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IBM Power 570 Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Power 570 Technical Overview And Introduction (142 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 3.58 MB

Table of Contents

Front Cover
1
Table of Contents
5
Notices

9
- Trademarks
  10
Preface

11
- The Team that Wrote this Paper
  11
- Become a Published Author
  12
- Comments Welcome
  13
Chapter 1. General Description

15
- System Specifications
  17
- Physical Package
  17
- System Features
  18
  - Processor Card Features
    19
  - Memory Features
    20
  - Disk and Media Features
    21
  - I/O Drawers
    22
  - Hardware Management Console Models
    26
- System Racks
  26
  - IBM 7014 Model T00 Rack
    27
  - IBM 7014 Model T42 Rack
    28
  - The AC Power Distribution Unit and Rack Content
    28
  - Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (Ipdu)
    30
  - Rack-Mounting Rules
    31
  - Useful Rack Additions
    32
  - OEM Rack
    33
Chapter 2. Architecture and Technical Overview

37
- The POWER6 Processor
  38
  - Decimal Floating Point
    40
  - Altivec and Single Instruction, Multiple Data
    41
- IBM Energyscale Technology
  41
  - Hardware and Software Requirements
    42
- Processor Cards
  43
  - Processor Drawer Interconnect Cables
    44
  - Processor Clock Rate
    44
- Memory Subsystem
  45
  - Fully Buffered DIMM
    45
  - Memory Placements Rules
    46
  - Memory Consideration for Model Migration from P5 570 to 570
    47
  - OEM Memory
    48
  - Memory Throughput
    49
- System Buses
  49
  - I/O Buses and GX+ Card
    49
  - Service Processor Bus
    50
- Internal I/O Subsystem
  51
  - System Ports
    52
- Integrated Virtual Ethernet Adapter
  52
- PCI Adapters
  57
  - LAN Adapters
    58
  - SCSI and SAS Adapters
    58
  - Iscsi
    59
  - Fibre Channel Adapter
    61
  - Graphic Accelerators
    61
  - Asynchronous PCI Adapters
    61
  - Additional Support for Existing PCI Adapters
    62
- Internal Storage
  62
  - Integrated RAID Options
    62
  - Split Backplane
    63
  - Internal Media Devices
    63
  - Internal Hot-Swappable SAS Drives
    63
- External I/O Subsystems
  64
- External Disk Subsystems
  69
- Hardware Management Console
  73
  - High Availability Using the HMC
    75
  - Operating System Support
    76
- Service Information
  79
  - Touch Point Colors
    79
  - Operator Panel
    79
- System Firmware
  81
Chapter 3. Virtualization

89
- POWER Hypervisor
  90
- Logical Partitioning
  92
  - Dynamic Logical Partitioning
    92
  - Micro-Partitioning
    92
  - Processing Mode
    93
- Powervm
  95
  - Powervm Editions
    95
  - Virtual I/O Server
    95
  - Shared Ethernet Adapter
    96
  - Powervm Lx86
    99
  - Powervm Live Partition Mobility
    101
  - Powervm AIX 6 Workload Partitions
    102
  - Powervm AIX 6 Workload Partition Manager
    103
  - Operating System Support for Powervm
    104
- System Planning Tool
  105
Chapter 4. Continuous Availability and Manageability

107
- Reliability
  107
  - Designed for Reliability
    107
  - Placement of Components
    108
  - Redundant Components and Concurrent Repair
    108
  - Continuous Field Monitoring
    109
- Availability
  109
- Serviceability
  118
  - Detecting Errors
    119
  - Diagnosing Problems
    121
  - Reporting Problems
    123
  - Notifying the Appropriate Contacts
    124
  - Locating and Repairing the Problem
    125
- Operating System Support for RAS Features
  127
- Manageability
  130
  - Service Processor
    130
  - System Diagnostics
    130
  - Electronic Service Agent
    131
  - Manage Serviceable Events with the HMC
    133
  - Hardware User Interfaces
    133
  - IBM System P Firmware Maintenance
    134
  - Management Edition for AIX
    135
  - IBM Director
    136
- Cluster Solution
  136
Related Publications

139
- IBM Redbooks
  139
- Other Publications
  139
- Online Resources
  140
- How to Get Redbooks
  140
- Help from IBM
  140

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