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Ibm 440 User Manual (202 pages)

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English

Table of contents

IBM xSeries

1

440 Planning and

1

Installation Guide

1

October 2002

3

First Edition (October 2002)

4

“Notices” on page vii

4

Contents

5

Contents v

7

Trademarks

10

xSeries 440

11

Solutions

12

Preface xi

13

Become a published author

14

Comments welcome

14

Technical description

15

1.1 The x440 product line

16

1.2 System partitioning

20

1.3 IBM XA-32 chipset

21

SMP Expansion

25

Ports (3.2GBps)

25

CEC 1 CEC 2

25

1.4 Processors

26

100 MHz clock A

27

100 MHz clock B

27

Level 2 cache 512 KB 256 KB

31

1.7 System memory

33

Port 1 Port 2

35

1.8 PCI subsystem

37

1.9 Redundancy

38

1.10 Light Path Diagnostics

39

Light Path

40

Diagnostics™

40

1.13 IBM Director

44

Positioning

49

2.1.1 Server consolidation

50

Chapter 2. Positioning 37

51

Chapter 2. Positioning 39

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2.1.4 Clustering

55

2.2 Why choose the x440

57

One-way Two-way

59

Hyper-Threading delta

59

Physical processor

59

2.2.5 Active PCI-X

61

Chapter 2. Positioning 49

63

2.4 Server consolidation

65

Figure 2-4 Centralization

66

Chapter 2. Positioning 53

67

Chapter 2. Positioning 55

69

Chapter 2. Positioning 57

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Chapter 2. Positioning 59

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Chapter 2. Positioning 61

75

Planning

77

3.1 System hardware

78

3.1.2 Memory

79

Memory mirroring

81

3.1.3 PCI slot configuration

82

Chapter 3. Planning 69

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Chapter 3. Planning 71

85

Active PCI Manager

86

Adapter teaming

87

3.2 Cabling and connectivity

88

Chapter 3. Planning 75

89

Implementing IBM Director

91

Management Solutions

91

Chapter 3. Planning 79

93

Connecting the RXE-100

94

Chapter 3. Planning 81

95

3.3 Storage considerations

97

Chapter 3. Planning 85

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Chapter 3. Planning 87

101

3.3.3 Tape backup

103

Netfinity Tape Solutions

104

Hyper-Threading

105

Chapter 3. Planning 93

107

Chapter 3. Planning 95

109

3.5.5 Novell NetWare

111

3.5.6 Red Hat/SuSE Linux

111

3.5.7 VMware ESX Server

112

Server hardware

113

VMware ESX Server

113

Partitions

113

Virtual layer

113

Physical layer

113

Server Consolidation with

114

3.6.2 SMP and server types

115

3.7 Rack installation

116

3.8 Power considerations

117

Trigger Tool

118

Chapter 3. Planning 105

119

Installation

121

4.1 System BIOS settings

122

Chapter 4. Installation 109

123

4.2 Device drivers

125

Chapter 4. Installation 113

127

Installing additional drivers

129

Chapter 4. Installation 117

131

Chapter 4. Installation 119

133

4.3.3 NetWare installation

135

Chapter 4. Installation 123

137

Chapter 4. Installation 125

139

Enabling Hyper-Threading

141

4.4 Additional Information

142

Management

143

5.1 Active PCI Manager

144

Chapter 5. Management 131

145

Figure 5-3 x440 slot view

146

Figure 5-4 Slot 3 details

147

Chapter 5. Management 135

149

Adding a known adapter

151

Figure 5-10 Blink Slot

153

Adding an unlisted adapter

155

3.3v slot

156

64-bit slot and connector

156

Attributes Graphic

157

Chapter 5. Management 145

159

Chapter 5. Management 147

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Figure 5-21 Slot 4 is empty

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5.2 System Partition Manager

164

Partitioning options Diagram

165

Chapter 5. Management 153

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5.3 Process Control

169

5.3.1 Process alias rules

170

Chapter 5. Management 157

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Figure 5-30

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Chapter 5. Management 161

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Chapter 5. Management 163

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Chapter 5. Management 165

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Chapter 5. Management 167

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Chapter 5. Management 171

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Abbreviations and acronyms

187

Related publications

189

Quick Reference

190

Intel sites

191

Microsoft sites

191

Novell sites

191

Red Hat sites

191

How to get IBM Redbooks

192

Index 181

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See also

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(0.2”spine)

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0.17”<->0.473”

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90<->249 pages

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IBM xSeries 440

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Planning and Installation

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