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Instead of using fdisk, use parted. The parted utility is included on the Linux (SUSE LINUX and Red Hat) base system. As shown in Example 4-6, the parted output does not show the same information in the partition table, but recognizes the real partitions on the system. The parted utility can identify every partition on the partition table. Example 4-6 GNU parted output (some lines removed) [root@x455 root]# parted GNU Parted 1.6.3 ... Using /dev/sda (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-17278.000 megabytes Disk label type: gpt Minor Start End Filesystem Name Flags 1 0.031 172.573 fat16 EFI system partition boot 2 172.573 298.081 Microsoft reserved partition 3 298.081 10299.484 ntfs Basic data partition 4 10299.485 10353.750 fat32 boot 5 10353.750 11381.281 linux-swap 6 11381.281 17271.938 reiserfs (parted) select /dev/sdb Using /dev/sdb (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-17278.000 megabytes Disk label type: gpt Minor Start End Filesystem Name Flags 1 0.031 125.507 Microsoft reserved partition 2 125.508 3125.507 ntfs Basic data partition 3 3125.508 3225.507 fat16 boot 4 3225.508 5217.944 linux-swap 5 5217.944 17277.983 ext3 (parted) select /dev/sdc Using /dev/sdc (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0.000-250.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.016 249.750 primary fat16 boot Chapter 4. Installation 167

Section	Page
Front cover	1
Contents	5
Notices	9
Trademarks	10
Preface	11
The team that wrote this redbook	11
Become a published author	13
Comments welcome	14
Chapter 1. Technical description	15
1.1 Features	16
1.1.1 Comparing the x455 with the x450	16
1.1.2 Features not supported	17
1.2 The x455 base models	18
1.2.1 Front and rear views	18
1.3 System assembly	20
1.4 IBM XA-64 chipset	21
1.4.1 The processor-board assembly	23
1.4.2 The memory-board assembly	27
1.4.3 PCI-X board assembly	31
1.5 Remote Supervisor Adapter	33
1.6 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure	35
1.7 Multinode scalable partitions	36
1.7.1 RXE-100 connectivity	38
1.7.2 Multinode configuration	39
1.7.3 Integrated I/O function support	40
1.7.4 Error recovery	40
1.8 Redundancy	41
1.9 Light path diagnostics	41
1.10 Extensible Firmware Interface	43
1.10.1 GUID Partition Table disk	45
1.10.2 EFI System Partition	47
1.10.3 EFI and the reduced-legacy concept	48
1.11 Operating system support	49
1.12 Enterprise X-Architecture	49
1.12.1 NUMA architecture	50
Chapter 2. Positioning	53
2.1 Migrating to a 64-bit platform	54
2.2 Scalable system partitioning	55
2.2.1 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure	56
2.3 Operating system support	56
2.4 Server consolidation	57
2.5 ServerProven®	58
2.6 IBM Datacenter Solution Program	59
2.7 Application solutions	60
2.7.1 Database applications	60
2.7.2 Business logic	62
2.7.3 e-Business and security transactions	64
2.7.4 In-house developed compute-intensive applications	65
2.7.5 Science and technology industries	65
2.8 Why choose x455	66
Chapter 3. Planning	69
3.1 System hardware	70
3.1.1 Processors	70
3.1.2 Memory	71
3.1.3 PCI-X slot configuration	75
3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller	78
3.2 Cabling and connectivity	79
3.2.1 SMP Expansion connectivity	81
3.2.2 Remote Expansion Enclosure connectivity	84
3.2.3 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity	90
3.2.4 Serial connectivity	92
3.3 Storage considerations	93
3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions	93
3.3.2 Tape backup	98
3.4 Rack installation	99
3.5 Power considerations	101
3.6 Operating system support	101
3.6.1 Clustering	102
3.7 IBM Director support	103
3.8 Solution Assurance Review	104
3.8.1 Trigger Tool	104
3.8.2 Electronic Solution Assurance Review (eSAR)	104
Chapter 4. Installation	105
4.1 Using The Extensible Firmware Interface	106
4.1.1 EFI Firmware Boot Manager	107
4.1.2 The EFI shell	109
4.1.3 Driver Setup	117
4.1.4 Flash update	126
4.1.5 Configuration/Setup utility	132
4.1.6 Diagnostic utility	135
4.1.7 Boot Option Maintenance	136
4.2 Configuring scalable partitions	145
4.2.1 Creating a scalable partition	145
4.2.2 Booting a scalable partition	148
4.2.3 Multiple Monitors	149
4.2.4 Deleting a scalable partition	150
4.3 Installing Windows Server 2003	150
4.3.1 Important information	150
4.3.2 Preparing to install	152
4.3.3 Installation	153
4.3.4 Post-setup phase	158
4.4 Installing Linux	165
4.4.1 Linux IA-64 kernel overview	166
4.4.2 Choosing a Linux distribution	167
4.4.3 Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.0	170
4.4.4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS	174
4.4.5 Linux boot process	176
4.4.6 Information about the installed system	177
4.4.7 Using the serial port for the Linux console	185
4.4.8 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure	186
4.4.9 Upgrading drivers	187
Chapter 5. Management	189
5.1 IBM Director	190
5.1.1 Scalable Systems Manager	191
5.2 The Remote Supervisor Adapter	191
5.2.1 Connecting via a Web browser	193
5.2.2 Connecting via the ASM interconnect	198
5.2.3 Installing the device driver	199
5.2.4 Configuring the remote control password	200
5.3 Management using the Remote Supervisor Adapter	201
5.3.1 Configuring which alerts to monitor	202
5.3.2 Configuring SNMP	204
5.3.3 Sending alerts directly to IBM Director	205
5.3.4 Creating a test event action plan in IBM Director	207
5.4 Windows System Resource Manager	210
5.4.1 WSRM description	211
5.4.2 WSRM features	212
5.4.3 WSRM in the x455	213
Abbreviations and acronyms	215
Related publications	217
IBM Redbooks	217
Other publications	217
Online resources	218
How to get IBM Redbooks	222
Help from IBM	222
Index	223

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Chapter 4. Installation

167

Instead of using

fdisk

, use

parted

The parted utility is included on the Linux (SUSE LINUX and Red Hat) base

system. As shown in Example 4-6, the parted output does not show the same

information in the partition table, but recognizes the real partitions on the system.

The parted utility can identify every partition on the partition table.

Example 4-6

GNU parted output (some lines removed)

[root@x455 root]# parted

GNU Parted 1.6.3

...

Using /dev/sda

(parted) print

Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-17278.000 megabytes

Disk label type: gpt

Minor

Start

End

Filesystem

Name

Flags

0.031

172.573

fat16

EFI system partition

boot

172.573

298.081

Microsoft reserved partition

298.081

10299.484

ntfs

Basic data partition

10299.485

10353.750

fat32

boot

10353.750

11381.281

linux-swap

11381.281

17271.938

reiserfs

(parted) select /dev/sdb

Using /dev/sdb

(parted) print

Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-17278.000 megabytes

Disk label type: gpt

Minor

Start

End

Filesystem

Name

Flags

0.031

125.507

Microsoft reserved partition

125.508

3125.507

ntfs

Basic data partition

3125.508

3225.507

fat16

boot

3225.508

5217.944

linux-swap

5217.944

17277.983

ext3

(parted) select /dev/sdc

Using /dev/sdc

(parted) print

Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0.000-250.000 megabytes

Disk label type: msdos

Minor

Start

End

Type

Filesystem

Flags

0.016

249.750

primary

fat16

boot