IBM 88553RX, Installation Manual

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Chapter 1. Technical description
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1.11 Operating system support
The following operating systems are supported
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Red Hat Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.0
These are further discussed in “Operating system support” on page 87. This list
will increase as vendors port the operating systems to 64-bit architecture. For the
latest operating system support information, go to:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/matrix.shtml
1.12 Enterprise X-Architecture
IBM’s Enterprise X-Architecture technologies yield revolutionary advances in the
I/O, memory, and performance of xSeries servers. This design creates a flexible
“pay as you grow” approach to buying high-end 32-bit and 64-bit xSeries systems
that can be scaled quickly, easily, and inexpensively. Enterprise X-Architecture
technology is designed to achieve unparalleled levels of availability, scalability,
and performance in industry-standard enterprise computing.
Enterprise X-Architecture technology enables the following capabilities:
XpandOnDemand scalability
System partitioning
PCI-X I/O subsystem
Active PCI-X
Remote I/O
Active memory
High-speed (DDR) memory
Memory ProteXion
Chipkill memory
Memory mirroring
Hot-add/hot-swap memory
XceL4 server accelerator cache
These features deliver application flexibility and new tools for managing
e-business. They bring to industry-standard servers the kinds of capabilities
formerly available only to users of mainframes and other high-end systems.
Combined with existing X-Architecture technologies, these innovations result in