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IBM BladeCenter PS700,
PS701, and PS702

Technical Overview and Introduction

David Watts

Kerry Anders

Berjis Patel

Features the POWER7 processor providing
advanced multi-core technology

Details the follow-on to the
BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 servers

Includes product information
and features

Summary of Contents for BladeCenter PS701

Page 1: ...701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction David Watts Kerry Anders Berjis Patel Features the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi core technology Details the follow on to the BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 servers Includes product information and features ...

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Page 3: ...International Technical Support Organization IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction May 2010 REDP 4655 00 ...

Page 4: ... restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp First Edition May 2010 This edition applies to IBM BladeCenter PS700 8406 70Y IBM BladeCenter PS701 8406 71Y IBM BladeCenter PS702 8406 71Y FC 8358 This document created or updated on July 6 2012 Note Before using this information and the product it supports read the information in Notices on page vii ...

Page 5: ...Memory features 23 1 5 8 I O features 24 1 5 9 Disk features 28 1 5 10 Standard onboard features 28 1 6 Supported BladeCenter I O modules 29 1 6 1 Ethernet switch and intelligent pass through modules 30 1 6 2 SAS I O modules 31 1 6 3 Fibre Channel switch and pass thru modules 31 1 6 4 Converged networking I O modules 32 1 6 5 InfiniBand switch module 33 1 6 6 Multi switch Interconnect Module 33 1 ...

Page 6: ...69 2 10 2 IBM System Storage 69 2 11 IVM 71 2 12 Operating system support 72 2 13 IBM EnergyScale 74 2 13 1 IBM EnergyScale technology 74 2 13 2 EnergyScale device 76 Chapter 3 Virtualization 77 3 1 POWER Hypervisor 78 3 2 POWER processor modes 82 3 3 PowerVM 83 3 3 1 PowerVM Editions 83 3 3 2 Logical partitions 85 3 3 3 VIOS 88 3 3 4 PowerVM Lx86 92 3 3 5 PowerVM Live Partition Mobility 93 3 3 6 ...

Page 7: ...nd servicing parts requiring service 117 4 5 Manageability 120 4 5 1 Service user interfaces 120 4 5 2 IBM Power Systems firmware maintenance 122 4 5 3 Electronic Service Agent tool 124 4 5 4 BladeCenter Service Advisor 125 Abbreviations and acronyms 129 Related publications 131 IBM Redbooks 131 Other publications 131 Online resources 132 How to get Redbooks 132 Help from IBM 132 ...

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Page 11: ...on Review Board He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Queensland Australia Kerry Anders is a Consultant in System p Lab Services for the IBM Systems and Technology Group based in Austin Texas He supports clients in implementing IBM Power Systems blades using Virtual I O Server Integrated Virtualization Manager and AIX Prior IBM Redbooks publication projects include the I...

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Page 14: ...xii IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction ...

Page 15: ...e designed to minimize complexity improve efficiency automate processes reduce energy consumption and scale easily The POWER7 processor based PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades support AIX IBM i and Linux operating systems Their ability to coexist in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blades servers enhances the ability to deliver rapid return of investment demanded by clients and businesses Th...

Page 16: ...pported in pairs thus the minimum memory required for PS700 blade server is 8 GB two 4 GB DIMMs The maximum memory that can be supported is 64 GB eight 8 GB DIMMs It has two Host Ethernet Adapters HEA 1 GB integrated Ethernet ports that are connected to the BladeCenter chassis fabric midplane The PS700 has an integrated SAS controller that supports local on board storage integrated USB controller ...

Page 17: ...combines a single wide base blade PS701 and an expansion unit feature 8358 referred to as double wide blade which occupies two adjacent slots in the IBM BladeCenter chassis The PS702 blade server has 32 DDR3 memory DIMM slots The industry standard VLP DDR3 memory DIMMs are either 4 GB or 8 GB running at 1066 MHz The memory is supported in pairs thus the minimum memory required for PS702 blade serv...

Page 18: ...lades For a comprehensive look at all aspects of BladeCenter products see the IBM Redbooks publication IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology SG24 7523 available from the following Web page http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247523 html 1 2 1 Supported BladeCenter chassis The PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades are supported in the IBM BladeCenter chassis as listed in Table 1 1 Table 1 1 The blade se...

Page 19: ...tion of integrated switching options BladeCenter systems lower the total cost of ownership TCO by eliminating the need to purchase additional keyboards videos and mice KVM Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches or the cumbersome and expensive cabling required by the switches BladeCenter is a leader in the industry in providing flexibility and a variety of integration choices with components that fit ...

Page 20: ...ladeCenter E front view Figure 1 3 displays the rear view of an IBM BladeCenter E Figure 1 3 BladeCenter E rear view The key features of IBM BladeCenter E chassis are as follows A rack optimized 7 U modular design enclosure for up to 14 hot swap blades A high availability mid plane that supports hot swap of individual blades For 8677 3Sx two 2 000 watt hot swap power modules and support for two op...

Page 21: ...ta center space constraints Help in protecting your IT investment through IBM BladeCenter family longevity compatibility and innovation leadership in blades Support for the latest generation of IBM BladeCenter blades providing investment protection BladeCenter H IBM BladeCenter H delivers high performance extreme reliability and ultimate flexibility to even the most demanding IT environments In 9 ...

Page 22: ...uction Figure 1 4 BladeCenter H front view Figure 1 5 displays the rear view of an IBM BladeCenter H Figure 1 5 BladeCenter H rear view The key features of IBM BladeCenter H chassis are as follows A rack optimized 9 U modular design enclosure for up to 14 hot swap blades ...

Page 23: ...er space constraints Help in protecting your IT investment through IBM BladeCenter family longevity compatibility and innovation leadership in blades Support for the latest generation of IBM BladeCenter blades helping provide investment protection BladeCenter HT The IBM BladeCenter HT is a 12 server blade chassis designed for high density server installations typically for telecommunications use I...

Page 24: ...10 IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction Figure 1 6 BladeCenter HT front view ...

Page 25: ...supplies and cooling and built in system management resources The result is a Network Equipment Building Systems NEBS 3 and ETSI compliant server platform optimized for next generation networks The following BladeCenter HT applications are suited for these servers Network management and security Network management engine Internet cache engine RSA encryption Gateways Intrusion detection Network inf...

