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Front cover IBM xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide Describes the technical details of the x440 models Helps you prepare for and perform an installation Covers key IBM Director management tools ibm.com/redbooks David Watts Reza Fanaei Aghdam Duncan Furniss Jason King - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 2
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International Technical Support Organization IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide October 2002 SG24-6196-00 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 4
Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in "Notices" on page vii. First Edition (October 2002) This edition applies to the IBM ^ xSeries 440, machine type 8687. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2002. All rights reserved. Note to - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 5
17 1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache 19 1.7 System memory 19 1.8 PCI subsystem 23 1.9 Redundancy 24 1.10 Light Path Diagnostics 25 1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter 27 1.12 Operating system support 28 1.13 IBM Director 30 Chapter 2. Positioning 35 2.1 xSeries 440 application solutions - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 6
102 3.8 Power considerations 103 3.9 Solution Assurance Review 104 Chapter 4. Installation 107 4.1 System BIOS settings 108 4.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware 108 4.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring 108 4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading 109 4.2 Device drivers 111 iv IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 7
Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server 112 4.3.2 Red Hat Linux installation 119 4.3.3 NetWare installation 121 4.3.4 VMware ESX Server 128 4.4 acronyms 173 Related publications 175 IBM Redbooks 175 Referenced Web sites 175 How to get IBM Redbooks 178 IBM Redbooks collections 178 Index 179 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 8
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. A partner redbook is Server Consolidation with the IBM ^ xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server, SG24-6852. The team that wrote this redbook This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center. David - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 12
of experience working with xSeries and Netfinity hardware. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and an IBM ^ Certified Specialist for xSeries. His areas of expertise include IBM xSeries servers, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and IBM Director. x IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 13
, Seattle Grace Lennil, IBM Center for Microsoft Technologies, Seattle David A McIntosh, Technical Specialist, xSeries Techline, Greenock John McAbel Engineer, xSeries Performance, Raleigh Robert Moon, Team Lead, xSeries Techline, Greenock Michael Parris, WW Technical Support Marketing, - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 14
at: ibm.com/redbooks Send your comments in an Internet note to: [email protected] Mail your comments to: IBM Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Dept. HZ8 Building 662 P.O. Box 12195 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2195 xii IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 15
1 Chapter1. Technical description The IBM ^ xSeries 440 is the latest IBM top-of-the-range server and is the first full implementation of the 32-bit IBM XA-32 chipset, code named "Summit" as part of the Enterprise X-Architecture strategy. The x440 provides new levels of high availability and price - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 16
2002. This is because the complexity associated with developing the new IBM XA-32 chipset, formerly known by its code name "Summit", has meant additional development and testing being required for introducing the x440 above that required of other 2 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 17
SMP 8687-1RX 2x 1.4 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-2RX 2x 1.5 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-3RX 2x 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-4RX 2x 1.5 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-5RX 2x 1.9 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-6RX 4x 1.9 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-7RX 4x 2.0 GHz Intel Xeon MP 8-way 8687-3RY - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 18
PCI-X slots 12 PCI-X slots The attachment of a single RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure is also supported, as shown in Figure 1-1. The RXE-100 has six PCI-X slots standard, upgradable to 12 PCI attached (see Figure 1-2 on page 5 for an example). 4 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 19
RXE-100 6 PCI-X slots 12 PCI-X slots One 16-way complex Each xSeries 440 has: Eight CPUs 4-64 GB memory Figure 1-2 16-way server configuration using two eight-way x440 nodes One eight-way complex x440 node 1: Four CPUs 2-32 GB memory One 12-way complex x440 node 1: Eight CPUs 4-64 GB - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 20
and restart the system. ESX Server does not, however, support hot-adding of hardware (such as disks and adapters). For more information on ESX Server, see the redbook Server Consolidation with the IBM ^ xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server, SG24-6852 and 3.5.7, "VMware ESX Server" on page 98. Physical - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 21
operating system or even different types of operating systems. The components of the server (for example memory, CPUs, and I/O) are physically divided, under the control of the server's firmware and IBM Director. The server can have up to two nodes, each capable of running its own operating system - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 22
MHz 133 MHz Figure 1-4 xSeries 440 system block diagram - one SMP Expansion Module The component that contains the CPUs, processor/cache controller, memory controller, memory, and cache is called the We use SMP Expansion Module in this redbook. 8 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 23
MB XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache, comprised of 200 MHz DDR memory. This L4 system cache services all CPUs in an SMP Expansion Module. Memory used in the using all 16 DIMM sockets. The memory is four-way interleaved so that the memory subsystem can supply data fast enough to match the throughput - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 24
this single-node eight-way configuration. The two PCI bridges in the XA-32 chipset provide support for 33, 66, 100, and 133 MHz devices using four PCI-X buses (labeled A-D B", connects to the memory controller of the second SMP Expansion Module. 10 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 25
connect two x440 servers together to form one 16-way complex. The two x440 nodes are connected together using all three SMP Expansion Ports as shown in Figure 1-6. CPU 1 CPU 2 CPU 3 CPU 4 CEC 1 32 MB L4 cache SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM 1 Processor & 2 cache controller 3 Memory controller x440 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 26
two or four processors installed in the standard SMP Expansion Module. Up to four processors are supported in the standard module and, with the addition of a second SMP Expansion Module, up to should consider before implementing an x440 solution. 12 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 27
saves decode time on cache hits. There is an additional 8 KB for data related to those instructions, for a total of 20KB. The x440 also implements a Level 4 cache as described in 1.6, "IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache" on page 19. Intel has also introduced a number of features associated with its - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 28
