IBM eServer xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide

• Main Author: Redbooks, IBM
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Durham I B M 2004; IBM Redbooks
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Local government; Municipal government
• ISBN: 0738498475; 9780738498478

The IBM eServer xSeries 455 is the second-generation Enterprise X-Architecture server using the 64-bit IBM XA-64 chipset and the Intel Itanium 2 processor. Unlike the x450, its predecessor, the x455 supports the merging of four server chassis to form a single 16-way image, providing even greater exp...

Table of Contents:

• 5.4.1 WSRM description -- 5.4.2 WSRM features -- 5.4.3 WSRM in the x455 -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover
• 3.3 Storage considerations -- 3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions -- 3.3.2 Tape backup -- 3.4 Rack installation -- 3.5 Power considerations -- 3.6 Operating system support -- 3.6.1 Clustering -- 3.7 IBM Director support -- 3.8 Solution Assurance Review -- 3.8.1 Trigger Tool -- 3.8.2 Electronic Solution Assurance Review (eSAR) -- Chapter 4. Installation -- 4.1 Using The Extensible Firmware Interface -- 4.1.1 EFI Firmware Boot Manager -- 4.1.2 The EFI shell -- 4.1.3 Driver Setup -- 4.1.4 Flash update -- 4.1.5 Configuration/Setup utility -- 4.1.6 Diagnostic utility -- 4.1.7 Boot Option Maintenance -- 4.2 Configuring scalable partitions -- 4.2.1 Creating a scalable partition -- 4.2.2 Booting a scalable partition -- 4.2.3 Multiple Monitors -- 4.2.4 Deleting a scalable partition -- 4.3 Installing Windows Server 2003 -- 4.3.1 Important information -- 4.3.2 Preparing to install -- 4.3.3 Installation -- 4.3.4 Post-setup phase -- 4.4 Installing Linux -- 4.4.1 Linux IA-64 kernel overview -- 4.4.2 Choosing a Linux distribution -- 4.4.3 Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.0 -- 4.4.4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS -- 4.4.5 Linux boot process -- 4.4.6 Information about the installed system -- 4.4.7 Using the serial port for the Linux console -- 4.4.8 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure -- 4.4.9 Upgrading drivers -- Chapter 5. Management -- 5.1 IBM Director -- 5.1.1 Scalable Systems Manager -- 5.2 The Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 5.2.1 Connecting via a Web browser -- 5.2.2 Connecting via the ASM interconnect -- 5.2.3 Installing the device driver -- 5.2.4 Configuring the remote control password -- 5.3 Management using the Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 5.3.1 Configuring which alerts to monitor -- 5.3.2 Configuring SNMP -- 5.3.3 Sending alerts directly to IBM Director -- 5.3.4 Creating a test event action plan in IBM Director -- 5.4 Windows System Resource Manager
• Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Technical description -- 1.1 Features -- 1.1.1 Comparing the x455 with the x450 -- 1.1.2 Features not supported -- 1.2 The x455 base models -- 1.2.1 Front and rear views -- 1.3 System assembly -- 1.4 IBM XA-64 chipset -- 1.4.1 The processor-board assembly -- 1.4.2 The memory-board assembly -- 1.4.3 PCI-X board assembly -- 1.5 Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 1.6 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure -- 1.7 Multinode scalable partitions -- 1.7.1 RXE-100 connectivity -- 1.7.2 Multinode configuration -- 1.7.3 Integrated I/O function support -- 1.7.4 Error recovery -- 1.8 Redundancy -- 1.9 Light path diagnostics -- 1.10 Extensible Firmware Interface -- 1.10.1 GUID Partition Table disk -- 1.10.2 EFI System Partition -- 1.10.3 EFI and the reduced-legacy concept -- 1.11 Operating system support -- 1.12 Enterprise X-Architecture -- 1.12.1 NUMA architecture -- Chapter 2. Positioning -- 2.1 Migrating to a 64-bit platform -- 2.2 Scalable system partitioning -- 2.2.1 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure -- 2.3 Operating system support -- 2.4 Server consolidation -- 2.5 ServerProven® -- 2.6 IBM Datacenter Solution Program -- 2.7 Application solutions -- 2.7.1 Database applications -- 2.7.2 Business logic -- 2.7.3 e-Business and security transactions -- 2.7.4 In-house developed compute-intensive applications -- 2.7.5 Science and technology industries -- 2.8 Why choose x455 -- Chapter 3. Planning -- 3.1 System hardware -- 3.1.1 Processors -- 3.1.2 Memory -- 3.1.3 PCI-X slot configuration -- 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller -- 3.2 Cabling and connectivity -- 3.2.1 SMP Expansion connectivity -- 3.2.2 Remote Expansion Enclosure connectivity -- 3.2.3 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity -- 3.2.4 Serial connectivity