Page 26: ...ard New serial port for direct serial connection to installed blades Compliance with the NEBS 3 and ETSI core network specifications BladeCenter S The BladeCenter S chassis can hold up to six blade servers and up to 12 hot swap 3 5 inch SAS or SATA disk drives in just 7 U of rack space It can also include up to four C14 950 watt 1450 watt power supplies The BladeCenter S offers the necessary I O n...

Page 27: ...des chassis level solutions simplifying deployment and management of your installation Support for up to four network or storage switches or pass through modules A light path diagnostic panel and two USB 2 0 ports Support for optional UltraSlim Enhanced SATA DVD ROM and Multi Burner Drives Support for SAS RAID Controller Module makes it easy for clients to buy the all in one BladeCenter S solution...

Page 28: ...ter the BladeCenter Power Configurator tool helps determine if the combination desired is valid It is expected that this tool will be updated to include the PS700 PS701 and PS702 blade configurations For more information about this update see the following Web page http www ibm com systems bladecenter powerconfig 1 3 Operating environment In this section we list the operating environment specifica...

Page 29: ...C 41 to 104 F at 60 to 1800 m 197 to 6000 ft 5 to 30 C 41 to 86 F at 1800m to 4000m 6000 to 13000 ft Relative humidity 5 to 85 Maximum altitude 4000 meters 13000 ft 1 4 Physical package The PS700 PS701 and the PS702 Blade Servers are supported in BladeCenter H HT and S Bladecenter E supports PS700 Blade Servers only This section describes the physical dimension of the POWER7 Blade Servers and the ...

Page 30: ...7 Memory features on page 23 1 5 8 I O features on page 24 1 5 9 Disk features on page 28 1 5 10 Standard onboard features on page 28 1 5 1 PS700 system features The BladeCenter PS700 model 8406 70Y is shown in Figure 1 10 on page 17 The features of the server are as follows Machine type and model number 8406 70Y Form factor Single wide 30 mm blade Processors Single socket 4 core 64 bit POWER7 pro...

Page 31: ... On board integrated features Service processor SP Two 1 GB Ethernet ports HEA SAS Controller USB Controller that routes to the USB 2 0 port on the media tray One Serial over LAN SOL Console through SP Expansion Card I O Options One CIOv expansion card slot PCIe One CFFh expansion card slot PCIe POWER7 4 core processor Two disk drive bays Eight DIMMs sockets CIOv connector CFFh connector ...

Page 32: ... mm blade Processors Single socket 8 core 64 bit POWER7 processor operating at a 3 0 GHz clock speed Based on CMOS 12S 45 nm SOI silicon on insulator technology Power consumption is 150w socket Single wide SW Blade package Memory 16 DIMM slots Minimum capacity 8 GB maximum capacity 128 GB Industry standard VLP DDR3 DIMMs Disk One disk drive bays supports one SAS HDD hard disk drive POWER7 8 Core p...

Page 33: ...eatures Service processor SP Two 1 GB Ethernet ports HEA SAS Controller USB Controller which routes to the USB 2 0 port on the media tray 1 Serial over LAN SOL Console through SP Expansion Card I O Options One CIOv expansion card slot PCIe One CFFh expansion card slot PCIe ...

Page 34: ...e shown in Figure 1 12 Figure 1 12 Top view of PS702 blade server CIOv connector CFFh connector Screw down point to attach to PS702 base blade 32 DIMM sockets 16 in each blade Connector to join the blades together PS702 expansion blade FC 8358 PS702 base blade Two POWER7 8 core processors CIOv connector CFFh connector Disk drive bay Disk drive bay ...

Page 35: ...onsole through FSP Expansion Card I O Options One CIOv expansion card slot PCIe One CFFh expansion card slot PCIe 1 5 4 Minimum features for the POWER7 processor based blade servers At the minimum PS700 PS701 and PS702 requires a BladeCenter chassis and one processor socket per blade four core single socket in PS700 eight core single socket in PS701 and two eight core single socket in PS702 blade ...

Page 36: ...ers is available in four core PS700 eight core PS701 or two eight core PS702 configurations They are optimized to achieve maximum performance for both the system and its virtual machines Couple that performance with PowerVM and you are now enabled for massive workload consolidation to drive maximum system use predictable performance and cost efficiency Category Minimum features required BladeCente...

Page 37: ...6 KB per processor core L2 cache and 4 MB per processor core L3 cache No processor options are available The PS702 blade server is a double wide that supports two eight core 64 bit POWER7 3 0 GHz processor with 256 KB per processor core L2 cache and 4 MB per processor core L3 cache No processor options are available 1 5 7 Memory features The PS700 PS701 and PS702 blade servers uses industry standa...

Page 38: ...e The card has the following features CIOv form factor QLogic 2532 8 Gb ASIC PCI Express 2 0 host interface Support for two full duplex Fibre Channel ports at 8 Gbps maximum per channel Support for Fibre Channel Protocol Small Computer System Interface FCP SCSI and Fibre Channel Internet Protocol FC IP Support for Fibre Channel service class 3 Support for switched fabric point to point and Fibre C...

Page 39: ... Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv The Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv for IBM BladeCenter feature 8240 enables high performance connection to a SAN The innovative design of the IBM BladeCenter midplane enables this Fibre Channel adapter to operate without the need for an optical transceiver module This saves significant hardware costs Each adapter provides dual paths to the SAN s...

Page 40: ...lled in the blade server and allows connectivity to high speed switch bays This expansion card provides flexibility for connecting the blade server to the horizontally oriented BladeCenter H modules in bays 7 and 8 or bays 9 and 10 when using the Multi Switch Interconnect Module MSIM This card is used in conjunction with MSIM on the chassis and requires that a Fibre Channel capable I O module is i...

Page 41: ... IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology SG24 7523 available at the following Web page http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247523 html Open QLogic 2 port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh The QLogic 2 port 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter CFFh for IBM BladeCenter feature 8275 offers robust 8 Gb Fibre Channel storage connectivity and 10 Gb networking over a single Converged Enhanced Ethernet CE...

