Ibm System I And System P System Planning And Deployment Simplifying Logical Partitioning

IBM System i and System p System Planning and Deployment: Simplifying Logical Partitioning

Logical Partitioning (LPAR) provides the significant capability to run multiple operating systems, each a partition on the same physical processor, memory, and I/O attachment configuration. LPAR is often discussed along with the concept of server consolidation. LPAR enables management across a single set of hardware and, when configured and managed correctly, can maximize efficient use of hardware resources all in a single place, often using resources in one partition when not needed by another partition. By its nature, LPAR is powerful, but, as the number and complexity of applications being run in each partition increases, can become complex to configure and to achieve anticipated performance expectations. This IBM Redbooks publication describes and provides examples of using the 2007 enhancements to the system planning and deployment tools and processes for planning, ordering, and deploying a partitioned environment on IBM System i and IBM System p configurations. The objective is to help you order and IBM deliver a hardware configuration and get that configuration up and running your planned partition configurations with good performance in as short a time as possible. This book and the tools and processes involved represent the next step in expediting this entire process, while still requiring sound knowledge of IBM System i and System p hardware processor and I/O capabilities for success.

IBM System i and System P System Planning and Deployment

IBM Power 520 Technical Overview

This IBM Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 520 server, machine type model 8203-E4A. The goal of this paper is to introduce this innovative server that includes IBM System i and IBM System p and new hardware technologies. The major hardware offerings include: - The POWER6 processor, available at frequencies of 4.2 GHz and 4.7 GHz. - Specialized POWER6 DDR2 memory that provides greater bandwidth, capacity, and reliability. - The 1 Gb or 10 Gb Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter that brings native hardware virtualization to this server. - EnergyScale technology that provides features such as power trending, power-saving, capping of power, and thermal measurement. - PowerVM virtualization technology. - Mainframe continuous availability brought to the entry server environment. This Redpaper expands the current set of IBM Power System documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power 520 system. This Redpaper does not replace the latest marketing materials and tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.