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ibm.com/redbooksIBM xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideDavid WattsReza Fanaei AghdamDuncan FurnissJason KingDescribes the technical details o

viii IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideTrademarksThe following terms are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation

86 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 The FAStT200 High Availability (HA) Storage Server, which contains two RAID controllers and can

Chapter 3. Planning 87The enclosures can be connected in a fully redundant manner, which provides a very high level of availability. On the host sid

88 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideEnterprise Storage Server (ESS)ESS provides integrated caching and RAID support for the attached

Chapter 3. Planning 89A detailed discussion on performance tuning disk subsystems in xSeries servers is available in the redbook Tuning IBM ^ xSerie

90 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe following redbooks discuss IBM tape solutions in greater detail:򐂰Netfinity Tape Solutions, SG

Chapter 3. Planning 91additional logical processors and spawning multiple threads, which can exploit the additional processing power.As well as cons

92 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideNotes to Table 3-2: 1. While operating systems may support eight-way or larger systems, scalabili

Chapter 3. Planning 93transaction processing, large-scale data warehousing, and scientific simulations are some of the applications that Datacenter

94 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideTable 3-3 Factory configurable eight-way Datacenter Server models 򐂰 Option 2: Software-only pre

Chapter 3. Planning 95Datacenter 16-way fixed configurations can be achieved in two ways:򐂰 New Datacenter configurationCustomers can purchase the co

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. ixPrefaceThe IBM ^ xSeries 440 is IBM’s flagship industry standard server and is the first full imple

96 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guideprocessors in an x440 are viewed exactly the same as eight processors in an x370.There are no pla

Chapter 3. Planning 973.5.4 Microsoft Windows .NET ServerMicrosoft is adding “NUMA enhanced” CPU-affinity code and Hyper-Threading optimization to

98 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe xSeries development team, the IBM Linux Technology Center, and other parts of IBM are working

Chapter 3. Planning 99Dynamic logical partitioning involves:򐂰 Partitioning server resources The ESX Server acts as the host operating system, provid

100 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideCurrently ESX Server does not support Hyper-Threading technology. For support information includ

Chapter 3. Planning 101Having faster machines in the server hardware space means more parallelism (more processors, larger memory, larger disk array

102 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 3-12 Effect of adding processors under file/print and application environmentsSMP will

Chapter 3. Planning 103򐂰 For thermal considerations, the x440 must be installed with perforated doors on both front and back. Do not install the x44

104 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideTherefore, IBM recommends that the x440 be connected to a 220 V power source to ensure power sup

Chapter 3. Planning 105– Process dictates expert personnel's participation– Formal, rigorous򐂰 Peer– For low-to-medium-risk solutions– Informal,

x IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guiderecent books include Integrating IBM Director with Enterprise Management Solutions and Implementin

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 107Chapter 4. InstallationIn this chapter we describe procedures specific to the installation of Wind

108 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide4.1 System BIOS settingsThis section describes system BIOS settings that you may need to config

Chapter 4. Installation 109Figure 4-1 Enabling memory mirroring 3. Select the SMP Expansion Module you want memory mirroring enabled on and press

110 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guideconfiguration rules, performance issues and potential licensing implications related to Hyper-Th

Chapter 4. Installation 1114.2 Device driversSpecific device drivers are available for the x440 that may not be included with the base operating sy

112 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide4.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced ServerBefore commencing the installation of Wi

Chapter 4. Installation 1133. When you see the following message, immediately press F5:Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration...

114 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 4-4 Selecting computer type from custom HAL disk7. If you pressed F6 to add mass storag

Chapter 4. Installation 115Figure 4-5 Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 2 installationInstalling additional driversAfter Windows 2000 is installed,

Preface xiThe team (l-r): David, Duncan, Reza, JasonThanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:Alfredo Aldereguia, Lead

116 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 4-6 Device Manager post Windows 2000 Server installation.When the Windows 2000 Server i

Chapter 4. Installation 1173. Install the driver for the Remote Supervisor Adapter.4. Install the Active PCI device driver.5. Update the S3 Savage4

118 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideOnce you enable Hyper-Threading, the Performance tab in Task Manager will show twice the number

Chapter 4. Installation 119If the additional PCI slots are not visible, confirm that the custom HAL has been installed, as follows:a. Open Device Ma

120 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide3. Proceed with the installation as normal. Refer to documentation on the Red Hat Linux CD or th