interrupt controller (APIC). For example, Figure 1-9 shows a 16-way x440 complex running Datacenter Server with Hyper-Threading enabled. Figure 1-9 Datacenter sees 32 processors when Hyper-Threading is enabled on a 16-way configuration 14 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 29
because of a known bug in Windows 2000 Advanced Server. If Hyper-Threading is enabled on an eight-way server, then the Windows 2000 Advanced Server will trap (blue screen) during installation. This problem does not affect other supported operating systems. Hyper-Threading technology is designed to - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 30
the pipeline. The Xeon Processor MP has a 20-stage pipeline, which can hold up to 126 concurrent instructions in flight and up to 48 reads and 24 writes active in the pipeline. The lower complexity of x440 node Four Xeon Processor MP Four Eight 16 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 31
is "unpopulated", which means it does not contain any processors or memory. Any of the support Xeon MP processors can be installed in it. 71P7919 is used in publication. The SMP Expansion Module is installed from the top of the server and mounts to the side of the centerplane using two levers on the - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 32
Figure 1-10 SMP Expansion Module VRM CPU 2 Each SMP Expansion Module also contains 16 DIMM slots to take the memory up to a maximum of 64 GB per node (using 2 GB DIMMs) and an additional 32 MB of Level CPU Each VRM SMP Expansion Module board 18 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 33
1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache Integrated into each SMP Expansion Module is 32 MB of high-speed Level 4 cache (see Figure 1-10). This XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache provides the necessary extra level of cache to alleviate the bottlenecks caused by memory latency across the scalability port. - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 34
Path Diagnostics, which then turns on the proper lights and LEDs to guide you to the defective DIMM. If memory mirroring is enabled, then the mirrored copy of the data in the damaged DIMM is used until the system is powered down and the DIMM replaced. 20 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 35
mirroring activities are handled by the hardware without any additional support required from the operating system. Port 1 Port 2 Figure 1-12 Memory DIMMs are divided into two ports When memory mirroring is enabled (see 4.1.2, "Enabling memory mirroring" on page 108), the data that is written to - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 36
sustain a second chip failure without shutting down. 3. Provided that memory mirroring is enabled, the third chip failure on that port would send the alert and take the DIMM offline, but keep the system running out of the redundant memory bank. 22 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 37
on what adapters are supported and in what combinations. The PCI subsystem also supplies these I/O devices: Two Wide Ultra 160 SCSI ports, one internal and one external (Adaptec AIC-7899 chipset) Gigabit Ethernet port (Broadcom 5700 chipset) The x440 was the first xSeries server to offer a Gigabit - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 38
for immediate replacement. Two hot-swap power supplies with separate power cords. Note: For large configurations, redundancy is achieved only when connected to a 220 V power supply. See 3.8, "Power considerations" on page 103 for details. 24 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 39
, is shown in Figure 1-13. Hot-swap fans Power-on light Power button Reset button Hot swap power supplies Hot swap drive bays Diskette drive CD-ROM drive Light Path Diagnostics panel (pulls out) Figure 1-13 Front panel of the xSeries 440 USB port System-error light (amber) Information light - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 40
MEMORY Light Path Diagnostics™ DASD PCI-X BUS NMI BOARD FAN TEMP EVENT LOG 1 POWER 2 SUPPLY VRM NON REDUND OVER SPEC problems are resolved The system is restarted A new problem occurs, at which time it then is illuminated continuously 26 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 41
port Error LED Power LED (amber) (green) Management COM port Figure 1-15 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectors The Remote Supervisor Adapter offers the following capabilities: In-band and out-of-band remote server access and alerting through IBM Director Full Web browser support with no other - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 42
is configured as the secondary. Pressing the power button on either x440 will cause the adapters to power up both nodes. 1.12 Operating system support In line with the overall message of providing designed to fully take advantage of the technology. 28 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 43
Windows .NET licensing is based on physical processors. 3. NetWare notes: - NetWare 5.1 is currently not supported, but it should still install. See RETAIN tip H176163 for details on a known shutdown problem: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43679.html Chapter 1. Technical description 29 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 44
, manage, and maintain your servers easily and effectively. IBM Director Extensions include the following: System Partition Manager - System Partition Manager provides a graphical interface for creating static hardware partitions. It allows an 30 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 45
as well as restart and troubleshoot servers, even if a server has suffered a fatal error or is powered off. This utility works in concert with the IBM family of systems management processors and adapters described previously. IBM Director 3.1 added management support for the RXE-100 Remote - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 46
respond to the condition without the need for additional details. Once IBM has been notified of the event, the course of action is the same as if a service call was placed manually. Electronic Service Agent support requires registering the systems 32 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 47
for systems covered under warranty or maintenance agreements. Electronic Service Agent currently requires the use of an analog phone line and modem. Access via VPN may be possible in future releases. See the IBM Redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188 for details on - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 48
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that help you understand how the x440 can be useful to your business and what is the best configuration to use. The topics covered are: xSeries 440 application solutions Why choose the x440 The benefits of system partitioning Server consolidation © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 35 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 50
support for server. Although many applications such as file, print, and terminal servers do not scale well beyond two processors, the four-way x440 can be a good platform on which to consolidate those distributed applications. For example, using 36 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 51
, SQL Server 2000 can support up to 32,767 open databases. - Reducing the management costs of distributed database sites by consolidating to an easy-to-manage central site. In addition, using logical partitioning with eight-way and 16-way configurations can produce a powerful server solution that - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 52
