IBM P5 570 manual First Edition July

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First Edition (July 2004)

This edition applies to the IBM Sserver p5 570 and AIX 5L™ Version 5.3, product number 5765-G03.

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Contents IBM Eserver p5 Technical Overview Introduction Page IBM Sserver p5 570 Technical Overview Introduction First Edition July Contents Page Page Vi p5-570 Technical Overview and Introduction Vii Trademarks Preface Team that wrote this RedpaperBecome a published author Comments welcomeGeneral description P5-570 Technical Overview and Introduction System specifications Physical packageMinimum and optional features View from the frontProcessor card features Processor card FC DescriptionMemory features Disk and media features5 I/O drawers USB diskette driveModel D10 I/O drawer Model D10 I/O drawer physical package Model D11 I/O drawer Model D20 I/O drawerDrawers and usable PCI slots Model D20 I/O drawer physical packageValue Paks Hardware Management Console modelsModel type conversion System racksIBM RS/6000 7014 Model T00 Enterprise Rack IBM RS/6000 7014 Model T42 Enterprise Rack AC Power Distribution Unit and rack contentRack-mounting rules for p5-570 and I/O drawers Additional options for rack Flat panel display optionsHardware Management Console 7310 Model CR2 OEM rackIBM 7212 Model 102 TotalStorage Storage device enclosure Statement of direction 18 p5-570 Technical Overview and Introduction Architecture and technical overview POWER5 chip POWER4 POWER5Dynamic power management Enhanced SMT featuresSimultaneous multi-threading ST operationPower chip evolution POWER4Processor cards CMOS, copper, and SOI technologyProcessor drawer interconnect cables Processor card with DDR1 memory socket layout viewProcessor clock rate Pmcycles -mMemory subsystem Memory placement rulesMemory restriction Memory throughput System busesRIO-2 buses and GX+ card SP bus Internal I/O subsystemPCI-X slots and adapters LAN adapters Graphic acceleratorsScsi adapters Bit and 32-bit adaptersInternal storage Internal hot swappable Scsi disksInternal media devices Internal RAID optionsHot-swap disks and Linux 1 I/O drawers External I/O subsystems2 7311 Model D10 and 7311 Model D11 I/O drawers Model D11 features Model D10 features3 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer 4 7311 I/O drawer and RIO-2 cabling Model D20 internal Scsi cabling5 7311 I/O drawer and Spcn cabling Cost Optimized Performance OptimizedExternal disk subsystems IBM 2104 Expandable Storage PlusIBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage servers IBM 7133 Serial Disk Subsystem SSAIBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Advanced Power Virtualization feature Dynamic logical partitioningVirtualization Virtual Ethernet15shows the POWER5 partitioning concept Micro-Partitioning technologyPOWER5 Partitioning Virtual I/O ServerService processor Partition Load ManagerService processor base Service processor extenderBoot process IPL flow without an HMC attached to the systemHardware Management Console IPL flow with an HMC attached to the systemManaged systems Definitions of partitionsProfiles Hardware requirements for partitioning System Management ServicesSpecific partition definitions used for Micro-Partitioning Boot options 17 System Management Services main menuAdditional boot options DVD-ROM, DVD-RAMSecurity Operating system requirementsAIX 5L Linux Linux supportCapacity on Demand, RAS, and manageability Processor Capacity Upgrade on Demand methods Way 1.65 GHz POWER5 processor cardWay 1.9 GHz POWER5 processor card with DDR1 memory slots Way 1.9 GHz POWER5 processor card with DDR2 memory slotsCapacity Upgrade on Demand for memory How to report temporary activation resources Capacity Upgrade on Demand for memory feature codesFault avoidance Reliability, availability, and serviceabilityTrial Capacity on Demand Permanent monitoring First Failure Data CaptureMutual surveillance Self-healing Memory reliability, fault tolerance, and integrityEnvironmental monitoring Fault masking 5 N+1 redundancyResource deallocation Dynamic or persistent deallocationServiceability Error indication and LED indicatorsManageability Concurrent MaintenanceAdvanced System Management Interface Service Agent Advanced System Management main menuService focal point Service Update Management Assistant3 p5 Customer-Managed Microcode Cluster CSM value points CSM V1.4 on AIX and Linux planned 4Q04IBM Redbooks Other publicationsOnline resources How to get IBM Redbooks Help from IBM68 p5-570 Technical Overview and Introduction Page IBM Eserver p5 Technical Overview Introduction