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Index Numerics 03K9309, ASM Interconnect Cable Kit 78 10K3661, Belkin USB to Serial Adapter 83 20-stage pipeline 16 220 V power 103 22P5298, IBM USB Serial/Parallel Adapter 83 22P6801, NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet adapter 73 22P7801, NetXtreme 1000 SX Fiber Ethernet 73 31P5998, RXE-100 6-slot Expansion Kit 78 31P6087, 3.5 m management cable kit 82 31P6088, 8 m management cable kit 82 31P6102, 3.5 m Remote I/O cable kit 76, 80 31P6103, 8 m Remote I/O cable kit 80 31P6301, NetXtreme 1000T Ethernet adapter 73 31P8300, 1 GB DIMM 66 31P8840, 2 GB DIMM 66 32-bit PCI adapters 69 32P8340, SMP Expansion Module 17, 64-65 32P8705, 1.4 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 32P8706, 1.5 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 32P8707, 1.6 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 33L3324, 512 MB DIMM 66 37L3533, 2.4 GHz Xeon Processor DP 16, 64 4816-12U, 9-16-way license kit 95 4816-1BX, Datacenter eight-way preload kit 94 4816-1DU, 1-16-way license kit 95 4816-ABX, Datacenter eight-way subscription 93 4816-ADX, Datacenter 16-way subscription 93 59P5171, 1.5 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 59P5172, 1.9 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 59P5173, 2.0 GHz Xeon Processor MP 64 71P7919, SMP Expansion Module 17, 65 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 19 mirroring 21, 108 Active PCI driver NetWare 122, 124 Windows 2000 116 Active PCI Manager 130-150 adapter keying 142 Add Card Wizard 137 adding adapters 136 analysis of existing adapters 144 Blink Slot command 139 boot devices 145 bus number 134 chassis number 132 configuration optimization 144 current speed 134 download 130 first slot label 133 inserting adapters 136 keying 142 LED status 134 lock options 140 low profile 134 max slot speed 134 optimization 144 performance analysis 146 PME signal 134 slot view 132 starting 131 stopping the adapter 148 table view 136 tree view 135 unit name 133 unlisted adapters 141 user's guide 131 using 132 wizard 137 Active PCI-X 47 adapter speeds 70 adapter teaming 73 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002. All rights reserved. 179

Section	Page
Front cover	1
Contents	5
Notices	9
Trademarks	10
Preface	11
The team that wrote this redbook	11
Become a published author	14
Comments welcome	14
Chapter 1. Technical description	15
1.1 The x440 product line	16
1.2 System partitioning	20
1.3 IBM XA-32 chipset	21
1.4 Processors	26
1.4.1 Intel Xeon Processor MP	27
1.4.2 Intel Xeon Processor DP	30
1.5 SMP Expansion Module	31
1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache	33
1.7 System memory	33
1.8 PCI subsystem	37
1.9 Redundancy	38
1.10 Light Path Diagnostics	39
1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter	41
1.12 Operating system support	42
1.13 IBM Director	44
Chapter 2. Positioning	49
2.1 xSeries 440 application solutions	50
2.1.1 Server consolidation	50
2.1.2 Enterprise applications	52
2.1.3 Infrastructure applications	54
2.1.4 Clustering	55
2.2 Why choose the x440	57
2.2.1 IBM XA-32 chipset	57
2.2.2 Intel Xeon MP and DP processors	58
2.2.3 XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache	60
2.2.4 High-performance memory subsystem	60
2.2.5 Active PCI-X	61
2.2.6 XpandOnDemand scalability	61
2.2.7 System Partition Manager	62
2.3 The benefits of system partitioning	63
2.4 Server consolidation	65
2.4.1 Types of server consolidation	65
2.4.2 Why consolidate servers	71
2.4.3 Benefits from server consolidation	71
Chapter 3. Planning	77
3.1 System hardware	78
3.1.1 Processors	78
3.1.2 Memory	79
3.1.3 PCI slot configuration	82
3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller	86
3.2 Cabling and connectivity	88
3.2.1 SMP Expansion Module connectivity	88
3.2.2 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity	91
3.2.3 Remote Expansion Enclosure	92
3.2.4 Serial connections	97
3.3 Storage considerations	97
3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions	98
3.3.2 Disk subsystem performance	102
3.3.3 Tape backup	103
3.4 Server partitioning and consolidation	104
3.5 Operating system considerations	104
3.5.1 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	106
3.5.2 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition	109
3.5.3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	110
3.5.4 Microsoft Windows .NET Server	111
3.5.5 Novell NetWare	111
3.5.6 Red Hat/SuSE Linux	111
3.5.7 VMware ESX Server	112
3.6 Application considerations	114
3.6.1 Scalability and performance considerations	114
3.6.2 SMP and server types	115
3.7 Rack installation	116
3.8 Power considerations	117
3.9 Solution Assurance Review	118
Chapter 4. Installation	121
4.1 System BIOS settings	122
4.1.1 Updating BIOS and firmware	122
4.1.2 Enabling memory mirroring	122
4.1.3 Enabling Hyper-Threading	123
4.2 Device drivers	125
4.3 Operating system installation	125
4.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server	126
4.3.2 Red Hat Linux installation	133
4.3.3 NetWare installation	135
4.3.4 VMware ESX Server	142
4.4 Additional Information	142
Chapter 5. Management	143
5.1 Active PCI Manager	144
5.1.1 Using Active PCI Manager	146
5.1.2 Adding adapters to the system	150
5.1.3 Analyzing an existing configuration	158
5.2 System Partition Manager	164
5.3 Process Control	169
5.3.1 Process alias rules	170
5.3.2 Process execution rules	174
5.3.3 Group process execution rules	175
Abbreviations and acronyms	187
Related publications	189
IBM Redbooks	189
Referenced Web sites	189
How to get IBM Redbooks	192
IBM Redbooks collections	192
Index	193

