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Tip: The pre-installed cable for the ServeRAID adapter is disconnected at both ends. To use it, disconnect the smaller SCSI cable from the hard drive backplane. Then connect the ServeRAID cable to the hard drive backplane and to the ServeRAID card itself. Some long adapters have extension handles or brackets installed. Before installing the adapter, you must remove the extension handle or bracket. The system scans PCI-X slots to assign system resources. The system attempts to start the first device found. The search order is: a. CD-ROM b. Disk drives c. Integrated SCSI devices d. x440 PCI-X slots (in the order 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4) e. Integrated Ethernet controller If an RXE-100 is attached, the order is: a. CD-ROM b. Disk drives c. Integrated SCSI devices d. x440 PCI-X slots (1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4) e. RXE-100 slots (A5, A6, A3, A4, A1, A2, B6, B5, B3, B4, B1, B2) f. Integrated Ethernet controller Active PCI Manager Active PCI Manager is an IBM Director extension that helps manage PCI and PCI-X adapters in supported xSeries servers. It includes an analyze function that will help you to plan and optimize the PCI and PCI-X adapter placement in the x440 and Remote Expansion Enclosure (RXE-100). For a detailed discussion on Active PCI Manager, refer to 5.1, "Active PCI Manager" on page 130. 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller The x440 is the first xSeries server to offer a Gigabit Ethernet controller integrated standard in the system. The x440 includes a single-port Broadcom BCM5700 10/100/1000 BASE-T MAC (Media Access Controller) on a PCI 64-bit 66 MHz bus. The BCM5700 supports full and half-duplex performance at all speeds (10/100/1000 Mbps, auto negotiated) and includes integrated on-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 Planning and Installation Guide

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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xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide

Some long adapters have extension handles or brackets installed. Before

installing the adapter, you must remove the extension handle or bracket.

The system scans PCI-X slots to assign system resources. The system

attempts to start the first device found. The search order is:

a. CD-ROM

Disk drives

Integrated SCSI devices

x440 PCI-X slots (in the order 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4)

Integrated Ethernet controller

If an RXE-100 is attached, the order is:

a. CD-ROM

Disk drives

Integrated SCSI devices

x440 PCI-X slots (1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4)

RXE-100 slots (A5, A6, A3, A4, A1, A2, B6, B5, B3, B4, B1, B2)

Integrated Ethernet controller

Active PCI Manager

Active PCI Manager is an IBM Director extension that helps manage PCI and

PCI-X adapters in supported xSeries servers. It includes an analyze function that

will help you to plan and optimize the PCI and PCI-X adapter placement in the

x440 and Remote Expansion Enclosure (RXE-100). For a detailed discussion on

Active PCI Manager, refer to 5.1,

“

Active PCI Manager

”

on page 130.

3.1.4

Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller

The x440 is the first xSeries server to offer a Gigabit Ethernet controller

integrated standard in the system. The x440 includes a single-port Broadcom

BCM5700 10/100/1000 BASE-T MAC (Media Access Controller) on a PCI 64-bit

66 MHz bus. The BCM5700 supports full and half-duplex performance at all

speeds (10/100/1000 Mbps, auto negotiated) and includes integrated on-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.

Tip:

The pre-installed cable for the ServeRAID adapter is disconnected at

both

ends. To use it, disconnect the smaller SCSI cable from the hard drive

backplane. Then connect the ServeRAID cable to the hard drive backplane

and to the ServeRAID card itself.