Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Forward -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Linux -- 1.1 The foundation for Linux -- 1.1.1 Historical perspective -- 1.1.2 UNIX and the culture of collaboration -- 1.1.3 GNU and free software -- 1.1.4 Linux -- 1.2 The IBM commitment to Linux -- 1.2.1 IBM Linux projects -- 1.3 Linux: The operating system -- 1.3.1 Linux BIOS management -- 1.3.2 Where Linux fits in -- 1.3.3 Working with other operating systems -- 1.4 Infrastructure -- 1.5 Data storage -- 1.6 Middleware -- 1.7 Application solutions -- 1.8 Clients -- 1.9 The Linux distributions -- 1.9.1 Inside the distributions -- 1.9.2 What is common among the distributions -- 1.9.3 What is open source -- 1.9.4 The Linux Standard Base project -- 1.10 Red Hat -- 1.11 UnitedLinux -- 1.11.1 What's in the distribution -- 1.12 Conectiva -- 1.13 SuSE -- 1.13.1 The distribution -- 1.14 Turbolinux -- 1.14.1 What's in the distribution -- 1.15 Other players -- 1.15.1 Yellow Dog Linux -- 1.15.2 Red Flag Linux -- 1.15.3 Debian Linux -- 1.16 Going nuts with kernels -- Chapter 2. Open source software -- 2.1 Creating the code and protecting it -- 2.1.1 Source code -- 2.1.2 Software licenses -- 2.2 The origin of modern open source -- 2.2.1 The Free Software Foundation -- 2.2.2 The compromise of open source software -- 2.2.3 Why the OSS model works so well -- 2.3 Linus, Linux, and open source -- 2.3.1 The GNU utilities -- 2.3.2 The problem of complexity -- 2.3.3 The benevolent dictator -- 2.4 IBM and open source -- 2.4.1 IBM and open source licenses -- 2.4.2 IBM and open source software -- Chapter 3. Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems -- 3.1 Cost of ownership -- 3.1.1 Total cost of ownership -- 3.1.2 Operating environment and product TCO perspective -- 3.1.3 Findings -- 3.1.4 TCO versus ROI.

Chapter 4. zSeries and Linux -- 4.1 Introduction: Linux on zSeries -- 4.1.1 Advantages on Linux on zSeries -- 4.1.2 Ways to run Linux on zSeries -- 4.1.3 31-bit and 64-bit options -- 4.1.4 Integrated facility for Linux -- 4.1.5 IPLA pricing -- 4.2 S/390 and zSeries architecture and features -- 4.2.1 Architecture -- 4.2.2 Partitioning and virtualization -- 4.2.3 Networking -- 4.2.4 zSeries FCP support -- 4.2.5 On/Off Capacity -- 4.3 All about z/VM -- 4.3.1 Hardware requirements for z/VM -- 4.3.2 Virtual networking with z/VM -- 4.3.3 VM LAN support -- 4.3.4 z/VM for Linux performance: Scalability -- 4.3.5 Productivity: Development and test workloads -- 4.3.6 Productivity: Production workloads -- 4.3.7 Data backup with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and FlashCopy -- 4.3.8 System management: Tivoli for Linux on zSeries -- 4.3.9 Consolidation example: Server farm in a box -- 4.3.10 Data and application servers on a single zSeries server -- 4.3.11 Horizontal growth: Adding another server -- 4.3.12 Systems hardware management -- 4.4 zSeries Linux distributions -- 4.5 Linux application solutions -- 4.5.1 Mail serving scenario -- 4.5.2 News group serving scenario -- 4.5.3 IBM Software for Linux on zSeries -- 4.6 How IBM customers are using Linux -- 4.6.1 Customer scenario with SAP on zSeries -- 4.6.2 Local Government, Italy -- 4.6.3 The largest z990 for a Linux solution -- 4.7 zSeries services solutions -- 4.8 Why Linux for zSeries is on demand -- Chapter 5. xSeries and Linux -- 5.1 X-Architecture™ -- 5.1.1 Principles -- 5.1.2 Context -- 5.1.3 Models -- 5.1.4 Linux and functions of X-Architecture -- 5.1.5 Enterprise X-Architecture with Linux -- 5.1.6 xSeries Linux distributions -- 5.1.7 The Red Hat: IBM announcement of December 2003 -- 5.2 Intel-based server customers and Linux -- 5.3 Consolidation -- 5.4 Linux clusters -- 5.4.1 High-availability cluster.

5.4.2 Load-balancing cluster -- 5.4.3 High-performance computing -- 5.5 Linux in a distributed enterprise -- 5.5.1 Basic implementation strategies -- 5.5.2 Business benefits -- 5.5.3 Customer example: A large online company for trading stocks, bonds and other personal investment activities -- 5.6 Linux application solutions -- 5.6.1 IBM Software for Linux on xSeries -- 5.6.2 ISVs and application solutions -- 5.6.3 Customer scenario: A leading company in Web-based time- and expense- tracking solutions. -- 5.6.4 Customer scenario: LOSSRUNS Inc. -- 5.7 Infrastructure solutions -- 5.7.1 Customer scenario: Butterfly.net -- 5.8 xSeries architected solutions -- 5.8.1 Blade server -- 5.8.2 Customer scenario: Wolferman's -- 5.9 xSeries services solutions -- 5.9.1 Implementing Linux -- 5.9.2 Support -- Chapter 6. pSeries and Linux -- 6.1 How Linux runs on the pSeries server -- 6.1.1 Linux-capable pSeries model structure -- 6.1.2 pSeries operating system scenarios -- 6.1.3 AIX 5L and Linux -- 6.1.4 Options to run Linux on the pSeries server -- 6.1.5 Linux and its relationship with AIX -- 6.2 Linux for pSeries hardware enablement -- 6.2.1 Linux for pSeries scalability -- 6.2.2 Linux for pSeries's Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability -- 6.2.3 Other sources of information -- 6.3 Consolidation -- 6.4 Linux for pSeries clusters -- 6.5 Linux for pSeries application solutions -- 6.5.1 IBM Software for Linux on pSeries -- 6.5.2 Other Linux for pSeries software applications -- Chapter 7. iSeries and Linux -- 7.1 How Linux runs on the iSeries server -- 7.1.1 Why Linux on iSeries -- 7.1.2 Linux and LPAR -- 7.1.3 iSeries Linux integration -- 7.1.4 Linux on iSeries models -- 7.1.5 iSeries Linux distributions -- 7.2 Consolidation -- 7.3 Linux clusters -- 7.4 Performance -- 7.5 Linux in a distributed enterprise -- 7.6 IBM Software Group products for iSeries.

