IBM F80 manual Reference, External Storage Expandability, SP Attachment, System Documentation

F80. For further information about adapters, especially if the adapter is supported in Model F80, refer to the PCI Adapter Placement Reference Guide, SA38-0538.

Most disk drives can move into the Model F80, but the hot-plug carriers used in the Model F80 are new to RS/6000. Therefore, drive migration from the Model F50 requires removal of the drive from the old blue-handled carrier and assembly into the new Model F80 carrier. Migration of 68-pin drives will limit the performance of the bus to which they are attached to SE 40 MB/s, rather than the LVD 80 MB/s, which is possible for an entire complement of 80-pin Ultra2 drives. Since the Model F80 has fewer disk bays, migration of data to larger disks may be required during the upgrade. Refer to the RS/6000 Systems Handbook 2000, SG24-5120 (available June 2000), or ask your IBM Business Partner or IBM representative for further information.

The old chassis of Model F50 is to be returned to IBM.

When upgrading from an Model F50 that does not run AIX 4.3.3, it is required to upgrade to AIX 4.3.3 or higher before you can upgrade the F50 system.

External Storage Expandability

The storage expansion for the Model F80 is can be provided through several IBM storage options. The storage subsystems can be connected externally as stand-alone tower or from within a rack.

External disk storage capacity can also be provided by attaching the Model F80 to storage servers. Using differential Ultra SCSI, the Model F80 can be attached to the IBM Enterprise Storage Server. And by using the Fibre Channel Adapter, the Model F80 can be attached to the IBM Fibre Channel RAID Storage server or the IBM Enterprise Storage Server.

SP Attachment

The Model F80 can neither be attached as a logical node, nor is it supported to be used as a Control Workstation (CWS) in an SP system.

Reference

The following sections list additional materials available for further research.

System Documentation

For more detailed information, refer to the following documents:

•RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model F80 Installation Guide, SA38-0569

•RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model F80 User’s Guide, SA38-0567

•RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model F80 Service Guide, SA38-0568

•PCI Adapter Placement Reference Guide, SA38-0538

Select IBM Redbooks

The following IBM Redbooks are related to the material discussed in this paper:

•RS/6000 Systems Handbook 2000, SG24-5120 (Available June 2000)

•RS/6000 S-Series Enterprise Servers Handbook, SG24-5113

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