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IBM Eserver p5 Technical Overview and IntroductionExtreme flexibility with outstanding performance Giuliano Anselmi Gregor LinzmeierPage International Technical Support Organization IBM Sserver p5 570 Technical Overview andIntroduction JulyFirst Edition July Contents ivp5-570Technical Overview and Introduction Contents vip5-570Technical Overview and Introduction Notices Trademarks Preface The team that wrote this RedpaperBecome a published author Comments welcomeIBM U.S IBM UKChapter 1. General description 2p5-570Technical Overview and Introduction 1.1 System specifications 1.2 Physical packageDimension Description1.3 Minimum and optional features 1.3.1 Processor card features 1.3.2Memory features 1.3.3 Disk and media featuresFeature code Feature Code7311 Model D10 I/O drawer 1.3.4 USB diskette drive1.3.5 I/O drawers 7311 Model D10 I/O drawer physical package 7311 Model D11 I/O drawer physical package 7311 Model D11 I/O drawer7311 Model D20 I/O drawer I/O drawers and usable PCI slots 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer physical package1.4 Value Paks 1.3.6 Hardware Management Console models1.5 Model type conversion 1.6 System racksValue Processors, FC1.6.1 IBM RS/6000 7014 Model T00 Enterprise Rack 1.6.3AC Power Distribution Unit and rack content 1.6.2 IBM RS/6000 7014 Model T42 Enterprise Rack1.6.5 Additional options for rack Flat panel display options1.6.6OEM rack Hardware Management Console 7310 Model CR21.7 Statement of direction 18p5-570Technical Overview and Introduction Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview Figure 2-1 p5-570logic data flowPOWER5 2.1 The POWER5 chipPOWER4 2.1.2 Dynamic power management Enhanced SMT features2.1.1 Simultaneous multi-threading ST operation2.1.3 The POWER chip evolution POWER5TMSMI SMI 2.2 Processor cards2.1.4 CMOS, copper, and SOI technology 2.2.1 Processor drawer interconnect cables 24p5-570Technical Overview and Introduction2.2.2 Processor clock rate pmcycles -m2.3.2 Memory restriction 2.3.1 Memory placement rules2.3 Memory subsystem 2.4 System buses 2.3.3 Memory throughput2.4.1 RIO-2buses and GX+ card 11S1234567YL12345678901 FRU P/N EC Level2.5.1 PCI-Xslots and adapters 2.5 Internal I/O subsystem2.4.2 SP bus 2.5.2 LAN adapters 2.5.3 Graphic accelerators2.5.4 SCSI adapters 64-bitand 32-bitadapters2.6 Internal storage 2.6.1 Internal hot swappable SCSI disksHot-swapdisks and Linux 2.6.2 Internal RAID options2.6.3 Internal media devices 2.7 External I/O subsystems 2.7.1 I/O drawers2.7.3 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer 7311 Model D10 features7311 Model D11 features 2.7.4 7311 I/O drawer and RIO-2cabling 7311 Model D20 internal SCSI cablingPerformance Optimized 2.7.57311 I/O drawer and SPCN cablingCost Optimized 2.7.6External disk subsystems IBM 2104 Expandable Storage PlusIBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server IBM 7133 Serial Disk Subsystem SSAIBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage servers 2.9.2 Advanced POWER Virtualization feature 2.8 Dynamic logical partitioning2.9 Virtualization 2.9.1 Virtual EthernetMicro-Partitioningtechnology POWER5 Partitioning POWER HypervisorVirtual I/O Server Shared Ethernet adapter2.10 Service processor Partition Load Manager2.10.1 Service processor - base 2.10.2Service processor - extender2.11 Boot process 2.11.2Hardware Management Console 2.11.3IPL flow with an HMC attached to the systemProfiles 2.11.4 Definitions of partitionsManaged systems 2.11.7 System Management Services 2.11.5Hardware requirements for partitioningProcessors Memory2.11.8 Boot options Figure 2-17System Management Services main menuExternal tape drives 2.11.9Additional boot optionsDVD-ROM, DVD-RAM SAN boot LAN boot2.12 Operating system requirements 2.11.10 Security2.12.2 Linux Linux supportPage 2-way1.65 GHz POWER5 processor card 3.1 Capacity on Demand3.1.2 Capacity Upgrade on Demand for memory Capacity Upgrade on DemandOn/Off Capacity on Demand Reserve Capacity on DemandOn/Off Capacity on Demand 3.1.4Trial Capacity on Demand 3.2Reliability, availability, and serviceability3.2.1 Fault avoidance Mutual surveillance 3.2.2 First Failure Data Capture3.2.3 Permanent monitoring 3.2.4Self-healing Environmental monitoring3.2.6Fault masking 3.2.5 N+1 redundancy3.2.7Resource deallocation Dynamic or persistent deallocation3.2.8 Serviceability Error indication and LED indicatorsConcurrent Maintenance 3.3Manageability3.3.1 Advanced System Management Interface System Attention LED3.3.2 Service Agent 3.3.3 p5 Customer-ManagedMicrocode 3.3.4 Service Update Management AssistantService focal point 3.4 Cluster 64p5-570Technical Overview and Introduction CSM value pointsCSM V1.4 on AIX and Linux planned 4Q04 Other publications Related publicationsIBM Redbooks Online resources 66p5-570Technical Overview and IntroductionHow to get IBM Redbooks Help from IBM68p5-570Technical Overview and Introduction Page For more information: ibm.com/redbooks IBM Eserver p5Technical Overview and Introduction