set of activities supported by multi- providing customer service, and Active Memory, and XceL4 server accelerator retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves servers to power their SCM solutions. Also, the x440 can be considered as an 38 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 53
With the Intel Xeon Processor MP and the IBM XceL4 cache, the x440 provides a performance-based applications include the activities of decision-support systems, query and reporting, online strong positioning of Windows on Intel processor-based servers within this market. The x440 brings scalability - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 54
integration server that integrates the back-end data with the servers containing end-user or client programs. This involves data transformation, process flow, and other capabilities, thus allowing companies to integrate applications and other data 40 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 55
sources. These types of servers benefit from the processing power offered by the x440. Key e-business software vendors include IBM (WebSphere) and BEA. on a single physical machine. It supports shared disks without any shared SCSI hardware. It supports the heartbeat network without any extra network - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 56
you can configure a second cluster to protect your file server. You can consolidate four clusters of two machines each to two physical machines with four virtual machines each. This provides protection from both hardware and software failures. 42 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 57
eight-way configuration can be used as clustered database servers and/or application servers in an ERP/CRM/SCM environment, delivering high In this section we describe the major benefits of x440. 2.2.1 IBM XA-32 chipset The IBM XA-32 chipset contains advanced core logic, which determines how the - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 58
processor with Hyper-Threading enabled. Customers should expect improved results as applications are Hyper-Threading aware. Best-case applications today are databases, Java applications, Web servers, and e-mail. 44 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 59
which can hold up to 126 concurrent instructions inflight and up to 48 reads and servers. Intel reports that the Xeon MP processor supports 36% more users and can process 40% more orders in an e-business environment than supported to only support two-way SMP. However, with the use of the IBM XA-32 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 60
a Light Path error, because Memory ProteXion would provide the first layer of protection. Each memory port could then sustain a second chipkill without shutting down. Provided that Active Memory with memory mirroring is enabled, the third chipkill 46 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 61
memory subsystem, refer to 1.7, "System memory" on page 19. 2.2.5 Active PCI-X PCI-X is a new PCI bus specification and is now available on the xSeries 440 , PCI-X supports twice as many 66 MHz/64-bit adapters in a single bus as PCI. Active PCI-X also increases total server availability by - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 62
system can take advantage of more processors, memory and Level 4 cache to increase overall X-Architecture technology powers this industry-standard server building block. event to IBM Director, notifying the administrator to manually reconfigure the IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 63
it can simultaneously support multiple operating system images. Among the benefits of system partitioning are: Server hardware consolidation High and recovery on a partition basis System resources, including processor, memory, I/O and storage are virtualized so that all concurrent programs appear - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 64
with one server backing up the other. In the event that one of the servers requires maintenance or service, the second server can support the users and workload while corrective action is performed and the offline server is brought back online. 50 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 65
approach because of the nature of the problem: Large numbers of servers are involved. Servers from different vendors, of different sizes, with different configurations. Software ranges from used and well-known to local and poorly understood. Business services being provided will vary greatly in - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 66
Toronto Zurich Sydney Hong Kong Los Angeles Hong Kong Figure 2-4 Centralization Centralization involves relocating existing servers to fewer sites, for example, taking 20 servers scattered over three floors in your building and moving them 52 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 67
servers or storage systems are physically relocated to one or fewer IT sites. Because this simplifies access for the IT staff, it helps reduce operations support reduction of some number of smaller systems with fewer and more powerful systems. This consolidation does have advantages: - It improves - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 68
consolidation and storage consolidation. This can take place within the same architecture -- for example, several two-way servers replaced with one 16-way x440 server or many uniprocessor servers moving to several multiprocessor x440 servers. 54 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 69
repository and format. This means that storage is viewed as an enterprise resource, where centralized disk space is used to supply the storage for the servers of the enterprise. Additional benefits can be gained through data integration and application integration. While these are often more complex - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 70
that of relocating the application on a new server. - The migration may imply that application programs server site. The number of servers you have to manage remains the same, and cost savings come from better staff utilization, higher service 56 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 71
unnecessary systems, reduced staffing, lower maintenance costs, and fewer operating environments to support. 2.4.2 Why consolidate servers IT managers are feeling, pressure to reduce costs, maintain or improve service levels, and maintain or improve the availability of systems that become ever more - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 72
availability of service - server consolidation, including: - Hardware costs - new servers and infrastructure, upgrades - Software costs - fewer software licenses are required with fewer servers - Disruption costs - migration, change management 58 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 73
of all facilities and IT services. - Consistent performance - Providing consistent response time at peak load periods is very important. - Dependability - Commonly cited problems of distributed environments include frequency of outages and excessive requirements for manual intervention by the IT - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 74
. Server consolidation can help you to run your business without interruption in the following ways: - Consolidating IT resources can help you ensure that critical business information and processes are accessible and shared across the enterprise. 60 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 75
complexity Three-tier logical architectures tend, in practice, to become five-tier architectures (client, local server, central server, gateway, and enterprise server). Server consolidation can simplify technical complexities by eliminating the true number of tiers in a purported three-tier - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 76
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topics covered are: System hardware Cabling and connectivity Storage considerations Server partitioning and consolidation Operating system considerations Application considerations Rack installation Power considerations Solution Assurance Review © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 63 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 78