Page 42: ...isk features on the PS700 PS701 and PS701 blade servers Table 1 9 Supported disk drives 1 5 10 Standard onboard features In this section we describe the standard on board features Service processor The service processor or flexible service processor FSP is the main integral part of the blade server It monitors and manages system hardware resources and devices It does the system initialization conf...

Page 43: ... which is then routed to the media tray in the BladeCenter chassis to connect to USB devices such as an optical drive or diskette drive For more information see 2 6 6 Embedded USB controller on page 60 Serial over LAN SOL The integrated SOL function routes the console data stream over standard dual 1 GB Ethernet ports to the Advance Management Module The PS700 PS701 and PS702 do not have on board ...

Page 44: ...nd a SOL system console through the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module at least one Ethernet I O module is required in switch bay 1 For more information see 2 8 1 Server console access by SOL on page 63 In addition to the HEA ports the QLogic Ethernet and 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CFFh card can provide two additional 1 Gb Ethernet ports per card A list of available Ethernet I O modules...

Page 45: ...Through module in switch bays 3 and 4 of all supported BladeCenters The CIOv expansion cards are as follows Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv QLogic 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv QLogic 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CIOv Additional 4 Gb and 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports are also available in the CFFh form factor expansion cards These cards require the use of the MSIM in a Blade...

Page 46: ...e CEE link This card is a CFFh form factor with connections to BladeCenter H and HT I O module bays 7 and 9 Table 1 13 shows the currently available I O modules that are available to provide a FCoE solution Part number Feature Code Description Number of external ports Port interface bandwidth 32R1812 1569 Brocade 20 port SAN Switch Module 6 4 Gbps 32R1813 1571 Brocade 10 port SAN Switch Modulea a ...

Page 47: ... Card CFFh The card is only supported in a BladeCenter H and the two ports are connected to high speed I O switch bays 7 8 and 9 10 The Voltaire 40 Gb InfiniBand Switch Module for the BladeCenter H is shown in Table 1 14 Table 1 14 InfiniBand switch module for IBM BladeCenter 1 6 6 Multi switch Interconnect Module The MSIM is a switch module container that fits in the high speed switch bays bays 7...

Page 48: ...i switch Interconnect Module for BladeCenter HT MSIM HT is a switch module container that fits in the high speed switch bays bays 7 and 8 or bays 9 and 10 of the BladeCenter HT chassis Up to two MSIM s can be installed in the BladeCenter HT The MSIM HT accepts two supported standard switch modules as shown in Figure 1 14 on page 35 The MSIM HT has a reduced number of supported standard I O modules...

Page 49: ...rence between the POWER7 Blade servers and the entry POWER7 Rack Server Power 750 This helps to better position the POWER7 processor Blade Servers The POWER7 Blade Server configuration offers three blade servers The PS700 is 4 core the PS701 is 8 Core and the PS702 is a 16 core Power7 based processor running at 3 0 GHz The Power 750 offers a a 6 core or 8 core configuration The 6 core Power7 proce...

Page 50: ...le at initial system order time with a starting configuration that is ready to run 1 9 Model upgrades The PS700 PS701 and PS702 are new serial number blade servers There are no upgrades from POWER5 or POWER6 blade servers to POWER7 blade servers which retain the serial number However you can upgrade a PS701 server to a PS702 with the feature code 8358 Feature code 8358 delivers an additional eight...

Page 51: ...ER7 processor on page 38 2 3 POWER7 processor based blades on page 46 2 4 Memory subsystem on page 46 2 5 Technical comparison on page 51 2 6 Internal I O subsystem on page 52 2 7 Integrated Virtual Ethernet on page 61 2 8 Service processor on page 63 2 9 Internal storage on page 65 2 10 External disk subsystems on page 68 2 11 IVM on page 71 2 12 Operating system support on page 72 2 13 IBM Energ...

Page 52: ...livering outstanding servers many elements and facilities have to be balanced across a server to deliver maximum throughput As with previous generations of systems based on POWER processors the design philosophy for POWER7 processor based systems is one of system wide balance in which the POWER7 processor plays an important role A A DIMM P1 C7 DIMM P1 C8 Memory buffer DIMM P1 C2 DIMM P1 C1 B B Mem...

Page 53: ...3 cache and chip interconnection simultaneous multiprocessing SMP links and memory controllers Figure 2 2 POWER7 processor architecture 2 2 1 POWER7 processor overview The POWER7 processor chip is fabricated with the IBM 45 nm Silicon On Insulator SOI technology using copper interconnects and implements an on chip L3 cache using eDRAM The POWER7 processor chip is 567 mm2 and is built using 1 2 bil...

Page 54: ...s 2 load store units 4 double precision floating point units 1 vector unit 1 branch unit 1 condition register unit 1 decimal floating point unit The caches that are tightly coupled to each POWER7 processor core are as follows Instruction cache 32 KB Data cache 32 KB L2 cache 256 KB implemented in fast SRAM Technology POWER7 processor Die size 567 mm2 Fabrication technology 45 nm lithography Copper...

Page 55: ...rs to select the threading technology that meets an aggregation of objectives such as performance throughput energy use and workload enablement Intelligent threads The POWER7 processor features intelligent threads that can vary based on the workload demand The system either automatically selects or the system administrator can manually select whether a workload benefits from dedicating as much cap...

Page 56: ... ability to provide leadership performance in either case POWER7 processor 4 core and 6 core offerings The base design for the POWER7 processor is an 8 core processor with 32 MB of on chip L3 cache 4 MB per core However the architecture allows for differing numbers of processor cores to be active 4 cores or 6 cores as well as the full 8 core version The L3 cache associated with the implementation ...

Page 57: ...hrough in material engineering and microprocessor fabrication has enabled IBM to implement the L3 cache in eDRAM and place it on the POWER7 processor die L3 cache is critical to a balanced design as is the ability to provide good signalling between the L3 cache and other elements of the hierarchy such as the L2 cache or SMP interconnect The on chip L3 cache is organized into separate areas with di...

Page 58: ...h improvement A 2x bandwidth improvement occurs with on chip interconnect Frequency and bus sizes are increased to and from each core No off chip driver or receivers Removing drivers and receivers from the L3 access path lowers interface requirements conserves energy and lowers latency Small physical footprint The performance of eDRAM when implemented on chip is similar to conventional SRAM but re...

