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Chapter 1. Technical description

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Three USB ports (one on the front panel, two on the rear). All USB ports are

2.0 compliant.

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One RS-232 serial port, located on the rear of the machine.

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Remote Supervisor Adapter (RS-485 ASM interconnect bus, 10/100 Ethernet

and serial ports).

With the addition of an RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure, you can connect

an additional six or 12 PCI-X adapters to the x450. See 3.2.2, “Remote

Expansion Enclosure” on page 51 for details.

Note:

Currently, only one RXE-100 can be connected to an x450 configuration.

1.9

Redundancy

The x450 has the following redundancy features to maintain high availability:

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Four hot-swap multi-speed fans

With four hot-swap redundant fans, the x450 has adequate cooling for each of

its major component areas. There are two fans located at the front of the

server that direct air through the memory-board assembly and

processor-board assembly. These fans are accessible from the top of the

server without having to open the system panels. In the event of a fan failure,

the other fan will speed up to continue to provide adequate cooling until the

fan can be hot-swapped by the IT administrator.

The other two fans are located just behind the power supplies and provide

cooling for the I/O devices. Similar to the SMP Expansion Module fans, these

fans will speed up in the event that one should fail to compensate for the

reduction in air flow. In general, failed fans should be replaced within 24 hours

following failure.

Note:

There are no PS/2 keyboard or mouse ports on the x450. USB

keyboard and mice are supported, as well as serial connections via the

integrated serial port.

If you require KVM support the 1.5 M USB Conversion Option (UCO) (part

number 73P5832) enables the x450 to be attached to one of the Advanced

Connectivity Technology (ACT) switches for common management within the

rack. This smart cable is plugged into the USB and video ports on the server.

It converts KVM signals to CAT5 signals for transmission over a CAT5 cable to

either a Remote Console Manager (RCM) or Local Console Manager (LCM).

USB servers can be managed on the same set of switches as legacy

PS/2-based or C2T-based KVM servers.

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 x450 product line	16
1.2 IBM XA-64 chipset	17
1.3 Extensible Firmware Interface	19
1.3.1 GUID Partition Table disk	21
1.3.2 EFI System Partition	22
1.3.3 EFI and legacy-free concept	24
1.4 Intel Itanium 2 processor	24
1.5 System assembly	27
1.5.1 Memory-board assembly	28
1.5.2 Processor-board assembly	29
1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache	31
1.7 System memory	31
1.8 PCI subsystem	35
1.9 Redundancy	37
1.10 Light path diagnostics	39
1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter	40
1.12 Operating system support	41
Chapter 2. Positioning	43
2.1 x450 application solutions	44
2.1.1 Database applications	44
2.1.2 Business logic	46
2.1.3 e-business and security transactions	47
2.1.4 In-house developed compute-intensive applications	48
2.1.5 Science and technology industries	49
2.2 Why choose x450?	49
Chapter 3. Planning	53
3.1 System hardware	54
3.1.1 Processors	54
3.1.2 Memory	55
3.1.3 PCI slot configuration	58
3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller	61
3.2 Cabling and connectivity	62
3.2.1 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity	64
3.2.2 Remote Expansion Enclosure	65
3.2.3 Serial connections	69
3.3 Storage considerations	70
3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions	70
3.3.2 Tape backup	75
3.4 Rack installation	76
3.5 Power considerations	77
3.6 Solution Assurance Review	78
Chapter 4. Installation	81
4.1 Using the Extensible Firmware Interface	82
4.1.1 The EFI shell	84
4.1.2 Flash update	94
4.1.3 Configuration and Setup utility	97
4.1.4 Diagnostic utility	98
4.1.5 Boot maintenance menu	99
4.2 Installing Windows Server 2003	100
4.2.1 Overall process	101
4.2.2 Microsoft Reserved Partition	102
4.2.3 Windows installation	103
4.2.4 Pre-installation phase	103
4.2.5 Starting the installation	104
4.2.6 Text-mode setup	105
4.2.7 GUI setup	107
4.2.8 Post-setup phase	107
4.3 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server	112
4.3.1 Background	113
4.3.2 Linux IA-64 kernel overview	114
4.3.3 Choosing a Linux distribution	115
4.3.4 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server	117
4.3.5 Linux boot process	121
4.3.6 Information about the installed system	122
4.3.7 Using the serial port for the Linux console	126
4.3.8 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure	127
4.3.9 Upgrading drivers	128
Chapter 5. Management	131
5.1 The Remote Supervisor Adapter	132
5.1.1 The Remote Supervisor Adapter	133
5.1.2 Connecting via a Web browser	133
5.1.3 Configuring a static IP address	135
5.1.4 Connecting via the ASM interconnect	138
5.1.5 Installing the device driver	139
5.1.6 Configuring the remote control password	139
5.2 Management using the Remote Supervisor Adapter	140
5.2.1 Configuring which alerts to monitor	140
5.2.2 Configuring SNMP	141
5.2.3 Sending alerts directly to IBM Director	142
5.2.4 Creating a test event action plan in IBM Director	144
Related publications	149
IBM Redbooks	149
Referenced Web sites	149
How to get IBM Redbooks	151
IBM Redbooks collections	151
Index	153

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