IBM P5 570 manual Value Paks, Hardware Management Console models

Models: P5 570

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1.3.6 Hardware Management Console models

p5-570 drawer/processors

Max number of I/O

Total number of PCI-X slots

 

drawers

 

 

 

 

D10

D11

D20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 drawer / 4-way

8

54a

54

62

2 drawers / 8-way

12

84a

84

96

3 drawers / 12-way

16

114a

114

130

4 drawers / 16-way

20

144ab

144b

164

a. One slot per drawer is PCI.

b. One slot is reserved for the Remote I/O expansion card.

1.3.6 Hardware Management Console models

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides a set of functions that is necessary to manage the p5-570 system when LPAR, Capacity on Demand without reboot, inventory and microcode management, and remote power control functions are needed. These functions include the handling of the partition profiles that define the processor, memory, and I/O resources that are allocated to an individual partition.

The 7310 Model CR2 and the 7310 Model C03 HMC are specifically for POWER5 processor-based systems. However, an existing 7315 Model CR2 and the 7315 Model C03 (POWER4 processor-based systems HMC) can be converted for POWER5 processor-based system use when it is loaded with the HMC software that is required for POWER5 processor-based systems (FC 0961).

POWER5 processor-based system HMCs require Ethernet connectivity. Ensure that sufficient Ethernet adapters are available to enable public and private networks if you need both. The 7310 Model C03 is a desktop model with only one native 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, but three additional PCI slots. The 7310 Model CR2 is a 1U, 19-inch rack-mountable drawer that has two native Ethernet ports and two additional PCI slots.

When an HMC is connected to the p5-570, the p5-570 integrated serial ports are disabled. If you need serial connections, for example non-Ethernet HACMP™ heartbeat, you must provide an async adapter.

Note: It is not possible to connect POWER4 and POWER5 processor-based systems to the same HMC simultaneously.

1.4 Value Paks

Value Paks are a new offering that is available on an initial order only. They provide a predefined configuration that is designed to meet typical customer requirements. Activations are available when a system order satisfies specific configuration requirements for memory, disk drives, and processors. When a Value Pak is ordered, you can select additional features. Customers can configure systems with 2 to 16 processors and 2 to 16 processor activations. For each paid processor activation, the customer is entitled to one processor activation at no additional charge if the following requirements are met:

￿The system must have at least two disk drives of at least 73.4 GB each.

￿There must be at least 2 GB of memory installed for each activated processor, as described in Table 1-8.

Chapter 1. General description

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