Page 59: ...stics between the generations of POWER7 and POWER6 processors Table 2 2 Comparison of technology for the POWER7 processor and the prior generation Note This shows the characteristics of the POWER7 processors in general but not necessarily as implemented in the POWER7 processor based blade servers Feature POWER7 POWER6 POWER6 Technology 45 nm 65 nm 65 nm Die size 567 mm2 341 mm2 341 mm2 Maximum cor...

Page 60: ... and two memory buffers that can interface with a total of eight DDR3 DIMMS The PS701 single 8 core processor and the PS702 s two 8 core processors chips also use a single memory controller per processor chip but use four memory buffers that can access a total of 16 or 32 DDR3 DIMMS respectively Industry standard DDR3 Registered DIMM RDIMM technology is used to increase reliability speed and densi...

Page 61: ... PS702 base blade have slots labelled P1 C1 through P1 C16 as shown in Figure 2 8 For the PS702 expansion unit the numbering is the same except for the reference to the second planar board The numbering is from P2 C1 through P2 C16 A A DIMM P1 C7 DIMM P1 C8 Buffer DIMM P1 C2 DIMM P1 C1 B B Buffer DIMM P1 C6 DIMM P1 C5 DIMM P1 C3 DIMM P1 C4 P7 processor chip A A DIMM P1 C7 DIMM P1 C8 Buffer DIMM P1...

Page 62: ...n pairs is permitted DIMMs should be installed in specific DIMM sockets depending on the number of DIMMs to install This is described in the following three tables For the PS700 Table 2 4 shows the required placement of memory DIMMs depending on the number of DIMMs installed 2 4 6 or 8 Table 2 4 PS700 DIMM placement rules Note The stated memory DIMM numbers are the minimums supported by the archit...

Page 63: ...talled Table 2 5 PS701 DIMM placement rules DIMM socket PS701 Number of DIMMs to install 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 P1 C1 x x x x x x x x P1 C2 x x x x P1 C3 x x x x x x x x P1 C4 x x x x P1 C5 x x x P1 C6 x x x x x x P1 C7 x x x P1 C8 x x x x x x P1 C9 x x x x x P1 C10 x P1 C11 x x x x x P1 C12 x P1 C13 x x P1 C14 x x x x x x x P1 C15 x x P1 C16 x x x x x x x ...

Page 64: ...x x P1 C5 x x x x x x P1 C6 x x x x x x x x x x x x P1 C7 x x x x x x P1 C8 x x x x x x x x x x x x P1 C9 x x x x x x x x x x P1 C10 x x P1 C11 x x x x x x x x x x P1 C12 x x P1 C13 x x x x P1 C14 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x P1 C15 x x x x P1 C16 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x P2 C1 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x P2 C2 x x x x x x x P2 C3 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x P2 C4 x x x x x x x P2 C5 x x x x...

Page 65: ...chip eDRAM On chip eDRAM On chip eDRAM On chip eDRAM Max memory slots and type 8 DDR3 16 DDR3 32 DDR3 8 slots per processor card 32 slots max DDR3 Memory chipkill Yes Yes Yes Yes Memory spare No No No Yes Memory hotplug No No No No EnergyScale device Yes Yes Yes Yes PCIe x8 slots 2 2 4 3 PCI X 2 0 slots 0 0 0 2 PCIe and PCI X hot plug No No No Yes Integrated Virtual Ethernet Ports Speed Integrated...

Page 66: ...nection These two pairs of wires is called a lane A PCIe link might be comprised of multiple lanes In such configurations the connection is labeled as x1 x2 x8 x12 x16 or x32 where the number is the number of lanes The PCIe expansion card options for the PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades support Extended Error Handling EEH The card ports are routed through the BladeCenter mid plane to predetermined I O...

Page 67: ...ter S a compatible switch module is installed in bay 2 The requirement of either the MSIM MSIM HT or high speed switch modules depends on the type of CFFh expansion card installed The MSIM or MSIM HT must contain compatible switch modules See 1 6 6 Multi switch Interconnect Module on page 33 or 1 6 7 Multi switch Interconnect Module for BladeCenter HT on page 34 for more information about the MSIM...

Page 68: ...n codes for PCIe expansion cards Figure 2 10 shows the locations of the PCIe CIOv and CFFh connectors for the PS701 and PS702 base planar and the physical location codes The expansion unit for the PS702 uses the prefix P2 for the slots on the second planar Figure 2 10 PS701 and PS702 base location codes for PCIe expansion cards CFFh connector P1 C12 CIOv connector P1 C11 CFFh connector P1 C20 CIOv...

Page 69: ...externally accessible ports on the PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades All I O is routed through a BladeCenter midplane to the I O modules bays The I O ports on all expansion cards are typically set up to provide a redundant pair of ports Each port has a separate path through the mid plane of the BladeCenter chassis to a specific I O module bay Figure 2 12 on page 56 through Figure 2 15 on page 57 show t...

Page 70: ...E Expansion card I O Bay 3 I O Bay 4 I O Bay 2 I O Bay 1 Standard I O bays connections Legend Mid Plane CIOv Blade Server 14 Blade Server 1 On Board 1GbE CFFv CFFh Expansion cards I O Bay 7 I O Bay 9 I O Bay 8 I O Bay 10 I O Bay 5 I O Bay 6 I O Bay 3 I O Bay 4 I O Bay 2 I O Bay 1 Standard I O bays connections High speed I O bays connections Bridge modules I O bays connections Legend Mid Plane CIOv...

Page 71: ...nnections Bridge modules I O bays connections Standard I O bays inter switch links High speed I O bays inter switch links Legend Mid Plane I O Bay 7 I O Bay 8 I O Bay 10 I O Bay 9 I O Bay 3 I O Bay 4 I O Bay 2 I O Bay 1 CIOv Blade Server 6 Blade Server 1 On Board 1GbE CFFh Expansion cards I O Bay 3 I O Bay 4 I O Bay 1 Standard I O bays connections x4 SAS DSM connections I O bays 3 4 Ethernet conne...

