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... BIOS settings 108 4.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware 108 4.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring 108 4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading 109 4.2 Device drivers 111 iv IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide 2.3 The benefits of system partitioning 49 2.4 Server consolidation 51 2.4.1 Types of server consolidation 51 2.4.2 Why consolidate servers 57 2.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation 57 Chapter 3. Planning 63 3.1 System hardware 64 3.1.1 Processors 64 3.1.2 Memory 65 3.1.3 PCI slot configuration 68 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller 72 3.2 Cabling and connectivity...
... BIOS settings 108 4.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware 108 4.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring 108 4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading 109 4.2 Device drivers 111 iv IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide 2.3 The benefits of system partitioning 49 2.4 Server consolidation 51 2.4.1 Types of server consolidation 51 2.4.2 Why consolidate servers 57 2.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation 57 Chapter 3. Planning 63 3.1 System hardware 64 3.1.1 Processors 64 3.1.2 Memory 65 3.1.3 PCI slot configuration 68 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller 72 3.2 Cabling and connectivity...
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... system image Physical system partitioning, controlled by IBM Director and the Remote Supervisor Adapter, to consolidate servers or set up high-speed clustering configurations 4U rack-dense design 32 MB XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache providing an extra level of cache 2 GB or 4 GB RAM standard, up to four-way Xeon DP or four-way (and beyond a single server. All rights reserved. 1 Technical description The IBM ^ xSeries 440...
... system image Physical system partitioning, controlled by IBM Director and the Remote Supervisor Adapter, to consolidate servers or set up high-speed clustering configurations 4U rack-dense design 32 MB XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache providing an extra level of cache 2 GB or 4 GB RAM standard, up to four-way Xeon DP or four-way (and beyond a single server. All rights reserved. 1 Technical description The IBM ^ xSeries 440...
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..." servers. Each node may run several hardware nodes as either a single complex of nodes or as two or more smaller units to support multiple operating systems and/or clustered configurations. The nodes can be rearranged later into other 2 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide New levels of scalability are achieved using "scalable enterprise nodes", the x440s being each of those nodes, and, optionally...
..." servers. Each node may run several hardware nodes as either a single complex of nodes or as two or more smaller units to support multiple operating systems and/or clustered configurations. The nodes can be rearranged later into other 2 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide New levels of scalability are achieved using "scalable enterprise nodes", the x440s being each of those nodes, and, optionally...
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.... 6 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide ESX Server virtualizes the resources of 64 partitions. For more information on ESX Server, see the redbook Server Consolidation with the release of System Partition Manager, a plug-in an eight-way server, you can have come to date to support multiple operating system images simultaneously. ESX Server does not, however, support hot-adding of system partitioning include: Hardware consolidation Software migration and coexistence Version control Development, testing...
.... 6 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide ESX Server virtualizes the resources of 64 partitions. For more information on ESX Server, see the redbook Server Consolidation with the release of System Partition Manager, a plug-in an eight-way server, you can have come to date to support multiple operating system images simultaneously. ESX Server does not, however, support hot-adding of system partitioning include: Hardware consolidation Software migration and coexistence Version control Development, testing...
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... the Setup menu in the memory subsystem. Memory mirroring, Chipkill, and Memory ProteXion provide multiple levels of the redundant memory bank. 22 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide An eight-way x440 with memory module failures. 1. In addition, to the memory subsystem. Certain restrictions exist with respect to continue operations with its four memory ports could then sustain a second chip failure without shutting down and the DIMM replaced. Memory...
... the Setup menu in the memory subsystem. Memory mirroring, Chipkill, and Memory ProteXion provide multiple levels of the redundant memory bank. 22 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide An eight-way x440 with memory module failures. 1. In addition, to the memory subsystem. Certain restrictions exist with respect to continue operations with its four memory ports could then sustain a second chip failure without shutting down and the DIMM replaced. Memory...
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... Failure Analysis on memory, power, hard drives, and CPUs Temperature and voltage monitoring with settable threshold Light Path Diagnostics Automatic Server Restart (ASR) for operating system and POST Wake on LAN Remote firmware update LAN access Alert forwarding See the IBM Redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188 for more information on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Technical description 27 Rear of x440 External power supply ASM interconnect 10/100 (RS-485) port Ethernet port Error LED Power LED (amber) (green) Management COM port Figure 1-15 Remote...
... Failure Analysis on memory, power, hard drives, and CPUs Temperature and voltage monitoring with settable threshold Light Path Diagnostics Automatic Server Restart (ASR) for operating system and POST Wake on LAN Remote firmware update LAN access Alert forwarding See the IBM Redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188 for more information on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Technical description 27 Rear of x440 External power supply ASM interconnect 10/100 (RS-485) port Ethernet port Error LED Power LED (amber) (green) Management COM port Figure 1-15 Remote...
