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
3.2.3
Memory Operation Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.2.4
Memory Mirror ........................................................................................................................................................................ 45
3.2.5
Hardware RAID ...................................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.2.6
Server View RAID .................................................................................................................................................................. 48
3.2.7
Cluster configuration .............................................................................................................................................................. 48
3.3
Replacing components ............................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.3.1
Replaceable components ..................................................................................................................................................... 49
3.3.2
Component replacement conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 49
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
Replacing the PCI SSD card ................................................................................................................................................. 50
3.4
Expansion of components .......................................................................................................................................................... 52
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
Expansion of PCI SSD card .................................................................................................................................................. 54
3.5
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.6
Replacing the Home SB No. ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
4.1
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) .................................................................................................................................................. 59
4.1.1
DR function configuration setting .......................................................................................................................................... 59
4.1.2
4.2
Hot add of SB .............................................................................................................................................................................. 61
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