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Preface

This document provides a comprehensive single-source guide covering IBM® ^™ pSeries™ 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 entry servers. Major hardware offerings are introduced and their prominent functions discussed.

Professionals wishing to acquire a better understanding of IBM ^pSeries products may consider reading this document. The intended audience includes:

￿Customers

￿Sales and marketing professionals

￿Technical support professionals

￿IBM Business Partners

This document expands the current set of IBM ^pSeries documentation by providing an ideal, comprehensive, desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description about the pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1.

This publication does not replace the latest pSeries marketing materials and tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, may be used to enhance your knowledge of IBMs solutions for the UNIX marketplace.

The team that wrote this Whitepaper

This Whitepaper was produced by a worldwide specialist working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.

Volker Haug is an Advisory I/T specialist. He has more than 14 years of experience in the I/T industry, the last 11 of which he devoted to IBM ^pSeries and RS/6000® systems. He holds a degree in Business Management from the Berufsakademie in Stuttgart. Volker is the worldwide pSeries technical support community leader for IBM UNIX workstations and entry servers supporting IBM sales, Business Partners, and customers with pre-sales consultation and implementation of client/server environments. His areas of expertise include IBM UNIX workstations and servers, graphics, MCAD applications, and AIX® systems management. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he is currently working for the Web Server Sales pSeries and RS/6000 pre-sales technical support organization covering the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Central Region.

The project that created this document was managed by:

Scott Vetter - International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Dough Bloch, Tom Campbell, Dale Dagitz, John Hilburn, Paul Maybaum, Mace Miller, Thoi Nguyen, Jan Palmer, Richard Talbot, Ven Tenjarla, Susan Tiner, Roger Weekly - IBM Austin

Tesshu Flower - IBM Canada

Tenley Jackson - IBM Dallas

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Contents IBM Page International Technical Support Organization Second Edition February Contents Page Team that wrote this Whitepaper PrefaceComments welcome General description Minimum and optional featuresPage PSeries 610 Model 6C1 package layout Physical packagePSeries 610 Model 6E1 package layout IBM RS/6000 7014 Model T00 Enterprise Rack Enterprise racksRack mounting rules for Model 6C1 IBM RS/6000 7014 Model T42 Enterprise RackFlat Panel Display Options Cable management arm VGA switchCable management arm for Model 6C1 Architecture and technical overview Processor and cache POWER3-II architecture1 L1 and L2 cache Copper and Cmos technology Processor boot time deconfiguration within an SMP systemProcessor deallocation Processor clock rate State enable means that processor 0 is enabledProcessor part numbers MemoryBus bandwidth Memory boot time deconfigurationSystem bus Memory interchange with other systemsGraphics accelerators PCI-bus, slots, and adapters1 32-bit versus 64-bit PCI slots LAN adaptersInternal storage attachments Internal storageBoot options and limitations RAID configurationsBoot support and limitations of storage adapters External devices Fast bootMiscellaneous Internal devicesSoftware requirements SecurityPage Reliability, availability, and serviceability RAS features High availability solutionRemark x means available System indicator panel Light Path diagnosticsAutomatic reboot Service processorSurveillance Processor and memory boot time deconfigurationService processor restart Boot to SMS menuHot plug fans Hot plug power suppliesSerial port snoop Scsi hot swap manager Hot plug taskHandheld based systems management AccessibilitySpecial notices AIX AIX 5L IBM trademarksReferenced Web Sites System PublicationsMail address How to Get IBM RedbooksRelated Publications