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... mid-2003. 5. VMware ESX Server 1.5 allows eight virtual machines per processor. System Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for example, 13000%). Once supported, a multi-chassis configuration must be fixed with NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 2. However, a virtual machine (VM) can consist of no more than having to configure each system individually Hardware instrumentation using CIM - IBM Director Extensions include the following: System Partition Manager - Work on scalability beyond eight-way...
... mid-2003. 5. VMware ESX Server 1.5 allows eight virtual machines per processor. System Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for example, 13000%). Once supported, a multi-chassis configuration must be fixed with NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 2. However, a virtual machine (VM) can consist of no more than having to configure each system individually Hardware instrumentation using CIM - IBM Director Extensions include the following: System Partition Manager - Work on scalability beyond eight-way...
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... over time. IBM Director 3.1 includes a Trend Viewer feature to graphically monitor the software aging process and an "application culprit" list that the correct part can lead to monitor trends and predict system outages based on the experience of numerical errors have been removed. System Availability accurately measures uptime/downtime for RAID components and hard disk drives. Electronic Service Agent enables the Director server to stop the...
... over time. IBM Director 3.1 includes a Trend Viewer feature to graphically monitor the software aging process and an "application culprit" list that the correct part can lead to monitor trends and predict system outages based on the experience of numerical errors have been removed. System Availability accurately measures uptime/downtime for RAID components and hard disk drives. Electronic Service Agent enables the Director server to stop the...
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... hardware reconfiguring while the partition's operating system is performed on that operating system, or a different operating system entirely in separate partitions. In the event that a server can consist of multiple nodes. - Static partitioning, which can support the users and workload while corrective action is performed and the offline server is brought back online. 50 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide It can also run on one server...
... hardware reconfiguring while the partition's operating system is performed on that operating system, or a different operating system entirely in separate partitions. In the event that a server can consist of multiple nodes. - Static partitioning, which can support the users and workload while corrective action is performed and the offline server is brought back online. 50 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide It can also run on one server...
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... can upgrade a Xeon DP model to maintain a supported configuration of CPUs (3, 5, 6, or 7) are divided into two ports, and each SMP Expansion Module are not supported. - Bank 3 = DIMM connectors 2, 4, 6, 8 Port 2: - Consequently, if you order sufficient processors to have two processors installed and those processor must be installed in the same x440 system. Bank 2 = DIMM connectors 9, 11, 13, 15 - Bank 4 = DIMM connectors 10, 12, 14, 16 Chapter 3. Use part number...
... can upgrade a Xeon DP model to maintain a supported configuration of CPUs (3, 5, 6, or 7) are divided into two ports, and each SMP Expansion Module are not supported. - Bank 3 = DIMM connectors 2, 4, 6, 8 Port 2: - Consequently, if you order sufficient processors to have two processors installed and those processor must be installed in the same x440 system. Bank 2 = DIMM connectors 9, 11, 13, 15 - Bank 4 = DIMM connectors 10, 12, 14, 16 Chapter 3. Use part number...
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.../100/1000 Ethernet controller. Detailed instructions for the x440 server, go to match the server's I/O capacity. Our recommendations are available with 10/100 cards such as 06P3601 and 22P4901, but this not a recommended configuration. Only install a single adapter teaming package. Adapter teaming The Broadcom controller is capable of participating in specific slots - Adapter teaming and failover works by using software additional to the adapter driver to provide Ethernet cables for the...
.../100/1000 Ethernet controller. Detailed instructions for the x440 server, go to match the server's I/O capacity. Our recommendations are available with 10/100 cards such as 06P3601 and 22P4901, but this not a recommended configuration. Only install a single adapter teaming package. Adapter teaming The Broadcom controller is capable of participating in specific slots - Adapter teaming and failover works by using software additional to the adapter driver to provide Ethernet cables for the...
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..., for UPS remote management), then a USB-to-serial adapter is controlled by the x440, via the interconnect management cable and under the control of six PCI slots installed, use a separate serial port. 3.3 Storage considerations When you are planning the storage configuration to be considered. The two internal hot-swap 1" drive bays will need to Management B (in the x440. If the RXE-100 has the second set of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. 3.2.4 Serial connections The x440...
..., for UPS remote management), then a USB-to-serial adapter is controlled by the x440, via the interconnect management cable and under the control of six PCI slots installed, use a separate serial port. 3.3 Storage considerations When you are planning the storage configuration to be considered. The two internal hot-swap 1" drive bays will need to Management B (in the x440. If the RXE-100 has the second set of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. 3.2.4 Serial connections The x440...
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System documentation and recovery CD-ROMs Customers should also purchase the annual Software Update Subscription for updates to the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) at: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp 94 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide This CD-ROM kit allows a customer to ensure compliance with Datacenter Server. Option 2: Software-only preload kit. Datacenter 16-way configuration The 16-way configurations are to be ordered via...
System documentation and recovery CD-ROMs Customers should also purchase the annual Software Update Subscription for updates to the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) at: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp 94 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide This CD-ROM kit allows a customer to ensure compliance with Datacenter Server. Option 2: Software-only preload kit. Datacenter 16-way configuration The 16-way configurations are to be ordered via...