Module. Up to four Xeon MP processors are supported in the standard SMP Expansion Module. Using the server (that is, two, four or eight-way) or multi-server (eight, 12 or 16-way) configuration must be the same type, speed, and L2/L3 cache size. 64 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 79
memory installed in it). - The second SMP Expansion Module is supported only with four Xeon MP processors. Consequently, if you install the second one, the system must have eight CPUs after the installation. - All Xeon MP processors must be identical for 16-way configurations. For servers - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 80
on the x440 SMP Expansion Module Key memory configuration rules: Because the x440 uses four-way interleaving, memory DIMMs must be installed in banks (four DIMMs). Supported DIMMs are: - 512 MB DIMMs, fully populate the module with 2 GB DIMMs. 66 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 81
DIMMs is currently not supported. SMP Expansion Modules are individually configured for memory mirroring in the BIOS. This means that as well as full memory mirroring, you can also enable memory mirroring only in one SMP Expansion Module. IBM recommends against this. Memory mirroring does not work - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 82
(133 MHz if only one slot is occupied) Bus C (slot 5): One 64-bit 133 MHz slot Bus D (slot 6): One 64-bit 133 MHz slot 68 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 83
CEC 1 CPUs L4 Cache Processor/cache controller Memory controller Memory DIMMs 2 GBps RXE Expansion Port A (1 GBps) PCI bridge bus the adapter is installed in has two slots) - The rated speed of the bus Bus B supports one adapter at up to 133 MHz or two adapters at up to 100 MHz. 32-bit adapters - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 84
two adapters installed in a bus, as described above. Table 3-1 Supported adapter speeds in each slot Slot Bus Width (bits) Supported adapter speed (MHz) 1 A 32 or 64 33 or 66 of these slots in the server is shown in Figure 3-3 on page 71. 70 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 85
server supports server when a cable is attached to its internal connector. Do not install a ServeRAID card in slot 1. This is because there is little space between the top of the adapter and the cover when the covers are closed. This could damage the SCSI cable. See tip H176217 at http://www.pc.ibm - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 86
chip memory for buffering data transmissions, and dual onboard RISC processors for advanced packet parsing and backwards compatibility with 10/100 devices. The Broadcom controller also includes software support for failover, layer-3 load balancing, and comprehensive diagnostics. 72 IBM ^ xSeries 440 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 87
1000 XT Server adapter, part 22P6801. Note that the 22P6801 is only supported in specific slots - see the following for details: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us . Do not use the Intel advanced teaming software. Detailed instructions for installing the individual driver and failover packages are available - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 88
when cabling the x440 server: SMP Expansion Module instructions on installing the second SMP Expansion Module, refer to Chapter 2, "Installing Options", in the IBM ^ xSeries 440 Installation Guide, which is available from: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42328.html 74 IBM ^ xSeries 440 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 89
When a second SMP Expansion Module is installed in the x440, an additional three SMP Expansion Ports are made available on the rear of the chassis, giving a total of six. The SMP Expansion Module option includes two cables that are used to connect the modules together, as shown in Figure 3-5. Figure - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 90
Expansion Module ports cannot currently be used as high-speed interconnects for clustering purposes. The connections do not offer redundancy. If a connection is lost, the server will shut down or restart depending on your system's configuration. 76 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 91
Adapters on both servers. 3.2.2 Remote IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188. This document talks about the Remote Supervisor Adapter as a separate adapter; however the functionality and location of ports is consistent with the integrated version of the RSA in the x440. External power supply - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 92
If this power supply is not used, the RSA will draw power from the server as long as the server is connected to a functioning power source. 9-pin Serial port, which supports systems -way two-node configuration, the RXE-100 must have 12 slots. 78 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 93
adapters running at up to 100 MHz Two 64-bit 3.3 V PCI or PCI-X, 33 or 66 MHz adapters Note: The PCI slots supports 3.3 V adapters only. 5 V adapters are not supported. Like the x440, these slots can accept adapters rated at speeds ranging from 33 MHz to 133 MHz. When deciding which adapters to - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 94
slots in the RXE-100. See RETAIN tip H175383 for more information: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42139.html Connecting the RXE-100 There are two types of cables used kit (part number 31P6102) - 8 m Remote I/O cable kit (part number 31P6103) 80 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 95
12 slots in the RXE-100 are available to the system. The use of two cables (for example, for redundancy or performance) is currently not supported. The RXE-100 ships with a 3.5 m Remote I/O cable to connect the unit to the x440. This cable is long enough when the devices are in the - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 96
fails, all 12 slots are accessed over the surviving cable connection. It is not currently supported to have each x440 node of a 16-way configuration connected to a separate RXE-100. ) - 8 m interconnect management cable kit (part number 31P6088) 82 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 97
IBM RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure Installation Guide, the section entitled "Attaching the enclosure to an xSeries 440 server" does not include instructions to be ordered. Important: Power to the RXE-100 is controlled : IBM USB Serial/Parallel Adapter (part number 22P5298) is not supported in - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 98
73.4 GB hard disk drives produces 4.11 TB capacity per adapter.) ServeRAID-4Mx features two Ultra160 SCSI channels, 64 MB of battery-backed ECC cache memory, and an Intel i80303 processor. Up to 28 Ultra160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices are supported. 84 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 99
-swap fans, hard drives and redundant power supplies. The EXP300 is optimized for Ultra160 SCSI, with a sustained data transfer rate of 160 MBps. For more information on IBM SCSI RAID storage solutions go to: http://ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/scsi_raid.html IBM Fibre Array Storage Technology The - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 100
supported on the FAStT200. This means that the maximum supported number of disk drives is 60. The use of hot-swappable and redundant components provides high availability for the FAStT200 Storage Server. A fan or a power supply to 220 disk drives. 86 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 101
