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International Technical Support Organization pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction February 2002
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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 iii Contents Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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iv p Se ries 6 10 Mod els 6C1 an d 6E1 Tech nical Ove rview and In trod uction 3.2.5 Hot plug task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.3 Handheld based systems management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 7 - Preface; The team that wrote this Whitepaper
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 v Preface This document provides a comprehensive single-source guide covering IBM® ^ ™ pSeries™ 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 entry servers. Major hardware offerings are introduced and their prominent functions discussed. Professionals wishing to acquire a better understand...
Page 8 - Comments welcome
vi p Se ries 6 10 Mod els 6C1 an d 6E1 Tech nical Ove rview and In trod uction Stephen Lutz - IBM Germany Bill Mihaltse - IBM Somers Comments welcome Your comments are impor tant to us! We want our Whitepapers to be as helpful as possible. Send us your comments about this Whitepaper or other Redbook...
Page 9 - General description; Minimum and optional features
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 1 Chapter 1. General description The IBM® ^ ™ pSeries™ 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 (referred to hereafter as the Model 6C1 and Model 6E1) are members of the 64-bit family of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) UNIX servers from IBM and use state-of-the-art, 64-bit, copper-bas...
Page 11 - calling home; Physical package
Chapter 1. General description 3 For the rack-mounted Model 6C1, we recommend that you use the 7316-TF1 Flat Panel Console in combination with the appropriate console switch to manage several systems in a rack. To help ensure that strategic applications remain available 24 x 7, the Models 6C1 and 6E...
Page 13 - Enterprise racks
Chapter 1. General description 5 The rear muffler is similar in concept to what is shipped with the 43P-260 and 270 models to cover the rear cables, however considerable engineering was done to tune the volume of the enclosure to specific sound frequency bands emitted by the system. Existing cables ...
Page 18 - Processor and cache
10 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction 2.1 Processor and cache The IBM® ^ ™ pSeries™ 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 have two processor card slots and can accommodate three different processor cards, a 1-way 333 MHz, a 1-way 375 MHz, or a 1-way 450 MHz. Note that slot 1 must...
Page 19 - Processor boot time deconfiguration within an SMP system; How to disable the second processor manually
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 11 2.1.3 Copper and CMOS technology Copper is a superior conductor of electricity, making it possible to shrink electronic devices even fur ther while increasing performance. It has less resistance than aluminum and, therefore, allows designs that trans...
Page 20 - sar; lsattr; PS
12 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction To determine if a processor is enabled or disabled, use the following AIX® commands: sar command (requires bos.acct fileset to be installed): # sar -P ALL 2AIX volker@colt 3 4 000AAFDD4C00 09/18/0107:30:44 cpu %usr %sys %wio ...
Page 22 - Memory interchange with other systems
14 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction The suppor ted method to install DIMMs is to start at the bottom of each card (card slot J1 and J2) and then move up. The system design gives you the flexibility to mix 256 MB and 512 MB SDRAM DIMM features on the Memory Expans...
Page 24 - Internal storage
16 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction 2.5 Internal storage The following section discusses the various options and configurations regarding internal storage. 2.5.1 Internal storage attachments The default disk drive is mounted behind the operating panel in a bolt-i...
Page 25 - Boot support and limitations of storage adapters
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 17 2.5.2 RAID configurations The Models 6C1 and 6E1 offer under-the-covers SCSI RAID configurations. Internal RAID provides an excellent means to protect customer data, or to provide flexible storage solutions for performance-oriented applications. When...
Page 26 - Internal devices; External devices; Fast boot
18 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction Internal devices Boot suppor t is available for every internal SCSI disk. External devices Table 2-3 provides a map that enables you to determine if boot is supported in external storage devices. Table 2-3 Boot support - extern...
Page 27 - Software requirements
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 19 2.7 Security To prevent the system from unauthorized booting from CD-ROM, you can set up a power-on-password (POP) or a privileged-access password (PAP). In order to protect the system from unauthorized users removing the battery to delete POP and PA...
Page 29 - High availability solution; Chipkill
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 21 Chapter 3. Availability, investment protection, expansion, and accessibility The following sections provide more detailed information about configurations, upgrades, and design features that will help you lower your cost of ownership. 3.1 High availability solutio...
Page 30 - Dynamic Processor Deallocation
22 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction Dynamic Processor Deallocation The capability of Dynamic Processor Deallocation is only active in systems with more than two processors, because device drivers and kernel extensions, which are common to multi-processor and unip...
Page 31 - Attention and Light Path LEDs; diag; System indicator panel
Chapter 3. Availability, investment protection, expansion, and accessibility 23 3.2.1 Light Path diagnostics The Models 6C1 and 6E1 are the first IBM UNIX servers that implement Light Path diagnostics technology. Light Path LEDs provide an obvious and intuitive means to positively identify the faili...
Page 32 - Automatic reboot
24 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction You can access the indicator panel without any tools. The panel provides enough information to identify the area that needs attention. The panel contains a group of amber LEDs that indicate which functional area of the system i...
Page 33 - Surveillance; Processor and memory boot time deconfiguration
Chapter 3. Availability, investment protection, expansion, and accessibility 25 Machine Check Interrupt. Operating System Hang (Surveillance Failure). Operating System Failure. Surveillance The service processor, if enabled through service processor setup parameters, performs a surveillance of...
Page 34 - Serial port snoop
26 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction Serial port snoop You can use the serial por t snooping at any point after the system is booted to AIX, whenever the configured reset string is typed on the main console. The system uses the service processor reboot policy to r...
Page 35 - diag -T identifyRemove t; SCSI hot swap manager; SCSI Device Identification and Removal
Chapter 3. Availability, investment protection, expansion, and accessibility 27 3.2.5 Hot plug task The hot plug task provides software function for those devices that suppor t hot-plug or hot-swap capability. This includes PCI adapters, SCSI devices, and some RAID devices. Use diag -T identifyRemov...
Page 36 - Handheld based systems management
28 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction 3.3 Handheld based systems management A built-in, front-accessible serial interface for handheld devices, such as the IBM WorkPad® or Palm™, enables quick system setup, network configuration, and performance monitoring, using s...
Page 37 - Special notices
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 29 Special notices References in this publication to IBM products, programs or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or ser vice is not intended to state or imp...
Page 38 - IBM trademarks
30 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction IBM, the IBM logo, the e-business logo, the AIX/L logo, AIX, AIX 5L, Chipkill, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, ^ (the e logo followed by the descriptive term ser ver), Netfinity, PowerPC, pSeries, Redbooks, RS/6000, SP and WebSphe...
Page 39 - Related Publications; System Publications; Referenced Web Sites; pSeries Homepage
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2002 31 Related Publications The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this paper. System Publications The following publications provide additional information about your system un...
Page 40 - AIX Operating System Documentation; How to Get IBM Redbooks
32 pSerie s 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Te chnical Over view and Introduction Hardware Documentation (online) http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/hardware_docs AIX Operating System Documentation http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/library/techpubs.html How to Get IBM Redbooks This section expla...
Page 41 - IBM Intranet for Employees:
Related Publications 33 IBM Intranet for Employees: IBM employees may register for information on workshops, residencies, and Redbooks by accessing the IBM Intranet Web site at http://w3.itso.ibm.com/ and clicking the ITSO Mailing List button. Look in the Materials repository for workshops, presenta...
