Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- April 2003, Third Edition -- October 2002, Second Edition -- March 2002, First Edition -- Chapter 1. Overview of the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 1.1 What's new in the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 1.2 pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 characteristics -- 1.2.1 Microprocessor technology -- 1.2.2 Memory subsystem -- 1.2.3 I/O drawer subsystem -- 1.2.4 Hardware technology -- 1.3 Logical partitioning -- 1.4 Dynamic logical partitioning -- 1.5 General overview of pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 1.6 Market positioning -- 1.7 Supported operating systems -- 1.7.1 AIX 5L Version 5.1 -- 1.7.2 AIX 5L Version 5.2 -- 1.7.3 Linux - SuSE -- 1.7.4 Comparison of RAS supported features -- 1.7.5 Installation and backup of the operating systems -- Chapter 2. Hardware architecture of the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 2.1 What's new in the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 2.2 Modular design of the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 2.3 Central Electronics Complex -- 2.3.1 POWER4 processor and MCM packaging -- 2.3.2 Memory subsystem for pSeries 690 -- 2.3.3 MCMs and GX slots relationship for pSeries 690 -- 2.3.4 Memory subsystem for pSeries 670 -- 2.3.5 MCMs and GX slots relationship for pSeries 670 -- 2.3.6 I/O books -- 2.3.7 Service processor -- 2.4 I/O subsystem -- 2.4.1 I/O drawer -- 2.4.2 I/O subsystem communication and monitoring -- 2.4.3 I/O drawer physical placement order -- 2.4.4 Media drawer -- 2.5 Power subsystem -- 2.5.1 Bulk power assembly -- 2.5.2 Internal battery feature -- 2.5.3 Cooling -- 2.6 IBM Hardware Management Console for pSeries -- Chapter 3. Using the IBM Configurator for e-business -- 3.1 What's new with e-config.

3.2 Configuration rules for pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 3.2.1 Minimum configuration for the pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 -- 3.2.2 LPAR considerations -- 3.2.3 Processor configuration rules -- 3.2.4 Memory configuration rules -- 3.2.5 I/O books -- 3.2.6 Media drawer configuration rules -- 3.2.7 I/O drawer configuration rules -- 3.2.8 I/O loops and cabling -- 3.2.9 Graphics console configuration rules -- 3.2.10 Rack and power units configuration rules -- 3.2.11 HMC configuration rules -- 3.2.12 SP Cluster 1600 considerations -- 3.2.13 Upgrade considerations -- 3.3 IBM Configurator for e-business (e-config) -- 3.3.1 Initial order -- 3.3.2 Performing an upgrade -- 3.4 Configuration examples -- 3.4.1 Configuration example 1: pSeries 670 (16-way 1.1 GHz) -- 3.4.2 Configuration example 2: pSeries 690 (24-way 1.3 GHz) -- 3.4.3 Model conversion from pSeries 670 to pSeries 690 -- 3.4.4 Feature conversion from POWER4 to POWER4+ -- Chapter 4. Capacity Upgrade on Demand -- 4.1 What's new in CUoD -- 4.2 Description of CUoD -- 4.2.1 Trial CoD function -- 4.2.2 Overview of CUoD configurations -- 4.2.3 Supported CUoD Processor configurations -- 4.2.4 Supported CUoD Memory configurations -- 4.2.5 CUoD resource sequencing -- 4.2.6 Logical and physical entities -- 4.2.7 CUoD license screen -- 4.2.8 CUoD error messages -- 4.3 Activating CUoD resources -- 4.3.1 CUoD resources activation and order process -- 4.3.2 Trial CoD processor and memory -- 4.4 Dynamic Processor Sparing -- 4.5 On/Off Capacity on Demand -- Chapter 5. Reliability, availability, and serviceability -- 5.1 What's new in serviceability -- 5.2 RAS features -- 5.3 Predictive functions -- 5.3.1 Service processor -- 5.3.2 First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) -- 5.3.3 Predictive failure analysis -- 5.3.4 Component reliability -- 5.3.5 Extended system testing and surveillance -- 5.4 Redundancy in components.

5.4.1 Power and cooling -- 5.4.2 Memory redundancy mechanisms -- 5.4.3 Multiple data paths -- 5.5 Fault recovery -- 5.5.1 PCI bus parity error recovery and PCI bus deallocation -- 5.5.2 Dynamic CPU deallocation -- 5.5.3 CPU Guard -- 5.5.4 Caches and memory deallocation -- 5.5.5 Hot-swappable components -- 5.5.6 Hot-swappable boot disks -- 5.5.7 Hot-Plug PCI adapters -- 5.5.8 Light Path Diagnostics -- 5.6 Serviceability features -- 5.6.1 Back up of HMC -- 5.6.2 Upgrading HMC -- 5.6.3 Microcode Updates function -- 5.6.4 Inventory Scout Services -- 5.6.5 Service Agent -- 5.6.6 Service Focal Point -- 5.6.7 Problem determination hints of Service Functions -- 5.7 AIX RAS features -- 5.7.1 Unrecoverable error analysis -- 5.7.2 System hang detection -- 5.7.3 AIX disk mirroring and LVM sparing -- 5.7.4 TCP/IP RAS enhancements -- Appendix A. Minimum and default configurations -- A.1 pSeries 670 configurations -- A.2 pSeries 690 configurations -- Appendix B. I/O loop cabling and performance -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Index -- Back cover.