Page 72: ...m factor card The output from the ports on this card are routed through the BladeCenter mid plane to I O switch bays 3 and 4 Fibre Channel adapters The PS700 PS701 and PS702 support direct or SAN connection to devices using Fibre Channel adapters and the appropriate pass through or Fibre Channel switch modules in the BladeCenter chassis Fibre Channel expansion cards are available in both form fact...

Page 73: ... future server systems with levels significantly better than can be achieved using bus oriented I O structures InfiniBand is an open set of interconnected standards and specifications The main InfiniBand specification has been published by the InfiniBand Trade Association and is available at the following Web page http www infinibandta org InfiniBand is based on a switched fabric architecture of s...

Page 74: ...tional host bridge chip The PS702 uses a single embedded SAS controller More information about the SAS I O subsystem can be found in 2 9 Internal storage on page 65 2 6 5 HEA ports Each HEA port has its own connection to the GX multifunctional host bridge chip The connections are configured for 1 Gb operation The HEA ports are part of the Integrated Virtual Ethernet IVE subsystem The IVE subsystem...

Page 75: ...th POWER6 POWER7 processor based servers continue the use of IVE The terms IVE and HEA are sometimes used interchangeably however IVE encompasses all the hardware parts including the HEA and the integration of several technologies IVE enables the ability to manage the sharing of the integrated HEA physical ports The PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades include two 1 Gb HEA ports on the base blade The PS70...

Page 76: ...ver provided Shared Ethernet Adapter SEA Industry standard hardware acceleration loaded with flexible configuration possibilities The speed and performance of the GX bus Great improvement of latency for short packets that are ideal for messaging applications such as distributed databases that require low latency communication for synchronization and short transactions For more information about IV...

Page 77: ...e AMM The Serial over LAN SOL connection for a system console uses this same connection When the blade is in standby power mode the service processor responds to AMM instructions and can detect Wake on LAN WOL packets The PS700 and PS701 each have a single service processor The PS702 has a second service processor in the expansion unit However it is only used for controlling and managing the hardw...

Page 78: ...e BladeCenter AMM The AMM also acts as a proxy in the network infrastructure to couple a client running a Telnet or SSH session with the management module to an SOL session running on a blade server enabling the Telnet or SSH client to interact with the serial port of the blade server over the network Because all SOL traffic is controlled by and routed through the AMM administrators can segregate ...

Page 79: ...t Pass Thru Module is installed in bay 1 of a BladeCenter SOL is enabled for those blades that you want to connect to with SOL The Ethernet switch module must be set up correctly For details about setting up SOL see the BladeCenter Serial Over LAN Setup Guide which can be found at the following Web page http www ibm com support docview wss uid psg1MIGR 54666 This guide contains an example of how t...

Page 80: ...n Figure 2 20 PS700 SAS configuration Figure 2 21 PS701 SAS configuration CIOv SAS Card PS700 P1 D1 SAS Controller SAS HDD SAS Switch in Bay4 SAS Switch in Bay3 SAS HDD P1 D2 CIOv SAS Card PS701 and PS702 base P1 D1 SAS Controller SAS HDD SAS Switch in Bay4 SAS Switch in Bay3 ...

Page 81: ...ations and codes for the HDDs in the PS700 Figure 2 23 HDD location and physical location code PS700 CIOv SAS Card CIOv SAS Card PS701 and PS702 base PS702 expansion unit only P2 D1 P1 D1 SMP Connector SAS Controller SAS HDD SAS Switch in Bay4 SAS Switch in Bay3 SAS Switch in Bay4 SAS Switch in Bay3 SAS HDD P1 D1 P1 D2 ...

Page 82: ...iagnostic Utilities disk prior to installing the operating system 2 9 2 External SAS connections The onboard SAS controller in the PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades does not provide a direct access external SAS port However by using a 3 Gb SAS Passthrough Expansion Card and BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Modules two ports on the SAS controller four in the PS702 with a second SAS card on the expansion uni...

Page 83: ...rated to the N series product line to complement and reinvigorate this portfolio of solutions The new SnapManager for Hyper V provides extensive management for backup restoration and replication for Microsoft Hyper V environments The new N series Software Packs provides the benefits of a broad set of N series solutions at a reduced cost An essential component to this launch is Fibre Channel over E...

Page 84: ...roducing a mid sized configuration of its self optimizing self healing resilient disk solution the IBM XIV Storage System Organizations with mid sized capacity requirements can take advantage of the latest technology from IBM for their most demanding applications with as little as 27 TB of usable capacity and incremental upgrades For more information see the following Web page http www ibm com sys...

Page 85: ...Web page http www redbooks ibm com abstracts redp4061 html Table 2 9 Comparison of IVM and HMC Characteristic IVM HMC General characteristics Delivery vehicle Integrated into the server A desktop or rack mounted appliance Footprint Runs in 60 MB memory and requires minimal CPU as it runs stateless 2 Core x86 2 GB RAM 80 GB HD Installation Installed with the Virtual I O Server optical or network Pr...

Page 86: ...ml I O concurrent maintenance not available on POWER based blades VIOS support for slot and device level concurrent maintenance through the diag hot plug support Guided support in the Repair and Verify function on the HMC Serviceable event management Service Focal Point Light Consolidated management of firmware and management partition detected errors Service Focal Point support for consolidated m...

Page 87: ...erver support fixes fixcentral main pseries aix IBM i Virtual I O Server is required to install IBM i in a LPAR on PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades and all I O must be virtualized IBM i 6 1 with i 6 1 1 machine code or later IBM i 7 1 or later For a detailed guide on installing and operating IBM i with Power Blades see the following Web page http ibm com systems resources systems_power_hardware_blades...

Page 88: ...y optimization capabilities enable the POWER7 processor to operate at a higher frequency for increased performance and performance per watt or reduce frequency to save energy 2 13 1 IBM EnergyScale technology This section describes IBM EnergyScale design features and hardware and software requirements IBM EnergyScale consists of the following elements A built in EnergyScale device formally known a...

Page 89: ...apping Power capping enforces a user specified limit on power usage Power capping is not a power saving mechanism It enforces power caps by throttling the processors in the system degrading performance significantly The idea of a power cap is to set a limit that should never be reached but frees up margined power in the data center The margined power is the amount of extra power that is allocated ...