7.7 iSeries ISV application solutions -- 7.8 iSeries solutions -- 7.9 iSeries service solutions -- 7.9.1 iSeries Linux resources -- Chapter 8. TotalStorage and Linux -- 8.1 Linux and IBM TotalStorage products -- 8.1.1 Why storage solutions -- 8.2 IBM TotalStorage solutions -- 8.3 IBM TotalStorage product line -- 8.3.1 IBM TotalStorage disk products -- 8.3.2 IBM TotalStorage tape products -- 8.3.3 Comparing SAN X NAS technologies -- 8.3.4 IBM TotalStorage NAS products -- 8.3.5 IBM TotalStorage SAN products -- 8.3.6 IBM TotalStorage Proven™ Program -- 8.3.7 ESS -- 8.3.8 FAStT -- Chapter 9. IBM Software for Linux -- 9.1 Overview of Linux and IBM Software availability -- 9.2 On Demand business -- 9.2.1 Open standards -- 9.2.2 Integration -- 9.2.3 Automation -- 9.2.4 Virtualization -- 9.3 IBM WebSphere brand products on Linux -- 9.3.1 WebSphere product availability on Linux -- 9.3.2 WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms -- 9.3.3 Linux-related WebSphere resources -- 9.4 IBM Information Management products on Linux -- 9.4.1 DB2 product family -- 9.4.2 Informix product family -- 9.4.3 U2 product family -- 9.4.4 IBM Information Management resources -- 9.5 IBM Tivoli products on Linux -- 9.5.1 Tivoli product availability on Linux -- 9.5.2 Tivoli resources -- 9.6 Lotus products on Linux -- 9.6.1 Lotus product availability on Linux -- 9.6.2 Lotus resources -- 9.7 Rational Software products on Linux -- 9.7.1 Rational product availability on Linux -- 9.7.2 Rational resources -- 9.8 Additional IBM Software -- 9.8.1 Product availability on Linux -- 9.8.2 Additional resources -- 9.9 IBM Integrated Platform for e-business -- 9.10 IBM Software on Linux deployment examples -- 9.10.1 Using WebSphere Application Server on the zSeries server -- 9.10.2 Using Domino and WebSphere on xSeries and iSeries -- 9.10.3 DB2 UDB, DB2 Connect, and WebSphere Portal.

9.10.4 Business continuity solution for Disaster Recovery -- 9.11 IBM and Linux solution customer success -- 9.12 Additional IBM Software for Linux resources -- 9.12.1 Evaluation and demonstration software -- 9.12.2 IBM Software on Linux training -- 9.12.3 IBM Redbooks -- 9.12.4 IBM Software support organizations -- Chapter 10. Linux clusters -- 10.1 An introduction to clusters -- 10.1.1 Core cluster concepts -- 10.1.2 IBM cluster offerings -- 10.2 Linux cluster components -- 10.2.1 Nodes -- 10.2.2 Networks -- 10.2.3 Support software -- 10.2.4 Applications -- 10.3 Linux cluster history -- 10.4 Linux cluster solutions -- 10.4.1 Cluster 1350 -- 10.4.2 Cluster 1600 -- 10.4.3 ClusterProven® -- 10.4.4 Solution examples -- 10.5 The future of Linux clusters -- 10.5.1 Emerging trends -- 10.5.2 The role of Linux clusters in emerging trends -- Chapter 11. IBM services for Linux -- 11.1 IBM Global Services for Linux -- 11.1.1 Assess, plan, and design -- 11.1.2 Implement and run -- 11.1.3 Support: IBM Support Line -- 11.2 IBM Products and Solutions Support Center -- 11.3 IBM Software Services for Linux -- 11.3.1 WebSphere -- 11.3.2 DB2 for Linux -- 11.3.3 Tivoli -- 11.3.4 Lotus -- 11.4 IBM platform services for Linux -- 11.4.1 zSeries services -- 11.4.2 iSeries services -- 11.4.3 pSeries services -- 11.4.4 xSeries services -- 11.4.5 Consolidated platform matrix -- 11.5 Linux assessment services -- 11.5.1 Business challenge -- 11.5.2 Solution -- 11.5.3 At a glance: Solution components -- 11.5.4 Benefits -- 11.5.5 Technical details and architecture -- 11.6 Server consolidation study -- 11.6.1 Highlights -- 11.6.2 Pricing -- 11.6.3 IBM Linux Implementation Services -- 11.7 Examples of Linux services -- 11.7.1 Example 1: Billion-dollar financial institution -- 11.7.2 Example 2: Multi-million dollar advertising company.

11.7.3 Example 3: One of the largest network services providers.