Chapter 4. Installation 1212. Run the following commands to update additional patches to the summit kernel:cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3patch -pl <

122 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideKnown problems with NetWare are:򐂰 NetWare 5.1 is currently not supported, but it should still in

Chapter 4. Installation 123Figure 4-10 Network board installation instructionTo install the network driver, follow the instructions:a. Select Modi

124 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 4-11 Shows the loaded Broadcom Gigabit driver4. Select Continue and continue the NetWar

Chapter 4. Installation 1254. Start NetWare server and go to the NetWare Console.Type LOAD C:\IBMXSBD.NLMWait until a message indicates that IBMXSBD

xii IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideDamon West, Course Developer, xSeries Education, RaleighThanks also to the team that wrote the r

126 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 4-13 Shows that hot-plug is enabledAdding support for the RXE-100To add support for RXE

Chapter 4. Installation 1273. There are two NBI.NLM files and one NBIUP1.TXT file in NBIUP1.EXE (one for NW5.1 in the nw51 directory and one for NW6

128 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guidedelete the default .PSM (usually MPS14.PSM) and insert the ACPIDRV.PSM (the selections will disp

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 129Chapter 5. ManagementIBM Director is the systems management software provided with the IBM ^ xSeri

130 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide5.1 Active PCI ManagerActive PCI Manager is used to plan the addition of PCI and PCI-X adapters

Chapter 5. Management 131򐂰 IBM Active PCI Software Version 5.0.2.0 or later. This software contains the following components:– IBM Active PCI filter

132 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide5.1.1 Using Active PCI ManagerThe Active PCI Manager interface is shown in Figure 5-3. The deta

Chapter 5. Management 133򐂰 First Slot Label, Last Slot Label: The first and last slot labels in the server are identified. When the RXE-100 is selec

134 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFor information about the attributes, consult the online help. However, some explanation is warr

Chapter 5. Management 135The tree view, shown in Figure 5-5, lets you look at all of the slots in the system at once, in a Explorer-like tree view.F

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 1Chapter 1. Technical descriptionThe IBM ^ xSeries 440 is the latest IBM top-of-the-range server and

136 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe table view, Figure 5-6, provides a summary of all of the slot and adapter information in one

Chapter 5. Management 137The processing of adding an adapter depends on whether the adapter is on the list of known adapters or whether you have to

138 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guidemust be reset to run at the lower speed. Restarting the bus requires that the operating system b

Chapter 5. Management 1394. Upon completion of the analysis, Active PCI Manager recommends the best slot to insert the adapter (if one is available

140 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe LED on the slot itself will blink as does the graphic of the slot, as shown in Figure 5-11.

Chapter 5. Management 1419. After the adapter has been added, the slot view window is dynamically updated, as seen in Figure 5-12.Figure 5-12 IBM

142 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-13 Adapter identification screenThere are two ways of specifying the characteristics

Chapter 5. Management 143Table 5-2 shows you the possible choices when you click Adapter Keying. As you click the button, both the graphic and the b

144 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide3. Enter the remaining values into the pull-down menus. We enter our parameters and the followin

Chapter 5. Management 145Figure 5-16 Incorrectly arranged adaptersTo analyze the adapter configuration, click Tools -> Analyze. Once the analys

2 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 Memory enhancement such as memory mirroring, Chipkill, and Memory ProteXion򐂰 Six Active PCI-X sl

146 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-17 Performance analysisIn the Recommended Actions, follow the instructions to move ad

Chapter 5. Management 147Figure 5-18 Removing an adapter from slot 42. Stop the adapter in the operating system. Double-click the icon in the sy

148 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-19 Stop adapter use by the operating system3. Select the adapter you want to stop and

Chapter 5. Management 149Figure 5-20 Hot eject successful8. Close the adapter retainer on slot 4. The slot is then reported as empty, as shown in

150 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide9. Back at the Optimization Steps window, shown in Figure 5-17 on page 146, click the link to ho

Chapter 5. Management 151hardware changes and that resources such as PCI slots in an RXE-100 can be shared between the two partitions. System Partit

152 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideConnecting one RXE-100 with 12 slots to two different nodes, referred to as twin-tailing, is sup

Chapter 5. Management 153򐂰 System Partition Manager-specific events can be used to generate alerts using IBM Director event action plans. Actions wi

