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IBM Power Systems E880 Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Power Systems E880 Technical Overview And Introduction (202 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 7.87 MB

Table of Contents

Front Cover
1
Table of Contents
5
Notices

9
- Trademarks
  10
- Authors
  11
Preface

11
Chapter 1. General Description

15
- Systems Overview
  16
  - Power E870 Server
    16
  - Power E880 Server
    17
  - System Control Unit
    18
  - System Nodes
    19
  - I/O Drawers
    22
- Operating Environment
  22
- Physical Package
  22
- System Features
  23
  - Power E870 System Features
    23
  - Power E880 System Features
    25
  - Minimum Features
    26
  - Power Supply Features
    28
  - Processor Card Features
    28
  - Summary of Processor Features
    28
  - Memory Features
    30
  - System Node Pcie Slots
    31
- Disk and Media Features
  31
- I/O Drawers
  31
- Comparison between Models
  35
- Build to Order
  36
- IBM Editions
  36
- Model Upgrades
  36
  - Power E870
    36
  - Power E880
    36
  - Upgrade Considerations
    37
- Management Consoles
  37
- System Racks
  38
Chapter 2. Architecture and Technical Overview

45
- Logical Diagrams
  46
- The IBM POWER8 Processor
  50
- Memory Subsystem
  61
  - Custom DIMM
    62
  - Memory Placement Rules
    63
  - Memory Activation
    68
  - Memory Throughput
    69
  - Active Memory Mirroring
    72
  - Memory Error Correction and Recovery
    74
  - Special Uncorrectable Error Handling
    74
- Capacity on Demand
  74
- System Bus
  80
  - PCI Express Gen3
    80
  - Service Processor Bus
    81
- Internal I/O Subsystem
  82
  - Blind-Swap Cassettes
    83
  - System Ports
    84
- PCI Adapters
  84
  - PCI Express (Pcie)
    84
  - LAN Adapters
    85
  - Graphics Accelerator Adapters
    86
  - SAS Adapters
    86
  - Fibre Channel Adapter
    87
  - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
    88
  - Asynchronous and USB Adapters
    88
  - Infiniband Host Channel Adapter
    89
  - Cryptographic Coprocessor
    89
- Internal Storage
  90
  - DVD
    90
- External I/O Subsystems
  91
- External Disk Subsystems
  98
  - EXP24S SFF Gen2-Bay Drawer
    98
  - EXP24S Common Usage Scenarios
    103
  - IBM System Storage
    109
- Hardware Management Console
  110
  - HMC Code Level
    110
  - HMC RAID 1 Support
    111
  - HMC Connectivity to the POWER8 Processor-Based Systems
    112
  - High Availability HMC Configuration
    113
- Operating System Support
  114
  - Virtual I/O Server
    115
  - IBM AIX Operating System
    115
  - IBM I Operating System
    116
  - Linux Operating System
    116
  - Java Versions that Are Supported
    117
  - Boosting Performance and Productivity with IBM Compilers
    117
- Energy Management
  119
  - IBM Energyscale Technology
    119
  - On Chip Controller
    122
  - Energy Consumption Estimation
    123
Chapter 3. Virtualization

125
- IBM POWER Hypervisor
  126
  - Virtual SCSI
    127
  - Virtual Ethernet
    127
  - Virtual Fibre Channel
    128
  - Virtual (TTY) Console
    128
- POWER Processor Modes
  129
- Active Memory Expansion
  131
- Powervm
  132
  - Powervm Edition
    132
  - Logical Partitions
    132
  - Multiple Shared Processor Pools
    136
  - Virtual I/O Server
    137
  - Powervm Live Partition Mobility
    141
  - Active Memory Sharing
    142
  - Active Memory Deduplication
    143
  - Operating System Support for Powervm
    143
  - Linux Support
    144
  - Powervm Simplification
    145
  - Single View of All Virtual I/O Servers
    150
  - Virtual Storage Management
    150
  - Virtual Network Management
    151
- System Planning Tool
  153
- IBM Power Virtualization Center
  153
- IBM Power Virtualization Performance
  154
- VIOS 2.2.3.4 Features
  155
- Dynamic Partition Remote Restart
  156
Chapter 4. Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

159
- Introduction
  160
  - RAS Enhancements of POWER8 Processor-Based Servers
    160
- Reliability
  161
  - Designed for Reliability
    161
  - Placement of Components
    162
- Processor/Memory Availability Details
  163
- Enterprise Systems Availability Details
  170
- Availability Impacts of a Solution Architecture
  170
  - Clustering
    171
  - Virtual I/O Redundancy Configurations
    171
  - Live Partition Mobility
    172
- Serviceability
  176
  - Detecting Errors
    177
  - Error Checkers, Fault Isolation Registers, and First-Failure Data Capture
    177
  - Service Processor
    178
  - Diagnosing
    179
  - Reporting
    180
  - Notifying
    182
  - Locating and Servicing
    183
- Manageability
  185
- Selected POWER8 RAS Capabilities by Operating System
  197
Related Publications

199
- IBM Redbooks
  199
- Online Resources
  199
- Help from IBM
  200

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IBM Power Systems E880 Removal And Replacement Procedures

IBM Power Systems E880 Removal And Replacement Procedures (32 pages)

Brand: IBM | Category: Server | Size: 1.95 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
5
Safety Notices
7
Removing and Replacing Parts
17
Removing the Time-Of-Day Batteries at the End of Life of Your Server
17
Notices
19
Privacy Policy Considerations
20
Trademarks
21
Electronic Emission Notices
21
Class a Notices
21
Class B Notices
25
Terms and Conditions
29

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