Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- Support considerations -- The team that wrote this Redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- May 2003, Second Edition -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Linux -- 1.1 Historical perspective -- 1.1.1 UNIX and the culture of collaboration -- 1.1.2 GNU and free software -- 1.1.3 Linux -- 1.2 Open source -- 1.3 Linux distributions -- 1.3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (formerly Advanced Server) -- 1.3.2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Edition -- 1.3.3 UnitedLinux -- 1.4 IBM's commitment to Linux -- 1.5 Summary -- Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM TotalStorage -- 2.1 Enterprise Storage Server -- 2.1.1 ESS Overview -- 2.1.2 ESS features and benefits -- 2.2 IBM Fibre Array Storage Technology (FAStT) -- 2.2.1 FAStT models and expansion enclosure -- 2.2.2 FAStT700 features and benefits -- Chapter 3. SuSE Linux on zSeries -- 3.1 Introduction to zSeries and Linux -- 3.1.1 zSeries specific storage attachments -- 3.1.2 Distributed storage attachments -- 3.1.3 zSeries-specific versus distributed storage controllers -- 3.1.4 zSeries and storage: Summary -- 3.2 System requirements -- 3.2.1 Hardware requirements -- 3.2.2 Software requirements -- 3.2.3 Connection requirements -- 3.3 Configuration used for this redbook -- 3.4 Implementing Linux -- 3.4.1 Initial steps for installation as a z/VM Guest -- 3.4.2 Initial steps for LPAR installation -- 3.4.3 Installation with YaST2 -- 3.5 zSeries and disk storage under Linux -- 3.5.1 ESS using FCP -- 3.5.2 Multipath support -- Chapter 4. SuSE Linux on pSeries -- 4.1 Introduction to pSeries and Linux -- 4.2 Requirements -- 4.2.1 Hardware requirements -- 4.2.2 Software requirements -- 4.2.3 Connection requirements -- 4.3 Configuration used for this redbook -- 4.4 Implementing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 -- 4.4.1 Installation steps.

4.4.2 Linux installation in an LPAR -- 4.4.3 Post-installation -- Chapter 5. Linux on xSeries and BladeCenter -- 5.1 Introduction to xSeries, BladeCenter -- 5.2 Requirements -- 5.2.1 Hardware requirements -- 5.2.2 Software requirements -- 5.2.3 Connection requirements -- 5.3 Configurations used for this redbook -- 5.4 Implementing Linux -- 5.4.1 Installation steps for Red Hat on xSeries -- 5.4.2 Installation steps for Red Hat on BladeCenter -- 5.4.3 Installation steps for SLES8 on xSeries -- 5.4.4 Installing SuSE Linux on BladeCenter -- 5.5 Post-installation -- 5.5.1 Configuring for the Summit kernel (Red Hat) -- 5.5.2 Updating the kernel on BladeCenter (Red Hat) -- 5.5.3 Issues on BladeCenter -- 5.6 Setup for Fibre Channel attachment -- 5.6.1 Install the adapters -- 5.6.2 Prepare the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter cards -- 5.6.3 Installing the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter driver -- 5.6.4 Loading the FAStT HBA driver -- 5.6.5 Attaching to ESS -- 5.7 BladeCenter Fibre Switch Module configuration -- 5.8 Configuring FAStT -- 5.9 Configuring ESS -- Chapter 6. Red Hat Cluster Manager -- 6.1 Preparing to install Cluster Manager -- 6.1.1 Quorum partitions -- 6.1.2 Software watchdog -- 6.1.3 NMI watchdog -- 6.1.4 Rawdevices -- 6.1.5 Log file for Cluster Messages -- 6.2 Installing Cluster Manager -- 6.2.1 Installation -- 6.2.2 Basic setup of Cluster Manager -- 6.2.3 Setting up an NFS clustered share -- Chapter 7. Configuring ESS for Linux -- 7.1 IBM TotalStorage ESS Specialist -- 7.2 Using the ESS Specialist -- 7.2.1 ESS attachment configurations -- 7.2.2 Storage allocation procedure -- 7.2.3 Defining Linux hosts -- 7.2.4 Configure the host adapters -- 7.2.5 Configure RAID arrays -- 7.2.6 Allocating storage for Linux -- Chapter 8. BladeCenter SAN Utility -- 8.1 Installing the BladeCenter SAN Utility -- Chapter 9. FAStT Storage Manager.

9.1 FAStT Storage Manager -- 9.1.1 Storage Manager concepts -- 9.1.2 FAStT Storage Manager client: Getting started -- 9.1.3 Updating the FAStT firmware -- 9.1.4 Setting up arrays, LUNs, and Storage Partitioning -- Chapter 10. FAStT MSJ (Management Suite for Java) -- 10.1 FAStT MSJ -- 10.1.1 Configuring the LUN attachment -- 10.1.2 Use FAStT MSJ to configure Fibre Channel paths -- 10.1.3 Using FAStT as storage: A summary -- Chapter 11. Implementing VMware -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.1.1 VMware ESX architecture -- 11.1.2 IBM and VMware -- 11.1.3 VMware system requirements -- 11.2 Configuration -- 11.3 Implementing VMware ESX Server 1.5.2 -- 11.3.1 Installation steps -- 11.3.2 Configuration of the ESX server -- 11.3.3 Setup disk space for VMs -- 11.3.4 Define a VM using the wizard -- 11.3.5 Install VMware remote console -- 11.3.6 Monitoring a VM -- Appendix A. Storage from the OS view -- Disk storage in the Windows environment -- Disk letters -- Disk partitions -- Disk storage in the Linux environment -- Disk partitions -- File hierarchy -- File systems -- Identifying your SCSI storage -- Using your storage on Linux -- The file system table /etc/fstab -- Glossary -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Index.