154 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-24 Partition AssistantThe tree frame in Figure 5-24 shows the different nodes and ext

Chapter 5. Management 155򐂰 Insert Node — Associates a node with a partition.򐂰 Set Primary Node — Determines which node will be the primary node.򐂰 Bo

Chapter 1. Technical description 3products. Additional testing pertains directly to the complexity of multiple SMP configurations and the time commi

156 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe three main types of rules in Process Control are shown in Figure 5-25. They are:򐂰 Process al

Chapter 5. Management 157It is, however, possible to differentiate two or more processes with the same image name by creating a process alias rule,

158 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-28 Assigning a process aliasProcess Control identifies one or many processes based on

Chapter 5. Management 159Figure 5-29 Assigning an alias to all processes from the GuildFTPd directoryOnce the two alias rules have been created, t

160 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide5.3.2 Process execution rulesNow that the processes have been identified by aliases through the

Chapter 5. Management 161Figure 5-32 Creating a group process aliasWe recommend creating a process group, even for one process. Here we are naming

162 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-33 Selecting the process group propertiesThe Properties window for the group appears

Chapter 5. Management 163group of Web services. This will prevent the overuse of these services and therefore any impact to other processes running

164 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-36 Process group priorityGroup process priority has the effect of assigning the same

Chapter 5. Management 165Figure 5-37 Configuring Task Manager to show base priorityIn all likelihood, the processes you are interested in have a b

4 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-1 x440 configurations currently availableThe attachment of a single RXE-100 Remote Expa

166 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-39 Process scheduling classThe process scheduling class determines how much CPU time

Chapter 5. Management 167Figure 5-40 Memory limits for processes in groupsThis tab lets you set three parameters, which are configured in incremen

168 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-41 Per process and group time limitsThere are two options: the first is to limit the

Chapter 5. Management 169Figure 5-42 Selecting Process Control as the event type in IBM DirectorFurther details about creating event action plans

170 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-43 Process Control advanced controlsThe options in this tab are as follows:򐂰 End proc

Chapter 5. Management 171Figure 5-44 Performance monitor counter 򐂰 Die on unhandled exceptions This option suppresses any windows that may pop up

172 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 5-45 Process Control scan intervalThe other configurable entry, Request timeout interva

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 173AC alternating currentACPI advanced control and power interfaceAPIC advanced programmable interru

174 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideNC North CarolinaNEMA National Electrical Manufacturers AssociationNLB Network Load BalancingNS

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 175Related publicationsThe publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable f

Chapter 1. Technical description 5Figure 1-2 16-way server configuration using two eight-way x440 nodesFigure 1-3 Eight-way and 12-way two-node

176 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide176 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-423

Related publications 177򐂰 http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/vmware.html Information about VMware on xSeries򐂰 http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver

178 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide178 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideHow to get IBM RedbooksYou can order hardc

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 179IndexNumerics03K9309, ASM Interconnect Cable Kit 7810K3661, Belkin USB to Serial Adapter 8320

180 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideAdvanced Dynamic Execution 16, 45affinity 163air flow, rack 103application integration 5

Index 181Ffans 24–25fault tolerance 67features 1, 43Fibre Channel storage options 85Foster 12–13, 64front panel 25frontside bus 9, 13G

182 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideNNavision 38NBI.NLM 122NetBAY racks 102NetBurst architecture 9NetWare 29, 91, 97, 121–

Index 183publications 128Qquad-pump design 9Rrack configurator 103rack installation 102Rack Manager 31RAID 84RAID Manager 31rear panel

184 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideSolution Assurance Review (SAR) 104SQL Server 37, 40standard memory 3static partitioning

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6 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide1.2 System partitioning Partitioning is the ability to divide a system to support multiple operat

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Chapter 1. Technical description 7With physical partitioning, a single multinode server complex can simultaneously run multiple instances of one ope

8 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-4 xSeries 440 system block diagram — one SMP Expansion ModuleThe component that contain

Chapter 1. Technical description 9The CPUs are connected together with a 100 MHz frontside bus, but supply data at an effective rate of 400 MHz usin

10 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-5 xSeries 440 system block diagram — two SMP Expansion ModulesWhen two SMP Expansion M

Chapter 1. Technical description 11As of November 2002, you can connect two x440 servers together to form one 16-way complex. The two x440 nodes are