further expanded. The IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server The FAStT700 Storage Server is the newest power supplies, fans, and dual AC line cords. Using the new FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.21, it supports FlashCopy, Dynamic Volume Expansion and Remote Mirroring with controller-based support - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 102
power. The redundant power system allows ESS to continue normal operation when one of the line cords is deactivated. ESS provides an image of a set of logical disk devices to attached servers requirements before you finalize your storage solution. 88 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 103
a full range of high-performance, high-capacity and automated tape solutions for xSeries servers. For detailed information on these products, go to: http://ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/tape.html Note: The x440 and RXE-100 support 3.3 Volt PCI adapters only. Make sure any SCSI adapters you use to - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 104
system and application solutions. For the latest operating system support information, go to: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/matrix.shtml As described in , the operating system and server applications need to be capable of detecting the 90 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 105
6.0 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 SuSE Linux Enterprise 8.0 Supports up to four-way Supports up to eight-way Supports up to 32-way 2 Only supports four-way on the x440 Hot-plug PCI not supported Supports up to two-way Supports up to eight-way Supports up to 32-way 2 Supports up to 32-way - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 106
. 16-way support will require Version 1.5.1. 3.5.1 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is a highly scalable network operating system designed for mission-critical enterprise-wide applications. High-volume online 92 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 107
of the applications that Datacenter is optimized for. Datacenter Server features include: Support for 32 processors Supports up to 32 GB of memory Four node cluster support Supports Network Load Balancing (NLB) with a maximum 32 nodes Supports WinSock Direct high-speed inter-process communications - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 108
16-way fixed configuration for Datacenter Server will initially only be supported in a stand-alone configuration, not in a cluster. Check for updates to the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) at: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp 94 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 109
program, IBM will 2000 Advanced Server on an 8687-1RX, 2RX, 3RX, can upgrade -ADX • Add RAM so the total memory is 8 GB (4 GB in each Server configurations also require a Support Line contract or maintenance agreement. 3.5.2 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition Hyper-Threading is not supported - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 110
-Threading during installation, a blue screen trap will occur. Windows 2000 Advanced Server supports a maximum of eight CPUs, so there is no performance benefit to be gained from enabling Hyper-Threading on an eight-way Advanced Server system. 96 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 111
the performance of XpandOnDemand NUMA-based servers such as the x440. Windows .NET Server operating systems will understand the concept of the capabilities of IBM Enterprise X-Architecture technology. Novell will support high scalability (32 processors x 32 nodes per cluster), large memory (64 GB), - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 112
for the 16-way fixed configurations running VMware ESX Server Model Standard processors L2 cache L3 cache Std memory 8687-4RX 16 x 1.4 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 512 KB 8 GB(*) 8687-5RX 16 x 1.5 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 512 KB 8 GB(*) 8687-6RX 16 x 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 1 MB - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 113
VMware ESX Server Server hardware Figure 3-11 ESX Server resides between the server hardware and server resources Managing server resources The ESX Server's advanced resource management controls allow you to guarantee service levels. CPU capacity can be allotted on a time-share basis. Memory can be - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 114
ESX Server does not support Hyper-Threading technology. For support information including supported servers, see: http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/vmware.html For more information on VMware, refer to the redbook Server Consolidation with the IBM ^ xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server, SG24 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 115
as if you have one CPU, one disk, and 640 KB of memory. Obviously, the server isn't slow. The problem is that the software (in this case DOS) does not scale. database or application server, the addition of one to three processors makes a marked improvement in processing power. Chapter 3. Planning - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 116
shipment of fully configured xSeries 440 and other rack-optimized xSeries servers. Installation considerations include the following: The system is not designed to run vertically, and therefore must always be run in a horizontal position. 102 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 117
is supported in ibm.com b. Click Select a country c. Select your country d. Click Products and Services e. Click Intel-based servers f. Click Tools g. Scroll down to find the Rack Configurator section 3.8 Power considerations The x440 ships with two redundant, hot-swappable power supplies - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 118
power-cord connectors are available on the back of the x440, one for each of the power supplies. Connect each of these power connectors to separate power Assurance practitioner and supported by a team Enterprise X-Architecture servers (currently x360 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 119
Solution Assurance Review There is also an eSAR tool available to help you establish whether you require an expert review. This is available from: For IBM employees: http://w3.ibm.com/support/assure, then click eSAR For Business Partners: http://www - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 120
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to commencing installation, you need to download the latest firmware and drivers. These are all available from the x440 driver matrix at: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-39747.html © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 107 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 122
-> Memory Settings -> Memory Mirroring Settings. Figure 4-1 on page 109 appears. If you have two SMP Expansion Modules installed, you will see two options: - CEC 1, which corresponds to the bottom SMP Expansion Module - CEC 2, which corresponds to the top SMP Expansion Module 108 IBM ^ xSeries 440 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 123
to Enabled. Tip: In a server with two SMP Expansion Modules installed, it is possible to enable memory mirroring in only one SMP Expansion Memory(tm) Mirroring enabled on CEC1 4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading Hyper-Threading technology allows a single processor to execute two separate instruction - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 124
server, then the Windows 2000 Advanced Server will trap (blue screen) during installation. This problem does not affect other supported operating systems. You can enable Hyper-Threading on an eight-way Advanced Server system after Service changes. 110 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 125