Page 90: ...ion from over subscribed power consumption to nominal power consumption when commanded by the BladeCenter AMM This transition is signaled by the AMM as a result of a redundant power supply failure in the BladeCenter Report blade power consumption to the AMM through the service processor Report blade system voltage levels to the AMM through the service processor Accommodate BladeCenter AMM defined ...

Page 91: ...solidating diverse sets of applications Share CPU memory and I O resources to reduce total cost of ownership Improve business responsiveness and operational speed by dynamically re allocating resources to applications as needed to better anticipate changing business needs Simplify IT infrastructure management by making workloads independent of hardware resources enabling you to make business drive...

Page 92: ...tions that help to reduce the need for physical Ethernet adapters for interpartition communication Monitors the service processor and performs a reset or reload if it detects the loss of the service processor notifying the operating system if the problem is not corrected Uses micro partitioning to allow multiple instances of operating system to run on POWER6 and POWER7 processor based servers or B...

Page 93: ... configuration Virtual Ethernet has the following major features The virtual Ethernet adapters can be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 communication and can transmit packets with a size up to 65408 bytes Therefore the maximum MTU for the corresponding interface can be up to 65394 65408 14 for the header in non VLAN case and to 65390 65408 14 4 if VLAN tagging is used The POWER Hypervisor presents itsel...

Page 94: ...tems AIX version 6 1 Technology Level 2 or later AIX 5 3 Technology Level 9 IBM i version 6 1 1 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 or later For details on which expansion card support NPIV see 3 3 7 N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV on page 96 On systems that are managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager IVM you can dynamically add and remove worldwide port names WWPNs to and from logical...

Page 95: ...on network setup and certain problem analysis activities require a dedicated system console The POWER Hypervisor provides the virtual console using a virtual TTY or serial adapter and a set of Hypervisor calls to operate on them Virtual TTY does not require the purchase of any additional features or software such as the PowerVM Edition features The operating system console can be provided by the I...

Page 96: ... For more information see http www power org resources reading PowerISA_V2 05 pdf POWER6 compatibility mode This mode is similar to POWER6 with 8 additional Storage Protection Keys POWER7 mode This is the native mode for POWER7 processors implementing v2 06 of the Power Instruction Set Architecture For more information see http www power org resources downloads PowerISA_V2 06_PUBLIC pdf Figure 3 2...

Page 97: ...ce for managing virtualization within a single blade the IVM component of VIOS allows the small business IT manager to set up and manage logical partitions LPARs quickly and easily It also enables Virtual I O and Virtual Ethernet so that storage and communications adapters can be shared among all the LPARs running on the PS700 PS701 and PS702 Blade Servers Ultimately IBM micro partitioning technol...

Page 98: ...ach active processor on the server Table 3 3 lists the PowerVM Edition available on each model of POWER7 processor based blade servers with their feature code Table 3 3 PowerVM Edition and feature codes Table 3 4 lists the offerings of the three PowerVM editions for Power7 blades Table 3 4 PowerVM capabilities by edition for POWER7 based blades Note PowerVM Express Edition PowerVM Standard Edition...

Page 99: ... and POWER7 systems introduces an abstraction layer that is implemented in POWER Hypervisor Micro partitioning is the ability to distribute the processing capacity of one or more physical processors among one or more logical partitions Thus processors are shared amongst logical partitions Micro partitioning technology allows you to allocate fractions of processors to a logical partition The POWER ...

Page 100: ...re created and managed by the HMC or Integrated Virtualization Management Partitioning maximums on the POWER7 based blades is as follows The PS700 can have four dedicated partitions or up to 40 micro partitions The PS701 can have eight dedicated partitions or up to 80 micro partitions The PS702 can have 16 dedicated partitions or up to 160 micro partitions It is important to point out that the max...

Page 101: ...x use the ppc64_cpu command If simultaneous multithreading is off each physical processor is presented as one logical processor and thus only one thread Shared dedicated mode On POWER7 processor based servers you can configure dedicated partitions to become processor donors for idle processors they own allowing for the donation of spare CPU cycles from dedicated processor partitions to a shared pr...

Page 102: ...isor s dispatch cycle 10 ms all partitions receive total CPU time equal to their processing units entitlement The logical processors are defined on top of virtual processors Therefore even with a virtual processor the concept of logical processor exists and the number of logical processor depends whether the simultaneous multithreading is turned on or off 3 3 3 VIOS The VIOS is part of all PowerVM...

Page 103: ...et network The SEA provides this access by connecting the internal Hypervisor VLANs with the VLANs on the external switches Because the SEA processes packets at layer 2 the original MAC address and VLAN tags of the packet are visible to other systems on the physical network IEEE 802 1 VLAN tagging is supported The SEA also provides the ability for several client partitions to share a physical adap...

Page 104: ...ported so protocols that rely on broadcast or multicast such as Address Resolution Protocol ARP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Boot Protocol BOOTP and Neighbor Discovery Protocol NDP can work across an SEA For a more detailed discussion about virtual networking see the following Web page http www ibm com servers aix whitepapers aix_vn pdf Tip A Linux partition can provide bridging functi...

Page 105: ...visioning of virtual disk resources is provided by the VIOS Physical disks presented to the VIOS can be assigned to a client partition in a number of ways The entire disk is presented to the client partition The disk is divided into several logical volumes which can be presented to a single client or multiple clients The logical volumes or files can be assigned to separate partitions Therefore vir...

Page 106: ...f a no charge base and for a fee extensions Software support is optionally available for a fee Using IBM Systems Director and IVM Power Systems clients can perform basic monitoring and management of their virtualized and non virtualized environments from a single console view Using these tools clients can view and perform base management across IBM Systems in their enterprise More information abou...

Page 107: ... is powered off inactive or when the partition is providing service active Partition mobility provides systems management flexibility and improves system availability as follows Avoid planned outages for server upgrade hardware or firmware maintenance Move logical partitions to another server and perform the maintenance Live Partition Mobility can help lead to zero downtime maintenance because you...