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Index

Numerics

03K9309, ASM Interconnect Cable Kit

10K3661, Belkin USB to Serial Adapter

20-stage pipeline

220 V power

103

22P5298, IBM USB Serial/Parallel Adapter

22P6801, NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet adapter

22P7801, NetXtreme 1000 SX Fiber Ethernet

31P5998, RXE-100 6-slot Expansion Kit

31P6087, 3.5 m management cable kit

31P6088, 8 m management cable kit

31P6102, 3.5 m Remote I/O cable kit

76, 80

31P6103, 8 m Remote I/O cable kit

31P6301, NetXtreme 1000T Ethernet adapter

31P8300, 1 GB DIMM

31P8840, 2 GB DIMM

32-bit PCI adapters

32P8340, SMP Expansion Module

17, 64

–

32P8705, 1.4 GHz Xeon Processor MP

32P8706, 1.5 GHz Xeon Processor MP

32P8707, 1.6 GHz Xeon Processor MP

33L3324, 512 MB DIMM

37L3533, 2.4 GHz Xeon Processor DP

16, 64

4816-12U, 9-16-way license kit

4816-1BX, Datacenter eight-way preload kit

4816-1DU, 1-16-way license kit

4816-ABX, Datacenter eight-way subscription

4816-ADX, Datacenter 16-way subscription

59P5171, 1.5 GHz Xeon Processor MP

59P5172, 1.9 GHz Xeon Processor MP

59P5173, 2.0 GHz Xeon Processor MP

71P7919, SMP Expansion Module

17, 65

8687-1AX

8687-1RX

8687-2AX

8687-2RX

8687-3AX

8687-3RX

8687-3RY

8687-4RX

3, 98

8687-4RY

8687-5RX

3, 98

8687-6RX

3, 98

8687-7RX

Active Memory

mirroring

21, 108

Active PCI driver

NetWare

122, 124

Windows 2000

116

Active PCI Manager

130

–

150

adapter keying

142

Add Card Wizard

137

adding adapters

136

analysis of existing adapters

144

Blink Slot command

139

boot devices

145

bus number

134

chassis number

132

configuration optimization

144

current speed

134

download

130

first slot label

133

inserting adapters

136

keying

142

LED status

134

lock options

140

low profile

134

max slot speed

134

optimization

144

performance analysis

146

PME signal

134

slot view

132

starting

131

stopping the adapter

148

table view

136

tree view

135

unit name

133

unlisted adapters

141

user

’

s guide

131

using

132

wizard

137

Active PCI-X

adapter speeds

adapter teaming