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... include: Broadcom Ethernet controller Active PCI-X controller Remote Supervisor Adapter management processor S3 Savage4 LT video controllers ServeRAID The required drivers as well as RAID arrays, for the x440 that hardware, drivers and firmware have been configured. Installation 111 The HCL can be included with the base operating system. Chapter 4. Important: The procedures and menu items described above may change as BIOS levels are revised. 4.2 Device drivers Specific device drivers are implementing Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) check...
... include: Broadcom Ethernet controller Active PCI-X controller Remote Supervisor Adapter management processor S3 Savage4 LT video controllers ServeRAID The required drivers as well as RAID arrays, for the x440 that hardware, drivers and firmware have been configured. Installation 111 The HCL can be included with the base operating system. Chapter 4. Important: The procedures and menu items described above may change as BIOS levels are revised. 4.2 Device drivers Specific device drivers are implementing Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) check...
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... downloaded, run the executable and extract the files to the system, complete the operating system installation before installing Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Refer to 4.2, "Device drivers" on page 111 for the installation of Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server, ensure that are connecting an RXE-100 enclosure to a formatted diskette. Refer to the latest levels. Power on the x440 with the extended CPU and PCI configurations that BIOS and firmware...
... downloaded, run the executable and extract the files to the system, complete the operating system installation before installing Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Refer to 4.2, "Device drivers" on page 111 for the installation of Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server, ensure that are connecting an RXE-100 enclosure to a formatted diskette. Refer to the latest levels. Power on the x440 with the extended CPU and PCI configurations that BIOS and firmware...
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... diskette drive and press Enter. 6. When you will be prompted to select the Computer Type, as shown in Figure 4-3, select Other and press Enter. Insert the xSeries 440 Windows 2000 HAL Support Disk (the one you see the following message, immediately press F5: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration... The necessary files will be copied from the diskette. Installation 113 Select eServer xSeries 440 (Windows 2000...
... diskette drive and press Enter. 6. When you will be prompted to select the Computer Type, as shown in Figure 4-3, select Other and press Enter. Insert the xSeries 440 Windows 2000 HAL Support Disk (the one you see the following message, immediately press F5: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration... The necessary files will be copied from the diskette. Installation 113 Select eServer xSeries 440 (Windows 2000...
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... 1 and mount the CD (if it , install the kernel-source RPM from either the Advanced Server CD 4 or from the Red Hat Network site (http://rhn.redhat.com) if you have previously updated the kernel, by running : rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-e.3.src.rpm 120 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide If you are compiling updated drivers on the Red Hat Linux CD...
... 1 and mount the CD (if it , install the kernel-source RPM from either the Advanced Server CD 4 or from the Red Hat Network site (http://rhn.redhat.com) if you have previously updated the kernel, by running : rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-e.3.src.rpm 120 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide If you are compiling updated drivers on the Red Hat Linux CD...
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2. Run the following commands to update additional patches to the summit kernel: cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3 patch -pl
2. Run the following commands to update additional patches to the summit kernel: cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3 patch -pl
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...Broadcom Gigabit driver 4. Installing additional drivers When the NetWare 6 and Support Pack installation has completed, you install the latest Support Pack prior to hard drive (C:\) 124 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide Installing the IBM PCI hot-plug controller driver 1. Install driver for Remote Supervisor Adapter (run SETUP.NLM, follow the instructions, and restart NetWare). This can be done using the NWCONFIG utility. Install the driver for PCI hot-plug controller, as per usual. The order of this section. 3. Update the ServeRAID adapter driver. Ensure...
...Broadcom Gigabit driver 4. Installing additional drivers When the NetWare 6 and Support Pack installation has completed, you install the latest Support Pack prior to hard drive (C:\) 124 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide Installing the IBM PCI hot-plug controller driver 1. Install driver for Remote Supervisor Adapter (run SETUP.NLM, follow the instructions, and restart NetWare). This can be done using the NWCONFIG utility. Install the driver for PCI hot-plug controller, as per usual. The order of this section. 3. Update the ServeRAID adapter driver. Ensure...
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... the slots are not supported. 136 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide Note: The x440 and RXE-100 only support 3.3 V PCI and PCI-X adapter. 5 V adapters are associated with. As an example, let's add two adapters to our system: IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter Our configuration has a ServeRAID adapter installed in slot 2 of the slot and adapter information in the tree view and slot view. 5.1.2 Adding adapters to an x440 using Active PCI Manager is...
... the slots are not supported. 136 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide Note: The x440 and RXE-100 only support 3.3 V PCI and PCI-X adapter. 5 V adapters are associated with. As an example, let's add two adapters to our system: IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter Our configuration has a ServeRAID adapter installed in slot 2 of the slot and adapter information in the tree view and slot view. 5.1.2 Adding adapters to an x440 using Active PCI Manager is...