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Partitioning options Diagram
Connecting the RXE-100
PCI slot configuration
Light Path Diagnostics
Updating Bios and firmware
Tape backup
How to
Power considerations
Giving users better services
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David Watts Reza Fanaei Aghdam Duncan Furniss Jason King
Describes the technical details of the x440 models
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IBM xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide
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Additional Information
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Trademarks
Team that wrote this redbook
Preface
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Technical description
X440 product line
Models available from November
XSeries RXE-100
One 16-way complex
System partitioning
IBM XA-32 chipset
CEC
Technical description
CEC
CEC
X440 Node
Processors
Quad-pumped frontside bus
Intel Xeon Processor MP
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Technical description
Intel Xeon Processor DP
Feature Xeon Processor DP Xeon Processor MP
SMP Expansion Module
10 SMP Expansion Module
System memory
IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache
11 Memory ProteXion
Port
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PCI subsystem
Redundancy
13 Front panel of the xSeries
Light Path Diagnostics
14 Light Path Diagnostics panel on
Rear
Remote Supervisor Adapter
Operating system support
Description Release SMP support1 Hyper-Threading Support
IBM Director
Technical description
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Technical description
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Positioning
Server consolidation
XSeries 440 application solutions
Positioning
Enterprise applications
Positioning
Infrastructure applications
Clustering
One-box cluster running VMware with virtual shared storage
IBM XA-32 chipset
Why choose
Intel Xeon MP and DP processors
Performance with & without Hyper-Threading
High-performance memory subsystem
XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache
XpandOnDemand scalability
Active PCI-X
System Partition Manager
Benefits of system partitioning
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Types of server consolidation
Server consolidation
These are summarized in -1 and described in detail below
Relocating existing servers to one or fewer IT sites
Virtual centralization or remote management
Physical centralization or server relocation
Physical server consolidation
Positioning
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Why consolidate servers
Benefits from server consolidation
Single point of control
Regaining flexibility
Giving users better services
Avoid floor space constraints
Reduction of the Total Cost of Ownership TCO
Manageability and availability
Service level
Scalability and workload growth
Business continuity
Reduced technical complexity
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Planning
Processors
System hardware
Memory
DIMMs sockets on the x440 SMP Expansion Module
Memory performance considerations
Memory mirroring
Additional memory considerations
PCI slot configuration
X440 block diagram showing the internal PCI-X slots
Slot Bus Width bits Supported adapter speed MHz
PCI-X slots
Active PCI Manager
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller
Adapter teaming
SMP Expansion Module connectivity
Cabling and connectivity
SMP Expansion Ports with two SMP Expansion Modules installed
Connecting the two x440s together in a 16-way configuration
Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity
Remote Supervisor Adapter Connectors
Remote Expansion Enclosure
RXE-100 PCI-X expansion board 6 slots
Bus Slot
Connecting the RXE-100
Connecting the RXE-100 to
10 Connecting an RXE-100 to a 16-way x440 configuration
Serial connections
Storage considerations
ServeRAID with external storage enclosures
XSeries storage solutions
IBM TotalStorage FAStT200 Storage Server
IBM Fibre Array Storage Technology
IBM TotalStorage FAStT500 Storage Server
IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server
Enterprise Storage Server ESS
Disk subsystem performance
Tape backup
Operating system considerations
Server partitioning and consolidation
Description Release SMP support1 Hyper-Threading Support
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Datacenter eight-way configuration
Datacenter 16-way configuration
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows .NET Server
Novell NetWare
Red Hat/SuSE Linux
Model Standard processors L2 cache L3 cache Std memory
VMware ESX Server
VMware ESX Server
Scalability and performance considerations
Application considerations
SMP and server types
Rack installation
Power considerations
Click Products and Services Click Intel-based servers
Click Select a country
Trigger Tool
Solution Assurance Review
ESAR Electronic Solution Assurance Review
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Installation
System Bios settings
Updating Bios and firmware
Enabling memory mirroring
Enabling memory mirroring
Enabling Hyper-Threading
Enabling Hyper-Threading
Device drivers
Operating system installation
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server
Installing the x440 Windows 2000 custom HAL
When you see the following message, immediately press F5
Selecting computer type from custom HAL disk
Installing the Windows 2000 Service Pack
Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 2 installation
Installing additional drivers
Device Manager post Windows 2000 Server installation
Enabling Hyper-Threading on a Windows 2000 system
Windows 2000 Device Manager after device driver updates
Before and after enabling Hyper-Threading on a two-way
Attaching the RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure
Right-clickACPI Multiprocessor Node and select Properties
Red Hat Linux installation
Mount /mnt/cdrom
NetWare installation
Hyper-Threading support under Linux
RXE-100 support under Linux
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10 Network board installation instruction
11 Shows the loaded Broadcom Gigabit driver
Installing the IBM PCI hot-plug controller driver
12 Verifies that PCI hot-plug installation was successful
Before you begin
Adding support for the RXE-100
Enabling Hyper-Threading
Additional Information
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Active PCI Manager revision
Active PCI Manager
Active PCI Manager task on IBM Director main console
X440 slot view
Using Active PCI Manager
Slot 3 details
Message Meaning Recommended Action
X440 and RXE-100 tree view
X440 and RXE-100 table view
Adding adapters to the system
Add Card Wizard
Adding a known adapter
Selecting the IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter
Hot Add adapter to slot
11 Slot 3 with the LED on
Adding an unlisted adapter
12 IBM Gigabit Ethernet Adapter installed in slot
13 Adapter identification screen
Attributes Graphic
15 Windows finds new hardware
Analyzing an existing configuration
16 Incorrectly arranged adapters
17Performance analysis
Optimizer prompts you to remove the adapter from slot
19 Stop adapter use by the operating system
Indicators that the hot-eject was successful
22 Hot Add
System Partition Manager
Partitioning options Diagram
Partitioning options Diagram
Tasks
24 Partition Assistant
Process Control
25 Process Control rule types
Process alias rules
27 Creating a process alias rule
28 Assigning a process alias
30 List of process alias rules
31 Identify the alias for process execution rule
Process execution rules
32 Creating a group process alias
Group process execution rules
Properties window for the group appears Figure
35 Processor affinity
36 Process group priority
37 Configuring Task Manager to show base priority
39 Process scheduling class
40 Memory limits for processes in groups
41 Per process and group time limits
Windows NT Event Log System ProcCon
43 Process Control advanced controls
44 Performance monitor counter
45 Process Control scan interval
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Abbreviations and acronyms
Nema
Referenced Web sites
IBM Redbooks
IBM sites
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Microsoft sites
Intel sites
Novell sites
Red Hat sites
IBM Redbooks collections
How to get IBM Redbooks
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Numerics
ERP
Index
See also RXE-100
See also Linux
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