.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4JTS2T.html If you are implementing Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) check the Microsoft Cluster Service Hardware operating systems on the x440 hardware platform: Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Red Hat Linux Novell NetWare In the following discussions we - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 126
2000 Datacenter Server is supplied on the CD-ROMs. To install Windows 2000, do the following: 1. Power on the x440 with bootable Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. When prompted, press any key to boot from the CD. 112 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 127
. 4. When you are prompted to select the Computer Type, as shown in Figure 4-3, select Other and press Enter. Figure 4-3 Installing IBM custom HAL 5. Insert the xSeries 440 Windows 2000 HAL Support Disk (the one you downloaded and created) into the diskette drive and press Enter. 6. Select eServer - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 128
Windows 2000 Service Pack Once the Windows 2000 installation is complete, install the latest Windows 2000 service pack. During the installation, you should select No when prompted to replace the HAL.DLL file, as shown in Figure 4-5 on page 115. 114 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 129
Figure 4-5 Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 2 installation Installing additional drivers After Windows 2000 is installed, Device Manager will report a number of unknown devices, as shown in Figure 4-6 on page 116. - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 130
updates is not critical, but we recommend that you install the latest Windows 2000 Server Service Pack prior to installing the device drivers. 1. Install or update the ServeRAID adapter driver downloaded driver files extracted to a floppy disk. 116 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 131
If you have other devices installed, such as FAStT Fiber Channel adapters, update or add the drivers for these. Follow the installation instructions supplied with each individual driver package. Figure 4-7 shows Device Manager after the Active PCI, RSA and Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet drivers have been - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 132
described in "Connecting the RXE-100" on page 80. 3. If power is connected to the RXE-100, remove for 10 to 20 seconds 4. Re-apply power to the RXE-100. 5. Power on the server. The enclosure will power on automatically as the server is started. 118 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 133
is listed as IBM, as shown in Figure 4-9. Indicates that the IBM custom HAL has been installed. Figure 4-9 HAL.DLL driver file details 4.3.2 Red Hat Linux installation In this section we discuss the installation of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Version 2.1 on the x440 server - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 134
PDF: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/advserver/RHLAS-2.1-Manual/pdf/r hl-ig-as-x86-en Server CD 4 or from the Red Hat Network site (http://rhn.redhat.com) if you have previously updated the kernel, by running: rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-e.3.src.rpm 120 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 135
dep. 8. Proceed with compiling the kernel. 9. Connect to the Red Hat network to update your Red Hat Advanced Server with the latest patches. Hyper-Threading support under Linux Hyper-Threading support is part of the summit kernel. Once the kernel has been installed and compiled, and you enable Hype - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 136
is installed. 2. Power on the x440 with bootable NetWare 6 CD in the CD-ROM drive. 3. Follow the NetWare installer screen instructions up to the device driver screen, shown in Figure 4-10 on page 123. The NetWare installer cannot detect the Broadcom Gigabit controller. 122 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 137
: a. Select Modify and press Enter. b. Press Insert to add the driver. c. Follow the instruction until the driver is installed and is loaded in the NetWare installer screen. At this point, you will be returned to the list of detected - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 138
Support Pack 1 is installed, since it is required before the driver can be installed. 2. Download the PCI hot-plug driver from the link listed at the beginning of this section. 3. Copy the PCI hot-plug driver (IBMXSBD.NLM) to hard drive (C:\) 124 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 139
the IBMXSBD to AUTOEXEC.NCF to run it each time NetWare starts. 5. Restart the server. 6. To verify the installation, load the Novell Configuration Manager, NCMCON.NLM. This not loaded. To fix the problem, exit NCMCON, load IBMXSBD at the system console, and reload NCMCON. Chapter 4. Installation 125 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 140
the new NBI.NLM. Otherwise, installing the support pack will overwrite the new NBI.NLM Perform the following operation: 1. Bring the server down to a DOS prompt. 2. Go to C:\NWSERVER directory and rename the NBI.NLM to NBI.OLD if it exists. 126 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 141
NLM associated with NetWare 6 into the C:\NWSERVER directory. 4. Restart the server 5. To verify that the installation was successful, load NCMCON.NLM. 6 supports 32 processors, the Hyper-Threading is not enabled by default. To enable Hyper-Threading, follow the installation instructions described - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 142
Guide IBM ^ xSeries 440 User's Guide IBM ^ xSeries 440 Troubleshooting Guide IBM ^ xSeries 440 Hardware Maintenance Manual IBM Remote Expansion Enclosure Installation Guide These product publications can be downloaded in PDF format from: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 128 IBM ^ xSeries 440 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 143
is the systems management software provided with the IBM ^ xSeries servers. This chapter covers the three plug-ins to IBM Director unique to IBM that are of particular relevance to the x440: 5.1, "Active PCI Manager" on page 130 Active PCI Manager guides you when installing new PCI adapters and can - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 144
Console component, installed on each IBM Director console Note: All Active PCI Manager functions are performed from the IBM Director console. The agent has the following prerequisites: Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server with Service Pack 2 130 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 145
or later. This software contains the following components: - IBM Active PCI filter driver - IBM Active PCI alert driver - IBM Active PCI alert service IBM Active PCI Software and the user's guide are available from: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4J2QEQ.html Once installed, Active PCI Manager - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 146
server is selected and the details pane shows information about the system and its slots, including: Chassis Number: The x440 is assigned chassis number 0. In multi-chassis x440 configurations, each chassis will be identified by a unique number. 132 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 147
Last Slot Label: The first and last slot labels in the server are identified. When the RXE-100 is selected, the slot Unit Name, Unit Type: The unit name is IBM eServer xSeries 440 and the unit type is Chassis. When you select the RXE-100, the unit name is IBM RXE-100 and the unit type is I/O Drawer. - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 148
speed. Reboot the server and the bus will slow down so that both adapters can operate. Power fault on card in slot Adapter has short-circuit or other problem preventing normal operation. Remove the adapter and have it repaired or replaced. 134 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 149
