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Abbreviations and acronyms ABI Application Binary Interface ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACT Advanced Connectivity Technology ANSI American National Standards Institute API application programming interface AS advanced server ASM advanced system management ASMA Advanced System Management Adapter ASR automatic server restart ATS Advanced Technical Support AWE Advanced Windowing Extensions BI business intelligence BSP bootstrap processor CAD computer-aided drawing CAE computer-aided engineering CD-ROM compact disc-read only memory CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire CIM Common Information Model CNA Certified NetWare Administrator CPU central processing unit CRM customer relationship management DDR double data rate DDS digital data storage DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIMM dual inline memory module DLT Digital Linear Tape DNS Domain Name System DOS disk operating system DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture EB Exabytes ECC error checking and correcting EFI Extensible Firmware Interface EL Enterprise Linux EMC electromagnetic compatibility EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing ER Enterprise Rack ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ESCON enterprise systems connection ESP EFI System Partition ESS Enterprise Storage Server FAT file allocation table FC Fibre Channel FICON™ Fiber Connection GAS GNU Assembler GB gigabyte GCC GNU Compiler Collection GNU GNU's Not Unix GPT GUID Partition Table GUI graphical user interface GUID global unique identifier HA high availability HAL hardware abstraction layer HBA host bus adapter HCL hardware compatibility list HP Hewlett Packard IEC International Electrotechnical Commission ILP instruction-level parallelism IPC interprocess communications IPF Itanium Processor Family ISA industry standard architecture © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004. All rights reserved. 201

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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ABI

Application Binary Interface

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power

Interface

ACT

Advanced Connectivity Technology

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

application programming interface

advanced server

ASM

advanced system management

ASMA

Advanced System Management Adapter

ASR

automatic server restart

ATS

Advanced Technical Support

AWE

Advanced Windowing Extensions

business intelligence

BSP

bootstrap processor

CAD

computer-aided drawing

CAE

computer-aided engineering

CD-ROM

compact disc-read only memory

CERN

Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche

Nucleaire

CIM

Common Information Model

CNA

Certified NetWare Administrator

CPU

central processing unit

CRM

customer relationship management

DDR

double data rate

DDS

digital data storage

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM

dual inline memory module

DLT

Digital Linear Tape

DNS

Domain Name System

DOS

disk operating system

DRDA

Distributed Relational Database

Architecture

Abbreviations and acronyms

Exabytes

ECC

error checking and correcting

EFI

Extensible Firmware Interface

Enterprise Linux

EMC

electromagnetic compatibility

EPIC

Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing

Enterprise Rack

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESCON

enterprise systems connection

ESP

EFI System Partition

ESS

Enterprise Storage Server

FAT

file allocation table

Fibre Channel

FICON™

Fiber Connection

GAS

GNU Assembler

gigabyte

GCC

GNU Compiler Collection

GNU

GNU’s Not Unix

GPT

GUID Partition Table

GUI

graphical user interface

GUID

global unique identifier

high availability

HAL

hardware abstraction layer

HBA

host bus adapter

HCL

hardware compatibility list

Hewlett Packard

IEC

International Electrotechnical

Commission

ILP

instruction-level parallelism

IPC

interprocess communications

IPF

Itanium Processor Family

ISA

industry standard architecture