12 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-7 Rear panel of the xSeries 440 (one SMP Expansion Module installed)1.4 ProcessorsThe

Chapter 1. Technical description 131.4.1 Intel Xeon Processor MPThe Xeon Processor MP (code named “Foster” or “Gallatin”) returns to the ZIF socket

14 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThis increases the performance of the frontside bus without the difficulty of high-speed clock si

Chapter 1. Technical description 15Each logical processor can be individually halted, interrupted, or directed to execute a specified thread, indepe

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16 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 Advanced Dynamic ExecutionThe Pentium III Xeon processor has a 10-stage pipeline. However, the

Chapter 1. Technical description 17For more information about the features of the Xeon Processor DP, go to:http://www.intel.com/design/xeon/prodbref

18 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-10 SMP Expansion ModuleEach SMP Expansion Module also contains 16 DIMM slots to take t

Chapter 1. Technical description 191.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator CacheIntegrated into each SMP Expansion Module is 32 MB of high-speed Level 4 c

20 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-11 Memory ProteXionIn the event that a chip failure on the DIMM is detected by memory

Chapter 1. Technical description 21򐂰 Memory mirroringMemory mirroring is roughly equivalent to RAID-1 in disk arrays, in that memory is divided in t

22 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guidedata in the damaged DIMM is used until the system is powered down and the DIMM replaced. Certain

Chapter 1. Technical description 23Note: The ability to hot-replace a failed DIMM or hot-add additional DIMMs are currently not supported.1.8 PCI s

24 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideWith the addition of an RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure, you can connect an additional six or

Chapter 1. Technical description 25򐂰 Two hot-swap hard disk drive bays. An optional ServeRAID adapter can be configured to form a RAID-1 disk array

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26 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 1-14 Light Path Diagnostics panel on the x440The Light Path Diagnostics on the x440 has

Chapter 1. Technical description 271.11 Remote Supervisor AdapterThe x440 includes a Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA), which is positioned horizonta

28 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideIn addition to these functions, the Remote Supervisor Adapter is an integral component of the two

Chapter 1. Technical description 29Table 1-3 x440 operating system supportNotes to Table 1-3: 1. While operating systems may support eight-way or

30 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide– With NetWare 6.0, the server may show extreme CPU utilization values (for example, 13000%). Thi

Chapter 1. Technical description 31administrator to configure a specific server (while it is offline) from a remote system, prior to starting the op

32 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guidefor RAID components and hard disk drives. This reduces labor and service costs by providing repla

Chapter 1. Technical description 33with IBM, including providing a contact name and phone number, and is available for systems covered under warrant

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 35Chapter 2. PositioningIn this chapter we discuss topics that help you understand how the x440 can b

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. iiiContentsNotices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide2.1 xSeries 440 application solutionsThe x440 is an ideal platform for customers running mission

Chapter 2. Positioning 37VMware many file and print servers that are distributed around the enterprise can be consolidated to a four-way x440 server

38 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide2.1.2 Enterprise applicationsBecause enterprise applications such as ERP, SCM, CRM and BI work w

Chapter 2. Positioning 39application server or in a heterogeneous environment as a front-end to a pSeries or zSeries database server.Key SCM softwar

40 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide2.1.3 Infrastructure applicationsSome of the infrastructure applications are database, messaging

Chapter 2. Positioning 41sources. These types of servers benefit from the processing power offered by the x440.Key e-business software vendors inclu

42 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 2-1 One-box cluster running VMware with virtual shared storageUsing VMware, this allows

Chapter 2. Positioning 43Figure 2-2 Four clusters on two x440s running VMware with shared storageDual-chassis eight-way configuration can be used

44 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThis chipset is built on IBM’s advanced copper 0.13-micron technology, which creates faster, lowe

Chapter 2. Positioning 45Figure 2-3 Comparing processor performance򐂰 The three-level cache architecture of the Xeon MP processor delivers the foll

iv IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide2.3 The benefits of system partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guidex440s with Xeon DP processors are a good platform for customers who are looking for better price/

Chapter 2. Positioning 47on that port would send the alert and take down the DIMM, but keep the system running out of the redundant memory bank.To m

48 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThe modular scalability feature of XpandOnDemand offers the following benefits:򐂰 Performance scal

Chapter 2. Positioning 492.3 The benefits of system partitioningSystem partitioning is virtualization of system resources, including processor, mem

