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installation order 57 maximum 57 memory-board assembly 13 standard memory 13 disk drive bays multinode configuration 26 redundant with RAID-1 27 DISKPART.EFI 101, 103 drive bays 2, 27 Driver Setup 103 E e-business 50 EFI 29, 92 accessing the system partition 147 adding a boot option 125 backup and restore 123 boot maintenance menu 122 Boot Manager Menu 94 CD-ROM file formats 99 changing a boot option 126 check disk command 100 Configuration/Setup Utility 118 deleting a boot option 128 deleting a disk 100 DHCP address of RSA 179 diagnostics 121 Driver Setup 103 file operations 97 file systems 99 flash updates 112 hints & tips 102 IDE devices 104 map command 98 mapping table 96 MemMap entries 96 PXE boot 94 RAID-1, creating 105 remote control password 186 RSA firmware 116 SCSI controller 105 ServeRAID 108 shell 95 system partition 97, 147 tasks 92 TimeOut value 130 Windows boot record 148 EFI System Partition 33 EFICHK.EFI 100, 103 EFIFMT.EFI 103 El-Torito format 99 Enterprise Storage Server 84 Enterprise X-Architecture 1, 35, 41 ERP 49 error logs 120 eSAR 90 ESS 84 Ethernet adapter teaming 64 features 18 multinode configuration 26 event action plans 193 events 188 Execution Layer software driver 40 EXP300 80 EXP400 80 EXP500 81 EXP700 83 Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing 11 Extensible Firmware Interface 29, 92 F fans 27 FAStT 80 FAStT200 81 FAStT600 81 FAStT700 82 FAStT900 83 features 2 not supported 3 Fibre Channel booting from 112 storage options 80 file operations, EFI 97 flash updates 112 FLASH2.EFI 103, 116, 181 four-node configuration 68 front view 4, 27 frontside bus 9, 11 FS entries 96 G Gigabit Ethernet 18, 64 GPT disks 31, 137 GUID Partition Table 31 210 IBM xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide Eserver

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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IBM

Eserver

xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide

installation order

maximum

memory-board assembly

standard memory

disk drive bays

multinode configuration

redundant with RAID-1

DISKPART.EFI

101, 103

drive bays

2, 27

Driver Setup

103

e-business

EFI

29, 92

accessing the system partition

147

adding a boot option

125

backup and restore

123

boot maintenance menu

122

Boot Manager Menu

CD-ROM file formats

changing a boot option

126

check disk command

100

Configuration/Setup Utility

118

deleting a boot option

128

deleting a disk

100

DHCP address of RSA

179

diagnostics

121

Driver Setup

103

file operations

file systems

flash updates

112

hints & tips

102

IDE devices

104

map command

mapping table

MemMap entries

PXE boot

RAID-1, creating

105

remote control password

186

RSA firmware

116

SCSI controller

105

ServeRAID

108

shell

system partition

97, 147

tasks

TimeOut value

130

Windows boot record

148

EFI System Partition

EFICHK.EFI

100, 103

EFIFMT.EFI

103

El-Torito format

Enterprise Storage Server

Enterprise X-Architecture

1, 35, 41

ERP

error logs

120

eSAR

ESS

Ethernet

adapter teaming

features

multinode configuration

event action plans

193

events

188

Execution Layer software driver

EXP300

EXP400

EXP500

EXP700

Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing

Extensible Firmware Interface

29, 92

fans

FAStT

FAStT200

FAStT600

FAStT700

FAStT900

features

not supported

Fibre Channel

booting from

112

storage options

file operations, EFI

flash updates

112

FLASH2.EFI

103, 116, 181

four-node configuration

front view

4, 27

frontside bus

9, 11

FS entries

Gigabit Ethernet

18, 64

GPT disks

31, 137

GUID Partition Table