slot was not stopped before power to adapter was removed. wizard to disable the adapter before removing it. Restart the server. The bus will run at 100 MHz and both adapters the adapter. If this does not correct the condition, have system serviced. The tree view, shown in Figure 5-5, lets you look - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 150
is straightforward. As an example, let's add two adapters to our system: IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter Our configuration has -100 only support 3.3 V PCI and PCI-X adapter. 5 V adapters are not supported. 136 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 151
Adding a known adapter The process to add a known adapter, such as the IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter, is as follows: 1. Select Tools -> Add Card slots with hot-plug support (all of the slots in the x440 and RXE-100 support hot-plug). - Slots that will not require a server restart. The Add Card - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 152
bus even though it is the best slot, but will try to find a slot that does not require a server restart. By limiting the wizard this way, it may fail to find a slot. If it does find a the system is being analyzed. This may take several minutes. 138 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 153
4. Upon completion of the analysis, Active PCI Manager recommends the best slot to insert the adapter (if one is available with the right criteria), as shown in Figure 5-9 on page 139. In our case it was slot 3 in the x440. Figure 5-9 Hot Add adapter to slot 3 5. Click Finish to close the wizard. - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 154
cover on the x440 or RXE-100, or the cover will not close properly and forcing it will likely break the adapter retaining arm. 140 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 155
9. After the adapter has been added, the slot view window is dynamically updated, as seen in Figure 5-12. Figure 5-12 IBM Gigabit Ethernet Adapter installed in slot 3 Adding an unlisted adapter To add an adapter whose characteristics are not known to the wizard, such as the - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 156
adapter: - Manually select the attributes support (3.3 V or 5 V or both) and the bus width (64-bit or 32-bit), as shown in Figure 5-14. 3.3v slot 5v slot 64-bit slot and connector Figure 5-14 The meaning of the slots in the PCI connector 142 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 157
speed, PME, low profile, and half length) must be set manually. Table 5-2 Adapter attributes and associated graphics Attributes Graphic Bus width: Note: 5 V adapters are not support in the x440 and RXE-100 Bus width: 32-bit Voltage: 5 V Note: 5 V adapters are not support in the x440 and RXE-100 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 158
addition of the adapter, as shown in Figure 5-15. Figure 5-15 Windows finds new hardware 7. Supply the device driver for the adapter as per usual to complete the installation. Active PCI Manager is not shows the configuration we are starting with. 144 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 159
recommended changes In our case a performance problem was discovered. Note: You will note that the optimizer reports that both slots 3 and 6 contain boot devices. These are potential boot devices, not necessarily actual boot devices. IBM does not support booting from a Fibre Channel device. However - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 160
Figure 5-17 Performance analysis In the Recommended Actions, follow the instructions to move adapters. In our example, the recommendation is to move an adapter from slot 4 to 5-18 on page 147 appears indicating with an arrow the adapter to remove. 146 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 161
The optimizer prompts you to remove the adapter from slot 4 Figure 5-18 Removing an adapter from slot 4 Tip: The two links in Figure 5-17 merely show you which slot to insert the adapter into or remove the adapter from. 2. Stop the adapter in the operating system. Double-click the system tray. - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 162
Figure 5-20 on page 149, by adding an to the bottom of the graphic and changing the LED error status to "Hot eject successful". 148 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 163
Indicators that the hot-eject was successful Figure 5-20 Hot eject successful 8. Close the adapter retainer on slot 4. The slot is then reported as empty, as shown in Figure 5-21. Figure 5-21 Slot 4 is empty Chapter 5. Management 149 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 164
Insert the adapter and close the latches. 12.Once all the recommended actions are complete, restart the server and re-run the optimizer to confirm that there are no performance issues. By using Active PCI way are that it doesn't require any 150 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 165
4.1. The agent component will initially be supported on the following operating systems: Windows 2000 Windows .NET Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 VMware ESX Server Components will also be installed on the IBM Director server and all IBM Director consoles. System Partition Manager uses the - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 166
the primary node. The other nodes have their CD-ROM and diskette drives disabled. The other nodes can operate in "headless" mode, which means the server operates without a console (keyboard, video, mouse) attached. 152 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 167
objects introduced by System Partition Manager. Note: Figure 5-23 also shows some Tivoli-specific icons that are not normally found in an IBM Director console. They can be ignored for the purposes of introducing System Partition Manager. New objects created by System Partition Manager New System - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 168
Node 1 and the B slots are allocated to Node 2. Right-clicking a partition in Partition Assistant brings up a menu with the following options: Delete - Deletes a partition. 154 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 169
2000. Process Control was developed by IBM and built into Windows 2000 Datacenter Server. For xSeries customers, Process Control is also available for use on: Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server The Process Control software and user's guide and is available for download from: http - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 170
by the system. However, the use of image name and process IDs can cause identification problems in applications such as Task Manager when multiple processes have the same image name. Figure 5-26 Task Manager, showing image names and process IDs 156 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 171
5-27. Figure 5-27 Creating a process alias rule Figure 5-28 on page 158 shows how the process alias is assigned to any process originating in the IBM HTTP Server directory. Chapter 5. Management 157 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 172
alias rule for all of the processes that are generated from software in the GuildFTPd directory, as shown in Figure 5-29 on page 159. 158 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 173
Figure 5-29 Assigning an alias to all processes from the GuildFTPd directory Once the two alias rules have been created, they are listed as shown in Figure 5-30. Figure 5-30 List of process alias rules Chapter 5. Management 159 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 174
5-31 Identify the alias for process execution rule Click Next, and Figure 5-32 on page 161 appears with the option of creating a process group. 160 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 175
