IBM e-server xSeries 445 planning and installation guide / [David Watts ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watts, David.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Client/server computing.

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Web servers.

IBM computers--Programming.

IBM computers.

Physical Description:

xii, 252 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Research Triangle Park, NC : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Become a published author

Comments welcome

Chapter 1. Technical description

1.1 x445 models

1.1.1 16-way configurations

1.1.2 Windows Datacenter models

1.1.3 32-way configurations

1.2 System partitioning

1.3 IBM XA-32 second-generation chipset

1.4 Processors

1.4.1 Intel Xeon Processor MP

1.4.2 Intel Xeon Processor DP

1.5 SMP Expansion Module

1.6 System memory

1.7 PCI subsystem

1.8 Remote Supervisor Adapter II support

1.9 Redundancy

1.10 Light path diagnostics

Chapter 2. Positioning

2.1 xSeries 445 application solutions

2.1.1 Server consolidation

2.1.2 Enterprise applications

2.1.3 Infrastructure applications

2.1.4 Clustering

2.2 Why choose the x445?

2.2.1 Benefits from new technologies

2.2.2 Comparing the x445 to the x440

2.3 The benefits of system partitioning

2.4 Server consolidation

2.4.1 Types of server consolidation

2.4.2 Why consolidate servers?

2.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation

Chapter 3. Planning

3.1 System hardware

3.1.1 Processors

3.1.2 Memory

3.1.3 Active PCI-X subsystem

3.1.4 Integrated LSI SCSI controller

3.1.5 Integrated Broadcom dual-port Ethernet controller

3.2 Sizing information

3.3 Cabling and connectivity

3.3.1 SMP Expansion Modules connectivity

3.3.2 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity

3.3.3 RXE-100 connectivity

3.3.4 Serial connectivity

3.4 Storage planning considerations

3.4.1 ServeRAID with external storage enclosures

3.4.2 The IBM FAStT Storage Servers

3.4.3 The Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS)

3.4.4 Disk subsystem performance

3.4.5 Tape backup

3.5 Server partitioning and consolidation

3.6 Operating system considerations

3.6.1 Windows Datacenter.

3.6.2 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition

3.6.3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

3.6.4 Microsoft Windows Server 2003

3.6.5 Novell NetWare

3.6.6 Red Hat and SuSE Linux

3.6.7 VMware ESX 2.0 Server

3.7 Application considerations

3.7.1 Scalability and performance considerations

3.7.2 SMP and server types

3.8 Rack installation considerations

3.9 Power considerations

3.10 Solution Assurance Review

Chapter 4. Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

4.1 Description

4.1.1 Windows Server 2003 new and updated features

4.1.2 Requirements

4.1.3 Comparing Datacenter to Enterprise and Standard Editions

4.2 Why Datacenter?

4.3 High availability

4.4 Clustering

4.5 Datacenter Edition and server consolidation

4.6 The Datacenter High Availability Program

4.6.1 Datacenter test programs

4.6.2 Datacenter Certified Applications program

4.6.3 Datacenter service provider and vendor programs

4.6.4 Datacenter support and maintenance

4.7 Why Microsoft Datacenter from IBM?

4.8 Why the x445 and Datacenter Edition?

4.9 NUMA support in Windows Server 2003

4.9.1 Using SRAT to support hot-add memory

4.10 How to engage IBM

4.11 Services

Chapter 5. Installation

5.1 System BIOS settings

5.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware

5.1.2 Memory mirroring, hot-add, and hot-swap memory settings

5.1.3 Enabling the serial port

5.1.4 Hyper-Threading settings

5.2 Create RAID-1 using integrated LSI SCSI controller

5.3 Device drivers

5.4 Operating system installation

5.4.1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003

5.4.2 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1

5.4.3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0

5.4.4 SCO UnixWare Release 7.1.3

5.4.5 Novell Netware 6.0

5.4.6 VMware ESX Server 2.0

5.5 16-way x445 setup instructions

5.5.1 Configuring the static partition.

5.5.2 Cabling the servers

5.5.3 Booting the 16-way system

5.5.4 Cabling an RXE-100

5.6 Troubleshooting

Chapter 6. Management

6.1 Active PCI Manager

6.1.1 Using the Slot Manager

6.1.2 Adding adapters to the system

6.1.3 Analyzing an existing configuration

6.2 Scalable Systems Manager

6.2.1 Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapters for SSM

6.2.2 User interface

6.3 Application Workload Manager

6.3.1 Using AWM

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Help from IBM

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"October 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342260