User ManualTable of ContentsFront cover1Contents5Notices9Trademarks10Preface11The team that wrote this Redpaper11Become a published author12Comments welcome12Chapter 1. General description151.1 System specifications171.2 Physical package171.2.1 Deskside model171.2.2 Rack-mount model191.3 Minimum and optional features201.3.1 Processor features201.3.2 Memory features211.3.3 Disk and media features211.3.4 USB diskette drive221.3.5 I/O drawers221.3.6 Hardware Management Console models241.4 Express Product Offerings251.4.1 Express Product Offerings requirements251.4.2 Configurator starting points for Express Product Offerings251.5 System racks261.5.1 IBM 7014 Model T00 rack271.5.2 IBM 7014 Model T42 rack271.5.3 IBM 7014 Model S11 rack281.5.4 IBM 7014 Model S25 rack281.5.5 S11 rack and S25 rack considerations291.5.6 The ac power distribution unit and rack content301.5.7 Rack-mounting rules321.5.8 Additional options for the rack321.5.9 OEM rack35Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview392.1 The POWER5+ processor402.2 Processor and cache412.2.1 POWER5+ single-core module412.2.2 The p5-520 POWER5+ dual-core module422.2.3 The p5-520Q quad-core module432.2.4 Available processor speeds442.3 Memory subsystem442.3.1 Memory placement rules452.3.2 OEM memory462.3.3 Memory throughput462.4 I/O buses472.5 Internal I/O subsystem482.6 64-bit and 32-bit adapters492.6.1 LAN adapters492.6.2 SCSI adapters492.6.3 Integrated RAID options502.6.4 iSCSI502.6.5 Fibre Channel adapter522.6.6 Graphic accelerators532.6.7 InfiniBand Host Channel adapter532.6.8 Asynchronous PCI-X adapters532.6.9 PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessor542.6.10 Additional support for PCI-X adapters you own542.6.11 Internal system ports542.6.12 Ethernet ports552.7 Internal storage552.7.1 Internal media devices552.7.2 Internal hot-swappable SCSI disks552.8 External I/O subsystem572.8.1 I/O drawers572.8.2 7311 I/O drawer RIO-2 cabling582.8.3 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer SPCN cabling592.9 External disk subsystems602.9.1 IBM TotalStorage EXP24 Expandable Storage602.9.2 IBM System Storage N3000 and N5000612.9.3 IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Series612.9.4 IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS8000 Series612.10 Logical partitioning622.10.1 Dynamic logical partitioning622.11 Virtualization622.11.1 POWER Hypervisor632.12 Advanced POWER Virtualization feature652.12.1 Micro-Partitioning technology652.12.2 Logical, virtual, and physical processor mapping662.12.3 Virtual I/O Server682.12.4 Partition Load Manager712.12.5 Integrated Virtualization Manager712.13 Hardware Management Console742.13.1 High availability using the HMC762.13.2 IBM System Planning Tool762.14 Operating system support782.14.1 AIX 5L782.14.2 Linux792.15 Service information802.15.1 Touch point colors812.15.2 Securing a rack-mounted system into a rack812.15.3 Placing a rack-mounted system into a rack812.15.4 Cable-management arm822.15.5 Operator control panel832.15.6 System firmware842.15.7 Service processor872.15.8 Hardware management user interfaces87Chapter 3. RAS and manageability913.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability923.1.1 Fault avoidance923.1.2 First-failure data capture923.1.3 Permanent monitoring933.1.4 Self-healing943.1.5 N+1 redundancy953.1.6 Fault masking953.1.7 Resource deallocation953.1.8 Serviceability963.2 Manageability973.2.1 Service processor973.2.2 Partition diagnostics983.2.3 Service Agent993.2.4 IBM System p5 firmware maintenance1013.3 Cluster solution102Related publications105IBM Redbooks105Other publications105Online resources106How to get IBM Redbooks107Help from IBM107Back cover110Size: 2.09 MBPages: 110Language: EnglishOpen manual