IBM 440 - page 3

IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation

Guide

October 2002

International Technical Support Organization

SG24-6196-00

Contents

Main Page Page Page Contents Page Page Page Notices IBM Director of Licensing, IBM Corporation, North Castle Drive Armonk, NY 10504-1785 U.S.A. viii Trademarks Preface Server Consolidation with the IBM xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server The team that wrote this redbook Integrating IBM Director with Enterprise Management Solutions High Availability without Clustering Page Server Consolidation with the IBM xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server Become a published author Comments welcome Page 1.1 The x440 product line Page Page Page 1.2 System partitioning Server Consolidation with the IBM xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server 1.3 IBM XA-32 chipset 8 Figure 1-4 xSeries 440 system block diagram one SMP Expansion Module Module Expansion Module in this redbook. CEC 1 Page 10 Figure 1-5 xSeries 440 system block diagram two SMP Expansion Modules CEC 2 CEC 1 Chapter 1. Technical description 11 Figure 1-6 16-way configuration (four SMP Expansion Modules) x440 Node 1 x440 Node 2 1.4 Processors 1.4.1 Intel Xeon Processor MP Page Page 1.4.2 Intel Xeon Processor DP 1.5 SMP Expansion Module Page 1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache 1.7 System memory Page Port 1 Port 2 Page 1.8 PCI subsystem 1.9 Redundancy 1.10 Light Path Diagnostics Page 1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter 1.12 Operating system support Page 1.13 IBM Director Page Page Page Page Page 2.1 xSeries 440 application solutions 2.1.1 Server consolidation Page 2.1.2 Enterprise applications Page 2.1.3 Infrastructure applications 2.1.4 Clustering Page 2.2 Why choose the x440 2.2.1 IBM XA-32 chipset 2.2.2 Intel Xeon MP and DP processors Performance with & without Hyper-Threading 2.2.3 XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache 2.2.4 High-performance memory subsystem 2.2.5 Active PCI-X 2.2.6 XpandOnDemand scalability 2.2.7 System Partition Manager 2.3 The benefits of system partitioning Page 2.4 Server consolidation 2.4.1 Types of server consolidation Page Page Page Page Page 2.4.2 Why consolidate servers 2.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation Page Page Page Page Page Page 3.1 System hardware 3.1.1 Processors Hints, Tips, and Frequently Asked Questions for the xSeries 440 Quick Reference 3.1.2 Memory Page Memory mirroring Memory performance considerations Additional memory c onsiderations 3.1.3 PCI slot configuration Page Page Page Active PCI Manager 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller both Adapter teaming 3.2 Cabling and connectivity 3.2.1 SMP Expansion Module connectivity Page Page 3.2.2 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions Integrating IBM Director with Enterprise Management Solutions 3.2.3 Remote Expansion Enclosure Page Connecting the RXE-100 Page Page 3.2.4 Serial connections 3.3 Storage considerations IBM RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure Installation Guide 3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions ServeRAID with external storage enclosures IBM Fibre Array Storage Technology The IBM TotalStorage FAStT200 Storage Server The IBM TotalStorage FAStT500 Storage Server The IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) 3.3.2 Disk subsystem performance Tuning IBM xSeries Servers for Performance 3.3.3 Tape backup Netfinity Tape Solutions The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Libraries Guide xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server 3.4 Server partitioning and consolidation Server Consolidation with the IBM 3.5 Operating system considerations Page 3.5.1 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Datacenter eight-way configuration Datacenter 16-way configuration 3.5.2 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition 3.5.3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 3.5.4 Microsoft Windows .NET Server 3.5.5 Novell NetWare 3.5.6 Red Hat/SuSE Linux 3.5.7 VMware ESX Server Page Server Consolidation with the IBM xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server 3.6 Application considerations 3.6.1 Scalability and performance considerations 3.6.2 SMP and server types Tuning IBM xSeries Servers for Performance 3.7 Rack installation 3.8 Power considerations 3.9 Solution Assurance Review Trig ger Tool eSAR Electronic Solution Assurance Review Page Page 4.1 System BIOS settings 4.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware 4.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring 4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading Page 4.2 Device drivers 4.3 Operating system installation 4.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Installing the x440 Windows 2000 custom HAL Page Installing the Windows 2000 Service Pack Page Page Enabling Hyper-Threading on a Windows 2000 system Attaching the RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure 4.3.2 Red Hat Linux installation Page Hyper-Threading support under Linux RXE-100 support under Linux 4.3.3 NetWare installation Page Page Installing additional drivers Installing the IBM PCI hot-plug controller driver Page Adding support for the RXE- 100 Enabling Hyper-Threading 4.3.4 VMware ESX Server 4.4 Additional Infor mation Page 5.1 Active PCI Manager Page 5.1.1 Using Active PCI Manager Page Page Message Meaning Recommended Action Figure 5-5 x440 and RXE-100 tree view 5.1.2 Adding adapters to the system Adding a known adapter Page Page Page Adding an unlisted adapter Page Page 5.1.3 Analyzing an existing configuration Page Page Page Page Page 5.2 System Partition Manager Page twin-tailing, Page Page 5.3 Process Control 5.3.1 Process alias rules Page Page Page 5.3.2 Process execution rules web services 5.3.3 Group process execution rules Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Abbreviations and acronyms 174 Related publications IBM Redbooks Referenced Web sites IBM sites Hints, Tips, and Frequently Asked Questions for the xSeries 440 Quick Reference Intel sites Intel Xeon Processor Family for Servers with Hyper-Threading Tec hn o l o g y Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Installation Guide Microsoft sites Novell sites How to get IBM Redbooks IBM Redbooks collections Index Numerics A 180 B C D E F G H I J N O P Q R S 184 T U V W X Page Page Page 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