Page 108: ...When you activate the logical partition on the POWER6 processor based server it runs in the POWER6 mode 2 Move the logical partition to the POWER7 processor based server Both the current and preferred modes remain unchanged for the logical partition until you restart the logical partition 3 Restart the logical partition on the POWER7 processor based server The hypervisor evaluates the configuratio...

Page 109: ...to memory constraints and other partitions have unused memory the administrator can allocate memory by doing a DLPAR operation In a shared memory model it is the system PowerVM Hypervisor that automatically decides the optimal distribution of the physical memory to partitions and adjusts the memory assignment based on partition load Active Memory Sharing can be exploited to increase memory use on ...

Page 110: ...ilable from the following Web page http www redbooks ibm com abstracts redp4470 html 3 3 7 N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV is a technology that allows multiple logical partitions to access independent physical storage through the same physical Fibre Channel adapter NPIV provides direct access to Fibre Channel adapters from multiple client partitions simplifying the Fibr...

Page 111: ... QLogic 8 Gb Switch Module 3284 c c Requires Firmware level 7 10 1 4 or later Yes Yes No Not applicable Brocade 4 Gb Switch Module 3206 3207 No No Yesd d Requires the latest firmware on the Emulex CIOv adapter Not applicable Brocade 8 Gb Switch Module 5045 5869 Yes Yes Yes Not applicable 10 GbE Passthrough Module 5412 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Yes Expansion Card on the blade ser...

Page 112: ...5 3 AIX V6 1 IBM i 6 1 1 SLES 10 SP3 SLES 11 SP1 RHEL 5 5 Dynamic simultaneous multithreading SMT Yesa a Support for only two threads Yesb b AIX 6 1 up to TL4 SP2 supports only two threads and supports four threads as of TL4 SP3 Yesc c IBM i 6 1 1 and later support SMT4 Yesa Yes Yes DLPAR I O adapter add remove Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DLPAR processor add remove Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DLPAR memory...

Page 113: ...bed as follows Reliability Reliability indicates how infrequently a defect or fault in a server manifests itself Availability Availability indicates how infrequently the functionality of a system or application is impacted by a fault or defect Serviceability Serviceability indicates how well faults and their effects are communicated to users and services and how efficiently and nondisruptively the...

Page 114: ...adeCenter chassis and the various components that make up the BladeCenter infrastructure In general the BladeCenter infrastructure RAS is outside the scope of this chapter However when appropriate the BladeCenter features that enable compliment or enhance RAS functionality on the PS700 PS701 and PS702 blades is discussed IBM is the only vendor that designs manufactures and integrates its most crit...

Page 115: ...led in BladeCenter chassis that are built with redundant variable speed fans that can automatically increase output to compensate for increased heat in the BladeCenter chassis 4 2 3 Redundant components and concurrent repair High opportunity components or those that most affect system availability are protected with redundancy and the ability to be repaired concurrently The use of redundant parts ...

Page 116: ...ity these servers attempt to maintain partition availability by user defined priority Partition availability priority is assigned to partitions by using a weight value or integer rating The lowest priority partition is rated at 0 zero and the highest priority partition is valued at 255 The default value is set at 127 for standard partitions and 192 for Virtual I O Server VIOS partitions You can va...

Page 117: ...essor instruction and alternate processor recovery for a number of core related faults This approach significantly reduces exposure to both permanent and intermittent errors in the processor core Intermittent errors often as a result of cosmic rays or other sources of radiation are generally not repeatable With this function when an error is encountered in the core in caches and certain logic func...

Page 118: ...rors might result on a system wide outage 4 3 3 Memory protection A memory protection architecture that provides good error resilience for a relatively small L1 cache might be inadequate for protecting the much larger system main store Therefore a variety of protection methods are used in POWER processor based systems to avoid uncorrectable errors in memory Memory protection plans must take into a...

Page 119: ... state with no performance degradation until the failed DIMM can be replaced assuming no additional single bit errors POWER7 memory subsystem The POWER7 chip contains two memory controllers with four channels per memory controller The implementation on the PS701 and PS702 uses a single memory controller per processor chip and four advanced memory buffer chips Each memory buffer chip connects to fo...

Page 120: ...allocated as soon as the page is released In other cases the POWER Hypervisor notifies the owning partition that the page should be deallocated Where possible the operating system moves any data currently contained in that memory area to another memory area and removes the page or pages associated with this error from its memory map no longer addressing these pages The operating system performs me...

Page 121: ...nd L3 directories L1 instruction and data array protection The POWER7 processor s instruction and data caches are protected against intermittent errors using Processor Instruction Retry and against permanent errors by Alternate Processor Recovery L1 cache is divided into sets POWER7 processor can deallocate all but one before doing a Processor Instruction Retry In addition faults in the Segment Lo...

Page 122: ... ECC is no longer valid The service processor is notified and takes appropriate actions When running AIX since V5 2 and later or Linux and a process attempts to use the data the operating system is informed of the error and might terminate or might only terminate a specific process associated with the corrupt data This depends on the operating system and firmware level and whether the data was ass...

Page 123: ...ection 4 4 Serviceability IBM Power Systems design considers both IBM and the client s needs The IBM Serviceability Team has enhanced the base service capabilities and continues to implement a strategy that incorporates best of breed service characteristics from diverse IBM Systems offerings Serviceability includes system installation system upgrades and downgrades MES and system maintenance and r...

Page 124: ...face the service processor notifies the operating system of potential environmental problems so that the system administrator can take appropriate corrective actions before a critical failure threshold is reached The service processor can also post a warning and initiate an orderly system shutdown in the following circumstances The operating temperature exceeds the critical level for example failu...

Page 125: ... The POWER processor based systems include extensive hardware and firmware recovery logic Fault isolation registers Error checker signals are captured and stored in hardware fault isolation registers FIRs The associated logic circuitry is used to limit the domain of an error to the first checker that encounters the error In this way run time error diagnostics can be deterministic so that for every...

Page 126: ...tion is collected to service the fault For unrecoverable errors or for recoverable events that meet or exceed their service threshold meaning that a service action point has been reached a request for service is initiated through an error logging component 4 4 2 Diagnosing Using the extensive network of advanced and complementary error detection logic built directly into hardware firmware and oper...

