Intel 7xx Servers, 170 Servers manual 16.4 9406-MMA IPL Performance Measurements Normal

16.4 9406-MMA IPL Performance Measurements (Normal)

The following tables provide a comparison summary of the measured performance data for a normal and abnormal IPL. Results provided do not represent any particular customer environment.

Measurement units are in minutes and seconds

Table 16.4.1 iV5R4M5 Normal IPL - Power-On (Cold Start)
	iV5R4M5	iV6R1	iV5R4M5	iV5R4M5	iV6R1
	GA1 Firmware	GA3 Firmware	GA1 Firmware	GA1 Firmware	GA3 Firmware
	4 Way	4 Way	8 Way	16 Way	16 Way
	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA
	7051	7051	7056	7061	7061
	32 GB	32 GB	96 GB	512 GB	512 GB
	30 DASD	30 DASD	432 DASD	1000 DASD	1000 DASD
Hardware	3:10	3:12	7:53	19:17	22:07
SLIC	4:49	5:07	7:53	10:05	9:58
OS/400	:48	1:23	2:12	2:41	2:22
Total	8:47	9:42	17:58	32:03	34:27

Generally, the hardware phase is composed of C1xx xxxx, C3xx xxxx and C7xx xxxx. SLIC is composed of C200 xxxx and C600 xxxx. OS/400 is composed of C900 xxxx SRCs to the System i server console sign-on.

16.5 9406-MMA IPL Performance Measurements (Abnormal)

Measurement units are in minutes and seconds.

Table 16.5.1 iV5R4M5 Abnormal IPL (Partition MSD)
	iV5R4M5	iV6R1	iV5R4M5	iV5R4M5	iV6R1
	GA1 Firmware	GA3 Firmware	GA1 Firmware	GA1 Firmware	GA3 Firmware
	4 Way	4 Way	8 Way	16 Way	16 Way
	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA	9406-MMA
	7051	7051	7056	7061	7061
	32 GB	32 GB	96 GB	512 GB	512 GB
	30 DASD	30 DASD	432 DASD	1000 DASD	1000 DASD
Processor	1:50	1:02	4:12	4:28	4:34
MSD
SLIC MSD	7:23	10:45	7:00	11:35	10:56
IPL
with Copy
Shutdown	2:00	2:24	3:18	2:28	3:04
re-ipl
SLIC	3:09	1:29	2:32	4:02	3:28
re-ipl
OS/400	4:22	5:04	28:06	29:27	20:47
Total	18:44	20:44	45:08	52:00	42:49

IBM i 6.1 Performance Capabilities Reference - January/April/October 2008
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