Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Technical description -- 1.1 The x450 product line -- 1.2 IBM XA-64 chipset -- 1.3 Extensible Firmware Interface -- 1.3.1 GUID Partition Table disk -- 1.3.2 EFI System Partition -- 1.3.3 EFI and legacy-free concept -- 1.4 Intel Itanium 2 processor -- 1.5 System assembly -- 1.5.1 Memory-board assembly -- 1.5.2 Processor-board assembly -- 1.6 IBM XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache -- 1.7 System memory -- 1.8 PCI subsystem -- 1.9 Redundancy -- 1.10 Light path diagnostics -- 1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 1.12 Operating system support -- Chapter 2. Positioning -- 2.1 x450 application solutions -- 2.1.1 Database applications -- 2.1.2 Business logic -- 2.1.3 e-business and security transactions -- 2.1.4 In-house developed compute-intensive applications -- 2.1.5 Science and technology industries -- 2.2 Why choose x450? -- Chapter 3. Planning -- 3.1 System hardware -- 3.1.1 Processors -- 3.1.2 Memory -- 3.1.3 PCI slot configuration -- 3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller -- 3.2 Cabling and connectivity -- 3.2.1 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectivity -- 3.2.2 Remote Expansion Enclosure -- 3.2.3 Serial connections -- 3.3 Storage considerations -- 3.3.1 xSeries storage solutions -- 3.3.2 Tape backup -- 3.4 Rack installation -- 3.5 Power considerations -- 3.6 Solution Assurance Review -- Chapter 4. Installation -- 4.1 Using the Extensible Firmware Interface -- 4.1.1 The EFI shell -- 4.1.2 Flash update -- 4.1.3 Configuration and Setup utility -- 4.1.4 Diagnostic utility -- 4.1.5 Boot maintenance menu -- 4.2 Installing Windows Server 2003 -- 4.2.1 Overall process -- 4.2.2 Microsoft Reserved Partition -- 4.2.3 Windows installation -- 4.2.4 Pre-installation phase -- 4.2.5 Starting the installation.

4.2.6 Text-mode setup -- 4.2.7 GUI setup -- 4.2.8 Post-setup phase -- 4.3 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server -- 4.3.1 Background -- 4.3.2 Linux IA-64 kernel overview -- 4.3.3 Choosing a Linux distribution -- 4.3.4 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server -- 4.3.5 Linux boot process -- 4.3.6 Information about the installed system -- 4.3.7 Using the serial port for the Linux console -- 4.3.8 RXE-100 Expansion Enclosure -- 4.3.9 Upgrading drivers -- Chapter 5. Management -- 5.1 The Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 5.1.1 The Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 5.1.2 Connecting via a Web browser -- 5.1.3 Configuring a static IP address -- 5.1.4 Connecting via the ASM interconnect -- 5.1.5 Installing the device driver -- 5.1.6 Configuring the remote control password -- 5.2 Management using the Remote Supervisor Adapter -- 5.2.1 Configuring which alerts to monitor -- 5.2.2 Configuring SNMP -- 5.2.3 Sending alerts directly to IBM Director -- 5.2.4 Creating a test event action plan in IBM Director -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.