Page 127: ...fined responses to both actual and potential system problems The service processor correlates and processes runtime error information using logic derived from IBM engineering expertise to count recoverable errors called thresholding and to predict when corrective actions must be automatically initiated by the system This includes the following actions Requests for a part to be replaced Dynamic inv...

Page 128: ... analysis When the root cause of an error has been identified by a fault isolation component an error log entry is created with basic data An error code uniquely describing the error event The location of the failing component The part number of the component to be replaced including pertinent data such as engineering and manufacturing levels Return codes Resource identifiers First failure data ca...

Page 129: ... on the invocation method but includes information such as firmware levels operating system levels additional fault isolation register values recoverable error threshold register values system status and any other pertinent data The data is formatted and prepared for transmission back to IBM to assist with preparing a service action plan for the service representative or for additional analysis Sy...

Page 130: ...ent location to the IBM service and support organization with error data server status or other service related information A call home invokes the service organization in for the appropriate service action to begin automatically opening a problem report and in certain cases dispatching field support This automated reporting provides faster and potentially more accurate transmittal of error inform...

Page 131: ...s delineate components that are not concurrently maintained Those that require the system to be turned off for removal or repair Tool less design Selected IBM systems support tool less or simple tool designs These designs require no tools or simple tools such as flathead screwdrivers to service the hardware components Positive retention Positive retention mechanisms assure proper connections betwe...

Page 132: ...associated with the part to be replaced The Light Path diagnostic FRU fault LEDs can be reviewed from the AMM as shown in Figure 4 4 or reviewed directly on the blade after removal from the BladeCenter chassis using the Light Path diagnostic switch on the blade planar Figure 4 4 AMM blade LED details The system can clearly identify components for replacement by using specific component level LEDs ...

Page 133: ... error and informational states disk and network activity and physical location within a BladeCenter chassis Concurrent maintenance The BladeCenter supporting infrastructure is designed with the understanding that certain components have higher intrinsic failure rates than others The movement of fans and power supplies make them more susceptible to wearing down or burning out Other devices such as...

Page 134: ...dures are performed correctly Clients can subscribe through the subscription services to obtain the notifications on the latest updates available for service related documentation The latest version of the documentation is accessible through the Internet A CD ROM based version is also available 4 5 Manageability Several functions and tools help manageability and can allow you to efficiently and ef...

Page 135: ...enter media tray and online diagnostics that are available through the operating system Online diagnostics when installed are a part of the AIX or VIOS operating system on the disk or server They can be booted in single user mode service mode run in maintenance mode or run concurrently concurrent mode with other applications They have access to the AIX error log and the AIX configuration data The ...

Page 136: ...tten in the event log and any configured alerts are sent The information gathered by service advisor is the same information that is available to the AMM 4 5 2 IBM Power Systems firmware maintenance The IBM Power Systems Client Managed Microcode is a methodology that enables you to manage and install microcode updates on Power Systems and associated I O adapters The system firmware consists of ser...

Page 137: ...ower subsystem firmware Installed level This is the level of server firmware or power subsystem firmware that has been installed and is installed into memory after the managed system is powered off and powered on It is installed on the temporary side of system firmware Activated level This is the level of server firmware or power subsystem firmware that is active and running in memory Accepted lev...

Page 138: ...g as the system is under an IBM maintenance agreement or within the IBM warranty period Service information and performance information reporting do not require an IBM maintenance agreement or do not need to be within the IBM warranty period to be reported Information collected by the Electronic Service Agent tool is available to IBM service support representatives to help diagnose problems Electr...

Page 139: ...t or to a FTP TFTP server or to both IBM BladeCenter Service Advisor is built from the IBM Electronic Service Agent offering There is no installation required for the service advisor but it must be configured with customer information and enabled When a serviceable event designated as a call home event is detected a message is written in the event log and any configured alerts sent The information...

Page 140: ...of the information IBM returns a service request ID which is placed in the call home activity log Figure 4 8 shows BladeCenter Service Advisor enabled to send alerts to both IBM Support and a FTP TFTP server Service advisor can be tailored through the use of the Call Home Exclusion List to specify specific call home events not to be reported Figure 4 8 BladeCenter Service Advisor ...

Page 141: ...Display Call Home Flag checkbox If you select the checkbox events are marked with a C for call home events and an N for events that are not called home In addition you can filter the event log view based on this setting Figure 4 9 shows the BladeCenter event log depicting a call home event Figure 4 9 BladeCenter event log showing call home event ...

Page 142: ...128 IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction ...

Page 143: ...ysis ESA Electronic Service Agent ETSI European Telecommunications Standard Industry FC Fibre Channel FC AL Fibre Channel arbitrated loop Abbreviations and acronyms FC IP Fibre Channel Internet Protocol FDMI Fibre Device Management Interface FFDC first failure data capture FIR fault isolation registers FRU field replaceable unit FSP flexible service processor GB gigabyte HBA host bus adapter HDD h...

Page 144: ...Linux RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter SAN storage area network SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial ATA SCM Supply Chain Management SCSI Small Computer System Interface SEA Shared Ethernet Adapter SER soft error SFP small form factor pluggable SLB Segment Lookaside Buffer SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SMP symmetric multiprocessing SMS System Management Services SMT Simultaneous Multithread SNMP ...

Page 145: ...uide SG24 7740 IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology SG24 7523 IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility SG24 7460 IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring SG24 7590 Integrated Virtual Ethernet Adapter Technical Overview and Introduction REDP 4340 Integrated Virtualization Manager on IBM System p5 REDP 4061 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage SG24 7825 PowerVM Virtualization A...

Page 146: ... PS702 Express home page http ibm com systems bladecenter hardware servers ps700series How to get Redbooks You can search for view or download Redbooks Redpapers Technotes draft publications and Additional materials as well as order hardcopy Redbooks publications at this Web site ibm com redbooks Help from IBM IBM Support and downloads ibm com support IBM Global Services ibm com services ...

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Page 148: ... technology Details the follow on to the BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 servers Includes product information and features The IBM BladeCenter PS700 PS701 and PS702 are premier blades for 64 bit applications They are designed to minimize complexity improve efficiency automate processes reduce energy consumption and scale easily These blade servers are based on the IBM POWER7 processor and support AIX IB...

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