Linux On Ibm Iseries - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series Redbooks

For more information on running AIX in an i5 partition, refer to the i5 Information Center at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v1r2s/en_US/index.htm?info/iphat
/iphatlparkickoff.htm
Note: AIX will not run in a partition on earlier 8xx and prior iSeries systems.

Linux on IBM iSeries

Since OS/400 V5R1, it has been possible to run Linux in an iSeries partition. On iSeries
models 270 and 8xx, the primary partition must run OS/400 V5R1 or higher and Linux is run
in a secondary partition. For later i5 systems (models i520, i550, i570 and i595), Linux can
run in any partition.
On both hardware platforms, the supported versions of Linux are:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER™
(New 2.6 Kernel based distribution also supports earlier iSeries servers)
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 3
(Existing 2.4 Kernel based update 3 distribution also supports earlier iSeries servers)
The DS6000 requires the following iSeries I/O adapters to attach directly to an iSeries or i5
Linux partition.
0612 Linux Direct Attach PCI
0626 Linux Direct Attach PCI-X
It is also possible for the Linux partition to have its storage virtualized, whereby a partition
running OS/400 hosts the Linux partition's storage requirements. In this case, if using the
DS6000, they would be attached to the OS/400 partition using either of the following I/O
adapters:
2766 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel Disk Controller PCI
2787 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel Disk Controller PCI-X
More information on running Linux in an iSeries partition can be found in the iSeries
Information Center at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm
More information on running Linux in an i5 partition can be found in the i5 Information Center
at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphbi/iphbi.pdf
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