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pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1
Technical Overview and Introduction

Volker Haug

Scott Vetter

Integrated light path diagnostics

Two unique models: deskside or
rack mount

Integrated storage options

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Page 1: ...oks IBM pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction Volker Haug Scott Vetter Integrated light path diagnostics Two unique models deskside or rack mount Integrated storage option...

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Page 3: ...International Technical Support Organization pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction October 2001...

Page 4: ...ion 4 3 product number 5754 C34 AIX 5L Version 5 1 product number 5765 E61 and all subsequent releases Comments may be addressed to IBM Corporation International Technical Support Organization Dept JN...

Page 5: ...1 4 Processor deallocation 11 2 1 5 Processor clock rate 12 2 1 6 Processor part numbers 13 2 2 Memory 13 2 2 1 Memory boot time deconfiguration 14 2 2 2 Memory interchange with other systems 14 2 3 S...

Page 6: ...pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction Special notices 27 IBM trademarks 28 Related Publications 29 System Publications 29 Referenced Web Sites 29 How to Get IBM Redbooks...

Page 7: ...his Whitepaper was produced by a worldwide specialist working at the International Technical Support Organization Austin Center Volker Haug is an Advisory I T specialist He has more than 14 years of e...

Page 8: ...lmer IBM Austin Richard Talbot IBM Austin Ven Tenjarla IBM Austin Susan Tiner IBM Austin Roger Weekly IBM Austin Comments welcome Your comments are important to us We want our Whitepapers to be as hel...

Page 9: ...s desiring a server solution for their e business requirements and incorporating the power of the Web into the operations of their organizations The low cost reliability and remote systems management...

Page 10: ...n hot swap mounted behind the operator panel Media bay 1 can be used for An additional IDE CD ROM drive A DVD RAM drive An optional non hot swap disk requires the media bay disk drive mounting kit to...

Page 11: ...inches The Model 6E1 has a tower package Its size is 215 mm W x 617 mm D x 426 mm H 8 5 inches W x 24 0 inches D x 16 8 inches H Both systems have a maximum weight of 43 1 kg 94 8 pounds The system co...

Page 12: ...ies or non RS 6000 racks or cabinets It is ultimately your responsibility to ensure that the installation of the drawer in your preferred rack or cabinet results in a configuration that is stable serv...

Page 13: ...el T42 is the rack that will address the special requirements of customers who want a tall enclosure to house the maximum amount of equipment in the smallest possible floor space The features that dif...

Page 14: ...board Tray and is available in sixteen language configurations track point mouse is integral to keyboard 1 3 5 VGA switch The VGA switch for the IBM 7316 TF1 Flat Panel Display Console allows users to...

Page 15: ...ner strips provided The wraps are provided for additional cable management Figure 1 3 shows the cable management arm As the drawer is moved on its rails into the service position the arms expand or co...

Page 16: ...8 pSeries 610 Models 6C1 and 6E1 Technical Overview and Introduction...

Page 17: ...e 2 PCI Slots 32 bit 33 MHz 5v 2 PCI Slots 64 bit 50 MHz 3 3v I O Planar System Planar Data Addr Cntl Memory Data Bus Memory Address 6xx Data Bus 6xx Address Bus Memory 512 MB 8 GB Processor Card POWE...

Page 18: ...nhanced clock speed and 4 way set associative L2 cache improve cache efficiency The L2 controller uses a least recently used LRU algorithm to avoid replacing recently used cache data and a set predict...

Page 19: ...ion 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 unipro...

Page 20: ...after the keyboard icon displays during startup and before the tone For the text based verion of SMS press the 1 key 2 Use the lsattr El procX command where X is the number of processor for example pr...

Page 21: ...ed processor cards using the following method 1 Enter the AIX command lscfg vp more 2 Page down to the Processor Card entry and search for the Product Specification ZC entry 3 Determine the appropriat...

Page 22: ...fully parity checked and each memory or cache request is range checked and positively acknowledged for error detection Any error will cause a machine check condition and is logged in the AIX error lo...

Page 23: ...erate in 32 bit mode at a reduced performance potential 2 4 2 LAN adapters As the Models 6C1 and 6E1 are considered to be a server they have to be connected through the local area network LAN LAN conn...

Page 24: ...need the SCSI 2 Drop Connector Cable 4247 to attach the drives to the system One internal SCSI disk only in media bay 0 and a second internal SCSI disk in media bay 1 The first internal disk drive cou...

Page 25: ...The Models 6C1 and 6E1 offer a Fast Boot option For more detailed information refer to Fast boot on page 23 Does the PCI card have RAID functionality Yes No The PCI card is seen as a controller and t...

Page 26: ...01 maintenance package APAR IY21957 or later In order to install the systems from CD ROM you need AIX Version 4 3 3 Boot media AIX 4 3 3 5765 C34 dated 9 2001 CD LCD4 0286 07 or later Update CD ROM A...

Page 27: ...ures such as redundant power supplies or N 1 hot plug fans are important for the availability of your server A few RAS features of the Models 6C1 and 6E1 are covered in the next sections At the time o...

Page 28: ...ption pSeries system p610 p620 p640 p660 p680 p690 Pin or connector guidance x x x x x Rigid planar packaging x x Soldered DRAMs x x First failure data capture x x x x x x Soft memory scrubbing x x Me...

Page 29: ...s are located on the front and rear of the system to make it easy for an on site technician to quickly locate the system requiring attention When a failing component is detected in your server the att...

Page 30: ...cate the fault condition for the power supply Figure 3 2 on page 22 shows the LEDs on the system indicator panel which is located inside the server Figure 3 2 System indicator panel top view 3 2 2 Ser...

Page 31: ...y boot time deconfiguration As 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 pro...

Page 32: ...4 Hot plug fans There are four fans in the Models 6C1 and 6E1 All four fans are hot pluggable Each fan has a LED to indicate the state of the fan The Light Path summary panel also has a status LED for...

Page 33: ...task Table 3 2 SCSI hot swap manager functions SCSI hot swap manager functions Description List the SES devices All the SCSI hot swap slots and their contents are listed Status information about each...

Page 34: ...customers to manage these systems from anywhere in the wireless networked world and is also available from IBM as no charge software Configure added or replaced devices After a slot is selected the de...

Page 35: ...een submitted to any formal IBM test and is distributed AS IS The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a customer responsibility and depends on the customer s ab...

Page 36: ...ava and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and or other countries Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows log...

Page 37: ...apters devices and cables for your system This manual is intended to supplement the service information found in the Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems documentation Site and Hardware Pla...

Page 38: ...tent is to get the information out much quicker than the formal publishing process allows E mail Orders Send orders by e mail including information from the IBM Redbooks fax order form to e mail addre...

Page 39: ...tranet Web site at http w3 itso ibm com and clicking the ITSO Mailing List button Look in the Materials repository for workshops presentations papers and Web pages developed and written by the ITSO te...

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