50 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideTwo types of system partitioning are: 򐂰 Physical partitioningWith physical partitioning, a single

Chapter 2. Positioning 51򐂰 Using IBM technology such as memory mirroring, Chipkill Memory, Memory ProteXion and system partitioning, customers can i

52 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideThese are summarized in Table 2-1 and described in detail below.Table 2-1 Server consolidation

Chapter 2. Positioning 53to a single server room, or moving 200 servers originally installed across 20 locations to three data centers.– Relocating

54 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideWith its Enterprise X-Architecture enabled features, the x440 server offers flexibility, availabi

Chapter 2. Positioning 55With x440 capabilities such as system partitioning, you can migrate and consolidate workloads across systems for improvemen

Contents v4.3 Operating system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Ser

56 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 Application integrationApplication integration is the combining of multiple, similar applicatio

Chapter 2. Positioning 57levels, simplified backups and restores, and better asset management and security.򐂰 Rational In combination, or rational, c

58 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideA single point of control allows enterprises to:– Reduce or eliminate department operational cost

Chapter 2. Positioning 59򐂰 Manageability and availabilityServer consolidation can help you improve manageability and availability of IT systems in t

60 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guiderun at 50-60% utilization. Excess or underutilized capacity on one server cannot be shared with w

Chapter 2. Positioning 61– Implementing critical new solutions that may enable a competitive edge is easier.򐂰 Reduced technical complexityThree-tier

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 63Chapter 3. PlanningIn this chapter we discuss topics you need to consider before you finalize the c

64 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide3.1 System hardwareThe x440 provides a scalable and flexible hardware platform. There are a numb

Chapter 3. Planning 65򐂰 For servers with Xeon MP processors:– Ensure you order sufficient processors to maintain a supported configuration of two, f

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66 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuidePhysically, the banks occupy alternating sockets, as shown in Figure 3-1 on page 66.Figure 3-1

Chapter 3. Planning 67Memory mirroringAs discussed in 1.7, “System memory” on page 19, memory mirroring is supported by the x440 for increased fault

68 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 When installing DIMMs, try to evenly divide the amount of RAM available between the two ports.

Chapter 3. Planning 69Figure 3-2 x440 block diagram showing the internal PCI-X slots These slots can accept adapters rated at speeds ranging from

70 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideAs extreme configuration examples, you could configure either of the following:򐂰 Six 33 MHz PCI a

Chapter 3. Planning 71Figure 3-3 PCI-X slots in the x440Other configuration information:򐂰 The x440 server supports connection to the RXE-100.Refer

72 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 Some long adapters have extension handles or brackets installed. Before installing the adapter,

Chapter 3. Planning 73Category 5 or better Ethernet cabling is required with RJ-45 connectors. If you plan to implement a Gigabit Ethernet connectio

74 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide3.2 Cabling and connectivityThere are a number of unique factors to consider when cabling the x4

Chapter 3. Planning 75When a second SMP Expansion Module is installed in the x440, an additional three SMP Expansion Ports are made available on the

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. viiNoticesThis information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not

76 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 3-6 Connecting the two x440s together in a 16-way configurationThe two x440s are connect

Chapter 3. Planning 77򐂰 In 16-way configurations, the Ethernet port on the Remote Supervisor Adapter in one system is connected to the Ethernet port

78 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideIf this power supply is not used, the RSA will draw power from the server as long as the server i

Chapter 3. Planning 79Figure 3-8 RXE-100 PCI-X expansion board (6 slots)For each of the three buses (A, B, C), one of the following can be install

80 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide򐂰 Installed adapters will operate at the slowest of three speeds:– The rated speed of adapter 1 i

Chapter 3. Planning 81Figure 3-9 Connecting the RXE-100 to the x440With single-node configurations (that is only one x440 node in a two, four or e

82 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation GuideFigure 3-10 Connecting an RXE-100 to a 16-way x440 configurationAll 12 slots in the RXE-100 are

Chapter 3. Planning 83If the RXE-100 has the second set of six PCI slots installed, use the short interconnect management cable (supplied with the P

84 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide15,000 RPM and the converged tray design are supported. To configure RAID-1, a ServeRAID adapter

Chapter 3. Planning 85򐂰 ServeRAID-4Lx features one Ultra160 SCSI channel, 32 MB of ECC cache memory, and an Intel i80303 processor. Up to 14 Ultra16