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IBM Power 760 Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Power 760 Technical Overview And Introduction (204 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 5.79 MB

Table of Contents

Front Cover
1
Table of Contents
5
Notices

9
- Trademarks
  10
Preface

11
- Authors
  12
- Comments Welcome
  13
- Now You Can Become a Published Author, too
  13
- Stay Connected to IBM Redbooks
  14
Chapter 1. General Description

15
- Systems Overview
  16
  - IBM Power 750 Express Server
    16
  - IBM Power 760 Server
    17
- Operating Environment
  19
- IBM Systems Energy Estimator
  20
- Physical Package
  20
- System Features
  21
  - Power 750 Express System Features
    21
  - Power 760 System Features
    22
  - Minimum Features
    24
  - Power Supply Features
    27
  - Processor Card Features
    27
  - Memory Features
    30
- Disk and Media Features
  32
- I/O Drawers
  35
  - I/O Drawer Pcie
    35
  - EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer
    36
  - EXP24S SFF Gen2-Bay Drawer
    36
  - EXP12S SAS Drawer
    37
  - I/O Drawers and Usable PCI Slots
    37
- Comparison between Models
  38
- Build to Order
  40
- IBM Editions
  40
- Model Upgrades
  40
- Server and Virtualization Management
  41
- System Racks
  42
  - IBM 7014 Model T00 Rack
    43
  - IBM 7014 Model T42 Rack
    44
  - Feature Code 0551 Rack
    46
  - Feature Code 0553 Rack
    46
  - The AC Power Distribution Unit and Rack Content
    46
  - Useful Rack Additions
    48
  - OEM Rack
    54
Chapter 2. Architecture and Technical Overview

57
- The IBM POWER7+ Processor
  59
- POWER7+ Processor Card
  65
  - Overview
    66
  - Processor Interconnects
    66
- Memory Subsystem
  68
  - Registered DIMM
    68
  - Memory Placement Rules
    68
  - Memory Bandwidth
    74
- Capacity on Demand
  75
- System Bus
  76
  - I/O Buses and GX++ Card
    76
- Internal I/O Subsystem
  77
  - Blind Swap Cassettes
    78
  - Integrated Multifunction Card
    78
- PCI Adapters
  79
  - PCI Express
    79
  - PCI-X Adapters
    80
  - IBM I IOP Adapters
    80
  - Pcie Adapter Form Factors
    80
  - LAN Adapters
    82
  - Graphics Accelerator Adapters
    84
  - SCSI and SAS Adapters
    84
  - Iscsi Adapters
    84
  - Fibre Channel Adapters
    85
  - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
    85
  - Infiniband Host Channel Adapter
    86
  - Asynchronous and USB Adapters
    87
  - Cryptographic Coprocessor
    87
- Internal Storage
  88
  - Dual Split Backplane Mode
    91
  - Triple Split Backplane Mode
    91
  - Dual Storage I/O Adapter (IOA) Configurations
    92
  - DVD
    93
- External I/O Subsystems
  94
- External Disk Subsystems
  100
  - EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer
    100
  - EXP24S SFF Gen2-Bay Drawer
    105
  - EXP12S SAS Expansion Drawer
    107
  - Totalstorage EXP24 Disk Drawer and Tower
    107
  - IBM 7031 Totalstorage EXP24
    107
  - IBM System Storage
    108
- Hardware Management Console
  109
  - HMC Connectivity to the POWER7+ Processor-Based Systems
    111
  - High Availability HMC Configuration
    113
- Operating System Support
  114
  - IBM AIX Operating System
    115
  - IBM I Operating System
    116
  - Linux Operating System
    116
  - Virtual I/O Server
    117
  - Java Versions that Are Supported
    117
  - Boosting Performance and Productivity with IBM Compilers
    117
- Energy Management
  119
Chapter 3. Virtualization

125
- POWER Hypervisor
  126
- POWER Processor Modes
  129
- Active Memory Expansion
  131
- Powervm
  136
  - Powervm Editions
    136
  - Logical Partitions
    136
  - Multiple Shared Processor Pools
    140
  - Virtual I/O Server
    144
  - Shared Ethernet Adapter
    145
  - Powervm Live Partition Mobility
    150
  - Active Memory Sharing
    152
  - Active Memory Deduplication
    153
  - Dynamic Platform Optimizer
    156
  - Dynamic System Optimizer
    157
  - Operating System Support for Powervm
    157
  - Linux Support
    158
- System Planning Tool
  160
- New Powervm Version 2.2.2 Features
  161
Chapter 4. Continuous Availability and Manageability

163
- Reliability
  164
  - Designed for Reliability
    164
  - Placement of Components
    165
  - Redundant Components and Concurrent Repair
    165
- Availability
  165
  - Partition Availability Priority
    166
  - General Detection and Deallocation of Failing Components
    166
  - Memory Protection
    168
  - Cache Protection
    170
  - Special Uncorrectable Error Handling
    170
  - PCI Enhanced Error Handling
    171
- Serviceability
  172
  - Detecting
    173
  - Diagnosing
    178
  - Reporting
    179
  - Notifying
    181
  - Locating and Servicing
    182
- Manageability
  185
- POWER7+ RAS Features
  194
- Power-On Reset Engine
  195
- Operating System Support for RAS Features
  195
Related Publications

199
- IBM Redbooks
  199
- Other Publications
  200
- Online Resources
  201
- Help from IBM
  201

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