About this book
This book covers the SP Switch2 only.Refer to

RS/6000 SP: SP Switch Service Guide

, GA22-7443 for
information related to the SP Switch.
This book is to help you, as a customer engineer diagnose and repair an RS/6000
®
SP
™
SP Switch2 by
performing the following tasks:
vIdentify field replaceable unit (FRU) locations
vIsolate RS/6000 SP failures using Maintenance Analysis Procedures (MAPs)
vPerform diagnostic service procedures
vPerform removal and replacement procedures
vIdentify FRUs and their corresponding part numbers

Who should use this book

This book is intended for RS/6000 SP product-trained service personnel.

Related information

The following books make up the complete RS/6000 SP hardware service library:
v

RS/6000 SP: Safety Information

, GA22-7467. Safety notices, in English and translated into other
national languages, which are compiled from all the books in the library.
v
RS/6000 SP: Installation and Relocation
, GA22-7441. Installation and relocation procedures,
maintenance agreement and qualification procedures, SP system verification.
v
RS/6000 SP: System Service Guide
, GA22-7442. General SP system service procedures, the system
Start MAP,and MAPs and parts catalog for the frames and power subsystems. Use this book to begin a
diagnostic procedure to isolate a problem to a specific major component of the SP system.
v

RS/6000 SP: SP Switch Service Guide

, GA22-7443. Service procedures, MAPs, and parts catalog
information specific to the SP Switch.
v

RS/6000 SP: SP Switch2 Service Guide

, GA22-7444. Service procedures, MAPs, and parts catalog
information specific to the SP Switch2 (this book).
v

RS/6000 SP: Uniprocessor Thin and Wide Node Service Guide

, GA22-7445. Service procedures,
MAPs, and parts catalog information specific to all uniprocessor-type nodes.
v

RS/6000 SP: 604 and 604e SMP High Node Service Guide

, GA22-7446. Service procedures, MAPs,
and parts catalog information specific to these nodes.
v

RS/6000 SP: SMP Thin and Wide Node Service Guide

, GA22-7447. Service procedures, MAPs, and
parts catalog information specific to these nodes.
v

RS/6000 SP: POWER3 SMP High Node Service Guide

, GA22-7448. Service procedures, MAPs, and
parts catalog information specific to this node.
This book and other RS/6000 SP hardware and software documentation are available both online and, for
some books, in printed form from the following sources:
vThe Web site at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/sp_books/index.html
vThe Resource Center on the PSSP product media
vPrinted and CD-ROM versions (which can be ordered from IBM)
For more information on these sources and an extensive listing of RS/6000 SP related publications, see
the bibliography in
RS/6000 SP: Installation and Relocation
.
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