User Manuals: IBM Power 595 Server Hardware

User Manuals: IBM Power 595 Server Hardware

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IBM Power 595 Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Power 595 Technical Overview And Introduction (188 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 5.59 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
  12
Chapter 1. General Description

13
- Model Overview and Attributes
  14
- Installation Planning
  16
  - Physical Specifications
    16
  - Service Clearances
    17
  - Operating Environment
    18
  - Power Requirements
    19
- Minimum Configuration Requirements
  21
- Racks Power and Cooling
  41
  - Door Kit
    42
  - Rear Door Heat Exchanger
    43
  - Power Subsystem
    43
- Operating System Support
  44
  - Ibm Aix 5.3
    45
  - Ibm Aix V6.1
    45
  - IBM I 5.4 (Formerly IBM I5/Os V5R4)
    46
  - IBM I 6.1
    47
  - Linux for Power Systems Summary
    47
Chapter 2. Architectural and Technical Overview

49
- System Design
  50
  - Design Highlights
    50
  - Center Electronic Complex (CEC)
    52
  - CEC Midplane
    54
  - System Control Structure (SCS)
    55
  - System Controller (SC) Card
    59
  - System VPD Cards
    60
  - Oscillator Card
    61
  - Node Controller Card
    61
  - DC Converter Assembly (DCA)
    62
- System Buses
  63
  - System Interconnects
    63
  - I/O Subsystem
    67
- Bulk Power Assembly
  69
  - Bulk Power Hub (BPH)
    70
  - Bulk Power Controller (BPC)
    72
  - Bulk Power Distribution (BPD)
    72
  - Bulk Power Regulators (BPR)
    73
  - Bulk Power Fan (BPF)
    74
  - Integrated Battery Feature (IBF)
    75
  - POWER6 Energyscale
    75
- System Cooling
  81
- Light Strips
  81
- Processor Books
  82
- Memory Subsystem
  90
- Internal I/O Subsystem
  94
  - Connection Technology
    95
  - Internal I/O Drawers
    96
  - Internal I/O Drawer Attachment
    100
  - Single Loop (Full-Drawer) Cabling
    101
  - Dual Looped (Half-Drawer) Cabling
    102
  - I/O Drawer to I/O Hub Cabling Sequence
    102
- PCI Adapter Support
  104
  - LAN Adapters
    105
  - SCSI Adapters
    105
  - Iscsi
    106
  - SAS Adapters
    106
  - Fibre Channel Adapters
    107
  - Asynchronous, WAN, and Modem Adapters
    107
  - PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessor
    108
  - IOP Adapter
    109
  - PCI Adapter
    109
  - USB and Graphics Adapters
    109
- Internal Storage
  109
- Media Drawers
  110
  - Media Drawer, 19-Inch (7214-1U2)
    111
  - DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit (#5720)
    111
- External I/O Enclosures
  112
- Hardware Management Console (HMC)
  113
  - Determining the HMC Serial Number
    114
- Advanced System Management Interface
  115
Chapter 3. Virtualization

121
- Virtualization Feature Support
  121
- Powervm and Powervm Editions
  122
- Capacity on Demand
  123
  - Permanent Activation
    124
  - On/Off Cod
    125
  - Utility Cod
    126
  - Trial Cod
    126
  - Capacity Backup
    126
- POWER Hypervisor
  127
- Logical Partitioning
  128
  - Dynamic Logical Partitions
    129
  - Shared Processor Pool Partitions
    129
  - Shared Dedicated Capacity
    130
  - Multiple Shared Processor Pools
    130
- Virtual Ethernet
  131
- Virtual I/O Server
  132
  - Virtual SCSI
    133
  - Shared Ethernet Adapter
    134
- Powervm Lx86
  136
- Powervm Live Partition Mobility
  137
- AIX 6 Workload Partitions
  139
- System Planning Tool
  140
Chapter 4. Continuous Availability and Manageability

143
- Reliability
  144
  - Designed for Reliability
    144
  - Placement of Components
    145
  - Continuous Field Monitoring
    145
- Availability
  146
- Serviceability
  162
  - Service Environments
    163
  - Service Processor
    163
  - Detecting Errors
    164
  - Diagnosing Problems
    166
  - Reporting Problems
    167
  - Notifying the Appropriate Contacts
    169
  - Locating and Repairing the Problem
    170
- Operating System Support for RAS Features
  172
- Manageability
  174
  - Service Processor
    174
  - System Diagnostics
    175
  - Electronic Service Agent
    175
  - Manage Serviceable Events with the HMC
    177
  - Hardware User Interfaces
    177
  - IBM System P Firmware Maintenance
    178
  - Management Edition for AIX
    180
  - IBM Director
    180
- Cluster Solution
  181
Related Publications

183
- IBM Redbooks
  183
- Other Publications
  183
- Online Resources
  184
- How to Get Redbooks
  185
- Help from IBM
  185

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