用户手册目录Front cover1Contents5Notices9Trademarks10Preface11The team that wrote this redbook11Become a published author14Comments welcome14Chapter 1. Technical description151.1 The x440 product line161.2 System partitioning201.3 IBM XA-32 chipset211.4 Processors261.4.1 Intel Xeon Processor MP271.4.2 Intel Xeon Processor DP301.5 SMP Expansion Module311.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache331.7 System memory331.8 PCI subsystem371.9 Redundancy381.10 Light Path Diagnostics391.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter411.12 Operating system support421.13 IBM Director44Chapter 2. Positioning492.1 xSeries 440 application solutions502.1.1 Server consolidation502.1.2 Enterprise applications522.1.3 Infrastructure applications542.1.4 Clustering552.2 Why choose the x440572.2.1 IBM XA-32 chipset572.2.2 Intel Xeon MP and DP processors582.2.3 XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache602.2.4 High-performance memory subsystem602.2.5 Active PCI-X612.2.6 XpandOnDemand scalability612.2.7 System Partition Manager622.3 The benefits of system partitioning632.4 Server consolidation652.4.1 Types of server consolidation652.4.2 Why consolidate servers712.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation71Chapter 3. Planning773.1 System hardware783.1.1 Processors783.1.2 Memory793.1.3 PCI slot configuration823.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller863.2 Cabling and connectivity883.2.1 SMP Expansion Module connectivity883.2.2 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity913.2.3 Remote Expansion Enclosure923.2.4 Serial connections973.3 Storage considerations973.3.1 xSeries storage solutions983.3.2 Disk subsystem performance1023.3.3 Tape backup1033.4 Server partitioning and consolidation1043.5 Operating system considerations1043.5.1 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server1063.5.2 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition1093.5.3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server1103.5.4 Microsoft Windows .NET Server1113.5.5 Novell NetWare1113.5.6 Red Hat/SuSE Linux1113.5.7 VMware ESX Server1123.6 Application considerations1143.6.1 Scalability and performance considerations1143.6.2 SMP and server types1153.7 Rack installation1163.8 Power considerations1173.9 Solution Assurance Review118Chapter 4. Installation1214.1 System BIOS settings1224.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware1224.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring1224.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading1234.2 Device drivers1254.3 Operating system installation1254.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server1264.3.2 Red Hat Linux installation1334.3.3 NetWare installation1354.3.4 VMware ESX Server1424.4 Additional Information142Chapter 5. Management1435.1 Active PCI Manager1445.1.1 Using Active PCI Manager1465.1.2 Adding adapters to the system1505.1.3 Analyzing an existing configuration1585.2 System Partition Manager1645.3 Process Control1695.3.1 Process alias rules1705.3.2 Process execution rules1745.3.3 Group process execution rules175Abbreviations and acronyms187Related publications189IBM Redbooks189Referenced Web sites189How to get IBM Redbooks192IBM Redbooks collections192Index193Back cover202文件大小: 3.8 MB页数: 202Language: English打开用户手册