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Ibm.Com/redbooks 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 options front cover.
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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 international business machines corporation 2001, 2002. All rights reserved. Note to u.S government users - documentation related to restricted rights - use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in gsa adp schedule contract with ibm corp. Second edition (februar...
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© copyright ibm corp. 2001, 2002 iii contents contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iii preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Iv pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction 3.2.5 hot plug task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.3 handheld based systems management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7: Preface
© 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 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction stephen lutz - ibm germany bill mihaltse - ibm somers comments welcome your comments are important to us! We want our whitepapers to be as helpful as possible. Send us your comments about this whitepaper or other redbooks™ in one ...
Page 9: General Description
© 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...
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2 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction one or two power3-ii 64-bit processors are connected to an ibm designed high performance memory and system control chip set. These processors may be ordered in one of the following configurations: 333 mhz processor, including 4 mb ...
Page 11: 1.2 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...
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4 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction figure 1-2 pseries 610 model 6e1 - package layout after march 15, 2002, an acoustic package (# 6166) is available for new model 6e1 orders that includes a rear muffler, re-engineered rear fan, hot-swap dasd disk array baffle (for u...
Page 13: 1.3 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 ...
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6 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction model t00 supports both ac and dc configurations. Weight: – t00 base empty rack: 244 kg (535 pounds) – t00 full rack: 816 kg (1795 pounds) 1.3.2 ibm rs/6000 7014 model t42 enterprise rack the 2.0 m (79.3 inches) model t42 is the ra...
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Chapter 1. General description 7 ibm space saver 2 keyboard that mounts in the rack keyboard tray and is available in sixteen language configurations (track point mouse is integral to keyboard) order the t210 flat-panel monitor (# 3635) if you are looking for a desk-top flat panel display option. Th...
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8 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction figure 1-4 cable management arm for model 6c1.
Page 17: Architecture and Technical
© copyright ibm corp. 2001, 2002 9 chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview the following sections provide more detailed information about the architecture of the models 6c1 and 6e1. Figure 2-1 shows the high level system block diagram of both models. Figure 2-1 model 6c1 and 6e1 - high-level ...
Page 18: 2.1 Processor And Cache
10 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 ha...
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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 further while increasing performance. It has less resistance than aluminum and, therefore, allows designs that transm...
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12 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 2 aix volker@colt 3 4 000aafdd4c00 09/18/01 07:30:44 cpu %usr %sys %wio %id...
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Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 13 the following is an example of the processor card information: processor card: part number.................09p3481 ec level....................H10826 serial number...............0000000026 fru number..................09p3666 manufacture id..............
Page 22: 2.3 System Bus
14 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction the supported 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 expansion ...
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Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview 15 2.4 pci-bus, slots, and adapters the ibm ^ pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 are compliant with revision 2.1 of the peripheral component interconnect (pci) specifications and implement two peer pci busses: a 32-bit data bus operating at 33 mhz and a 64-...
Page 24: 2.5 Internal Storage
16 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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-in d...
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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: 2.6 Miscellaneous
18 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction internal devices boot support 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 - external d...
Page 27: 2.7 Security
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...
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Page 29: Availability, Investment
© 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...
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22 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 uniproc...
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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...
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24 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 is e...
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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 aix t...
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26 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview and introduction serial port snoop you can use the serial port 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 resta...
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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 support hot-plug or hot-swap capability. This includes pci adapters, scsi devices, and some raid devices. Use diag -t identifyremove...
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28 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 spec...
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 service is not intended to state or impl...
Page 38: Ibm Trademarks
30 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 server), netfinity, powerpc, pseries, redbooks, rs/6000, sp and websphere a...
Page 39: Related Publications
© 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: How To Get Ibm Redbooks
32 pseries 610 models 6c1 and 6e1 technical overview 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 explains...
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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...
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