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Chapter 3. SP-attached servers and Clustered Enterprise Servers
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The RS/6000 SP system configurator session for all variations of SP-attached
will include the following, when adding a SP node attachment:
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F/C 9122 Node Attachment Feature - An order for this feature will generate
an order for two 15 Meter RS-232 cables for hardware control and
connectivity between the CWS and the SP-attached server, and a 10 meter
ground cable. It also traps some data so that the RS/6000 SP system
configurator session can keep track of how many nodes (real and logical) are
in the system.
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F/C 9123 Frame Attachment Feature - This feature keeps track of how many
frames are currently in your RS/6000 SP system. Since the SP-attached
server is both a logical node and a logical frame in the PSSP code logic, it is
important to track this information to avoid exceeding allowable RS/6000 SP
system limits for the number of frames.
򐂰 F/C 9222 Node Attachment Ethernet BNC Boot Feature (this feature tracks
the choice to incorporate the SP-attached server as part of an SP system
Ethernet BNC network and it provides BNC cable), or F/C 9223 Node
Attachment Ethernet Twisted Pair Boot Feature (this feature tracks the choice
to incorporate the SP-attached servers as part of an SP system Ethernet
Twisted Pair network, but it provides no twisted pair cable)
򐂰 F/C 9310 or F/C 9320 Switch Connection Cable - This feature is required only
if the SP-attached server is switch attached. It results in the ordering of one
10 or 20 meter switch connection cable.
Pre-Install required meeting - System Assurance Reviews
Before the order can be placed and the hardware installed, there will be a
required Solutions Assurance Review (SAR) between Marketing, CEs, and the
customer to ensure all participants understand prerequisite planning and
activities for the SP-attach activities.
Required pre-SP-attachment activities
There are a number of potential system outage activities that must take place
before the actual SP-attachment is made. These include both limited outage
activities and system-wide outage activities. Limited system outage activities
might include those activities that impact part of a system, such as possible
movement or removal of adapters within the SP-attached Server or a planned
failover between stand-alone systems to permit the installation of code upgrades
on those stand-alones. System-wide outage activities might include the
installation of new code levels on the Control Workstation and the subsequent
required reboot. Planning for all of these activities will come out of the SAR
meeting, and all should be conveyed to the customer as a necessary prerequisite
to the merging of the SP-attached server into the SPs environment.