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Page 3 - O v e r v i e w; I B M R S /6 0 0 0 M o d e l F 8 0 D e s c r i p t i o n; P h y s i c a l P a c k a g e

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2000 1 I B M R S / 6 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 M o d e l F 8 0 S e r v e r IBM achieved leadership performance in the high-end SMP UNIX server marketplace through the balanced design of the 24-way RS/6000 7017 Model S80, which ranked top in the industry standard TPC-C benchmark at 135,815....

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2 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview other fans increase their speed to provide sufficient cooling. The hot-pluggable fans are performance monitored by the SPCN (see “System Power Control Network (SPCN)” on page 15). The hot-swappable power supplies and fans can be replaced concurrently if th...

Page 5 - I n t e r n a l S t o r a g e; SCSI RAID is supported for the

IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 3 • 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet port (RJ-45 connector) • Four serial ports (max. 230 KB/s, 9-pin D-shell) • One parallel port (bi-directional) • Test port • Keyboard and mouse port The test port is for diagnostics and is normally covered with a metal plate. It uses the sam...

Page 6 - Figure 3 shows the internal devices and bays of a Model F80.

4 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview through a pass through opening in the rear bulkhead on the power supply side of the backpanel, and attached to the SCSI backplane. SSA disks require the addition of an SSA adapter. To cable internal SSA, a cable assembly is attached to two external ports o...

Page 7 - O p e r a t o r P a n e l; • Power On/Off Button; pinhole; in the operator panel cover. This button is for service use only.

IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 5 O p e r a t o r P a n e l The Model F80 cabinet incorporates the operator panel and indicators for the system. The panel consists of the following features (see Figure 4): • Power On/Off Button • Power-on LED (Green) • System Attention LED (Yellow) This LED indica...

Page 8 - Sy s t em A r c h i t ec t u r e an d T e ch n i c al O ve r vi e w; C P U A r c h i t e c t u r e; • 450 MHz or 500 MHz operating frequency; OR

6 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview Sy s t em A r c h i t ec t u r e an d T e ch n i c al O ve r vi e w Figure 5 shows the system schematic of the Model F80. In this section the different physical components in the schematic and the SMP processor configurations are discussed. Figure 5. RS/60...

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IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 7 • 128 KB on-chip L1 instruction cache with parity and refetch • 128 KB on-chip L1 data cache with ECC • On-chip L2 cache directory • 4 MB of off-chip L2 cache using ECC double data rate (DDR) SRAM per processor for 2-, 4-, and 6-way SMPs and 2 MB of off-chip L2 ca...

Page 12 - I n t e r n a l I / O A r c h i t e c t u r e; PCI Adapter Placement

10 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview I n t e r n a l I / O A r c h i t e c t u r e As already discussed, the system includes one I/O host bridge chip managing all the I/O between the I/O adapters and the memory controller using RIO connections. On the other side, the I/O host bridge provides...

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IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 11 H o t - P l u g P C I A d a p t er sThe function of hot-pluggable PCI adapters is to provide concurrent additions or removals of PCI adapters when the system is running. This function is explained in the following paragraphs. In the chassis, the installed adapter...

Page 14 - S o f t w a r e R e q u i r e m e n t s; . The URL to obtain the maintenance level is:

12 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview Then add the adapter to the system. When finished, press Enter again to turn on slot power. The hot-plug LED will change its state to On. Now the adapter is integrated into the system and can be configured using AIX cfgmgr (Configuration manager). Removal...

Page 15 - I n v e s t me n t P r o t e c t i o n a n d Ex p a n s i o n; H i g h A v a i l a b i l i t y; • Two Model 7025-F80 Enterprise Servers; R e l i a b i l i t y , A v a i l a b i l i t y , a n d S e r v i c e a b i l i t y ( R A S ) F e a t u r e s; Another function, named; memory scrubbing

IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 13 http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/rs6k/fixes.html If you have problems downloading the latest maintenance level, ask your IBM Business Partner or IBM representative. I n v e s t me n t P r o t e c t i o n a n d Ex p a n s i o n The following sections discuss ho...

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14 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview D y n am i c C PU D e al l o c at i o nThe processors are continuously monitored for errors such as L2 cache ECC errors. When a predefined error threshold is met, an error log with warning severity and threshold exceeded status is returned to AIX. At the ...

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IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 15 handling mode that allows the bridge chip to freeze access to an adapter when a PCI bus error occurs on the interface between that adapter and bridge chip. In this frozen mode, DMAs 7 are blocked, stores to that device address space are discarded, and loads resul...

Page 18 - S e r v i c e P r o c e s s o r; • Hardware checkstop failures.

16 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview H o t S w a p D i s k a n d S e r v i c e A i dThe hardware within the system is designed with the capability to remove and install disks without powering down the system. An AIX Diagnostics Service Aids provides positive identification (a blinking LED) a...

Page 19 - RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model F80 Service Guide; S y s t e m U p g r a d e s; rmss; command to simulate a

IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 17 P ro c es so r an d M e m o r y B o o t T i m e D ec o n f i g u r at i o nAs described previously, processors can be dynamically deconfigured by the system. It is also possible to deconfigure processors and also memory with menus of the service processor for ben...

Page 20 - The old chassis of Model F50 is to be returned to IBM.; E x t e r n a l S t o r a g e E x p a n d a b i l i t y; R e f e r e n c e; S y s t e m D o c u m e n t a t i o n; For more detailed information, refer to the following documents:; S e l e c t I B M R e d b o o k s

18 RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Technical Overview F80. For further information about adapters, especially if the adapter is supported in Model F80, refer to the PCI Adapter Placement Reference Guide , SA38-0538. Most disk drives can move into the Model F80, but the hot-plug carriers used in the Model F80...

Page 21 - S e l e c t I n t e r n e t L i n k s; A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s

IBM RS/6000 7025 Model F80 Server 19 • IBM Enterprise Storage Server , SG24-5465 • Monitoring and Managing IBM SSA Disk Subsystems , SG24-5251 • AIX 4.3 Differences Guide , SG24-2014 • NIM: From A to Z in AIX 4.3 , SG24-5524 • AIX Logical Volume Manager, from A to Z: Introduction and Concepts, SG24-...