Figure 5-32 Creating a group process alias We recommend creating a process group, even for one process. Here we are naming a new process group web services by typing in its name. You can add processes to an existing group by selecting it from the pull-down menu. Click Next. If you - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 176
the process count limit. Here we have set it to 10. This means that no more than 10 processes can be started from our 162 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 177
This will prevent the overuse of these services and therefore any impact to other processes running on this server. The next tab is the Affinity tab, shown in Figure 5-35. Figure 5-35 Processor affinity Assigning processor affinity means that the processes in the group - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 178
process, open Task Manager, select the Processes tab, select View -> Select Columns, and select Base Priority as shown in Figure 5-37 on page 165. 164 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 179
Figure 5-37 Configuring Task Manager to show base priority In all likelihood, the processes you are interested in have a base priority of Normal, like most of the ones shown in Figure 5-38. Figure 5-38 Priorities of running processes Process group priority is rather a coarse setting. Much finer - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 180
Figure 5-39 Process scheduling class The process scheduling class determines how much CPU time processes with the same priority are allocated. The next tab in the Properties window is the Memory tab, as shown in Figure 5-40 on page 167. 166 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 181
processes. These settings collectively can prevent any single process or the process group from depriving the rest of the system of needed memory resources, either physical memory or pagefile space. The next tab on the Properties window, the Time tab, is relevant to batch processes. It is shown in - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 182
. This is not elapsed time, but the time the processes actually spend executing on the server. If these limits are exceeded, Process Control can be configured to either terminate the processes expand Windows NT Event Log -> System -> ProcCon). 168 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 183
-> ProcCon. Figure 5-42 Selecting Process Control as the event type in IBM Director Further details about creating event action plans in IBM Director can be found in several sources, such as the redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188. The last tab in the Process Control - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 184
for billing purposes. This can be accomplished using the Elapsed Time counter in the Performance tool, as shown in Figure 5-44 on page 171. 170 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 185
is configured from the Process Control Properties window (right-click Process Control (Local) in Figure 5-25 on page 156 and click Properties then click the Service tab). Chapter 5. Management 171 - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 186
entry, Request timeout interval, is used to determine how long the service will wait for commands from a remote server. If the timeout value is exceeded, control will pass back to that are initiated from any other subdirectories from executing. 172 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 187
power interface advanced programmable interrupt controller Advanced System Management Automatic Server Restart Advanced Technical Support Broadcom Advanced Server Management Processor Assistant Microsoft Cluster Service Network Attached Storage NetWare Bus Interface © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 188
Protocol Transaction Processing Council-C uninterruptable power supply universal resource locator United States of America universal serial bus virtual machine virtual private network voltage regulator module worldwide zero insertion force 174 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 189
Guide, SG24-5946 Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188 Server Consolidation with the IBM ^ xSeries 440 and VMware ESX Server, SG24-6852 Referenced Web sites These Web sites are also relevant as further information sources: IBM sites http://www.pc.ibm.com/support Main support - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 190
.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42328.html IBM ^ xSeries 440 Installation Guide in PDF format http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42423.html x440 hot-plug driver for NetWare http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43369.html Broadcom Ethernet driver for NetWare http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43532.html CPU - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 191
.com Main Novell support site http://support.novell.com/filefinder Search for software updates Red Hat sites http://rhn.redhat.com Red Hat Network https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/advserver/RHLAS-2.1-Manual/pdf/rhl -ig-as-x86-en-21.pdf Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Installation Guide PCI Special - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 192
samples or diskette/CD-ROM images) from that site. IBM Redbooks collections Redbooks are also available on CD-ROMs. Click the CD-ROMs button on the Redbooks Web site for information about all the CD-ROMs offered, as well as updates and formats. 178 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 193
stage pipeline 16 220 V power 103 22P5298, IBM USB Serial/Parallel Adapter 83 8687-1AX 94 8687-1RX 3 8687-2AX 94 8687-2RX 3 8687-3AX 94 8687-3RX 3 8687-3RY 3 8687-4RX 3, 98 8687-4RY 3 8687-5RX 3, 98 8687-6RX 3, 98 8687-7RX 3 A Active Memory guide 131 using 132 wizard 137 Active PCI-X 47 adapter - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 194
Service Agent 32 enabling 108 enterprise applications 37 enterprise node 2 Enterprise Storage Server 88 Enterprise X-Architecture 1 ERP 38 eSAR 105 Ethernet, Gigabit 2, 23, 72 adapter teaming 73 Event Log Process Control 168 Exchange 36, 40 180 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 195
support 90 optimized 91 positioning 44 technology 14 Windows 2000 117 I IBM Director 30, 129 Active PCI Manager 130 event actions plans 168 System Partition Manager 150 IBM XA-32 chipset 7, 43 installation 102, 107-128 Hyper-Threading 109 Linux 119 memory mirroring 108 NetWare 121 VMware ESX Server - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 196
subsystem 88 memory configuration 67 physical consolidation 51 physical partitioning 7 pipeline 16 planning 63-105 ports 65 positioning 35-61 power redundancy 103 power supplies 24-25 processors 12, 64 product line 2 product publications 128 182 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 197
also Linux Redbooks Web site 178 Contact us xii redundancy 24 power 103 Remote Expansion I/O port 10 Remote I/O cable 103 Remote memory 66 memory mirroring 67 PCI slots 69 processors 64 RXE-100 79 RXE Expansion Port 10 RXE-100 78 cabling 80 Linux support 121 NetWare 126 slots 79 Windows 2000 Server - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 198
7 X-Architecture 1 XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache 19 positioning 46 Xeon Processor DP 16-17 positioning 45 Xeon Processor MP 13-16, 64 compare with Pentium III 16 phase 1 models 3, 94, 98 positioning 44 XpandOnDemand 2, 47 Z ZIF socket 13 184 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide - IBM 8687 | Installation Guide - Page 199
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ibm.com
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IBM
xSeries
440 Planning and
Installation Guide
David Watts
Reza Fanaei Aghdam
Duncan Furniss
Jason King
Describes the technical details of
the x440 models
Helps you prepare for and
perform an installation
Covers key IBM Director
management tools