IBM E850C, Technical Overview And Introduction

Page 1: ...Redpaper Front cover IBM Power System E850C Technical Overview and Introduction Alexandre Bicas Caldeira Volker Haug...

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Page 3: ...International Technical Support Organization IBM Power System E850C Technical Overview and Introduction October 2016 REDP 5412 00...

Page 4: ...uplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp First Edition October 2016 This edition applies to the IBM Power System E850C 8408 44E server This document was created o...

Page 5: ...PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawer 10 1 6 2 EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay Drawer 12 1 7 Build to order 13 1 8 IBM Power Systems Solution Editions 13 1 8 1 IBM Power Systems Solution Editions for SAP HANA 13 1 8 2 I...

Page 6: ...8 Asynchronous and USB adapters 53 2 9 9 Cryptographic coprocessor 53 2 9 10 Flash storage adapters 53 2 10 Internal storage 54 2 10 1 Storage controller options 54 2 10 2 RAID protection for internal...

Page 7: ...s 105 4 3 Availability 106 4 3 1 Correctable error introduction 106 4 3 2 Uncorrectable error introduction 106 4 3 3 Processor Core Cache correctable error handling 107 4 3 4 Processor Instruction Ret...

Page 8: ...on 4 6 3 Concurrent firmware maintenance improvements 133 4 6 4 Electronic Services and Electronic Service Agent 133 4 7 Selected POWER8 RAS capabilities by operating system 137 Related publications 1...

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Page 15: ...lp clients deploy scalable mission critical business applications in virtualized private cloud infrastructures The Power E850C is optimized for running AIX and Linux workloads The Power E850C server i...

Page 16: ...ble for use The processor and memory subsystem in the Power E850C server is contained on a single planar This CPU planar contains the four processor sockets and 32 memory Custom DIMM CDIMM slots The m...

Page 17: ...Demand for both cores and memory IBM Active Memory Expansion and Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor The Power E850C supports AIX and Linux operating systems and PowerVM Standard and Enterprise ed...

Page 18: ...E850C Power E850C operating environment System Power E850C Operating Non operating Temperature Recommended 18 27 C 64 80 F 1 60 C 34 140 F Allowable 5 40 C 41 104 F Relative humidity 8 80 5 80 Maximum...

Page 19: ...oduct specific installation requirements Figure 1 3 shows a picture of a Power E850C system node from the front Figure 1 3 Front view of the Power 850C system node Environmental assessment The IBM Sys...

Page 20: ...nd one DVD bay All backplane options offer IBM Easy Tier function for mixed HDD SSD arrays Dual SAS Controller Backplane without write cache EPVP Dual SAS Controller Backplane with write cache EPVN Sp...

Page 21: ...ooling fans Highly resilient architecture for power regulators Other features Second generation service processor Hot plug SAS bays and PCIe slots Redundant and hot plug power supplies and fans Option...

Page 22: ...edia features This section describes the key disk and media features 1 5 1 SAS bays and storage backplane options Clients have a choice of three storage features with eight SFF disk bays four x 1 8 in...

Page 23: ...Q Conceptually this function is like the Easy Tier function found in IBM Storage products such as the IBM System Storage DS8000 IBM Storwize V7000 and SAN Volume Controller However it is implemented j...

Page 24: ...rs with three processor modules Up to four PCIe3 drawers with four processor modules Each PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawer adds a total of 10 PCIe Gen3 adapter slots to the server s capabilities Figure...

Page 25: ...10 Gb 1 GbE Copper SFP RJ45 Adapter EN0U PCIe2 2 port 10 GbE SFN6122F Adapters EC2J PCIe2 2 port 10 GbE RoCE SR Adapter EC30 PCIe2 2 port 10 GbE RoCE SFP Adapter EC28 PCIe2 2 port 10 GbE SR Adapter 52...

Page 26: ...x bays two sets of 12 bays or one set of 24 bays mode 4 2 or 1 Mode setting is done by IBM Manufacturing If you need to change the mode after installation ask your IBM support representative to see th...

Page 27: ...oud environment Power Systems Solution Edition for SAP HANA offers a competitively priced POWER8 server that is preconfigured to support the deployment of SAP HANA SAP s in memory database This config...

Page 28: ...nce and system reliability The SAP HANA code that runs on the POWER architecture uses the exceptional POWER8 memory bandwidth SIMD parallelization and simultaneous multithreading SMT Table 1 4 lists t...

Page 29: ...set of functions that are necessary to manage the system Creating and maintaining a multiple partition environment EN0S x 2 PCIe2 4 Port 10 Gb 1 GbE SR RJ45 Adapter 5729 x 2 8 GB 4 port Fibre Channel...

Page 30: ...writing but you can also use one of the withdrawn models listed in Table 1 6 Table 1 6 HMC models that support POWER8 processor technology based servers Existing HMC models 7042 can be upgraded to Li...

Page 31: ...rack that provides 36U or 36 EIA of space The 7014 T42 or feature 0553 is a 2 meter enterprise rack that provides 42U or 42 EIA of space Compared to the existing Power E850 the E850C server draws add...

Page 32: ...rack The 2 0 meter 79 3 inch Model T42 addresses the requirement for a tall enclosure to house the maximum amount of equipment in the smallest possible floor space The following features differ in th...

Page 33: ...rack 1 10 4 Feature code 0551 rack The 1 8 meter rack 0551 is a 36U EIA units rack The rack that is delivered as 0551 is the same rack that is delivered when you order the 7014 T00 rack The included f...

Page 34: ...ith a C20 plug connect to C19 PDU receptacles and are ordered separately One country specific wall power cord is also ordered separately and attaches to a UTG524 7 connector on the front of the PDU Su...

Page 35: ...tems Hardware IBM Knowledge Center website https www ibm com support knowledgecenter TI0002C p8had p8had_85x_86x_kickoff htm 1 10 7 Rack mounting rules Consider the following primary rules when you mo...

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Page 37: ...implementation are key to achieving the best performance Always do the performance sizing at the application workload environment level and evaluate performance by using real world performance measure...

Page 38: ...1 Dimensions of the system components for installation planning A Power E850C server should be installed into a rack that has been certified and tested to support the system such as the IBM 7014 T00 r...

Page 39: ...f the system provides access to the internally installed PCIe cards the service processor connections and the power supply units Figure 2 2 shows a rear view of the Power E850C server showing power su...

Page 40: ...e number of PCIe adapter slots that can be used varies based on the number of processor modules installed Table 2 2 shows the available options Table 2 2 Usable memory CDIMM slots and PCIe adapter slo...

Page 41: ...e C11 slot Figure 2 4 shows the logical design of the Power E850C server with two processor modules installed Figure 2 4 Logical diagram for a Power E850C with two processor modules installed USB 3 0...

Page 42: ...0C Technical Overview and Introduction Figure 2 5 shows the logical design of the Power E850C server with three processor modules installed Figure 2 5 Logical diagram for a Power E850C with three proc...

Page 43: ...or DDR4 memory Each buffer chip also includes an L4 cache to reduce the latency of local memory accesses For an in depth discussion on the POWER8 processor see the IBM Power System E850 Technical Over...

Page 44: ...ory or allowing a server to run more partitions and do more work with the same physical amount of memory The processor resource used to expand memory is part of the processor entitlement assigned to t...

Page 45: ...onsumption by reducing the number of memory requests Increases memory write performance by acting as a cache and by grouping several random writes into larger transactions Partial write operations tha...

Page 46: ...Hz DDR4 DRAM EM8P 32 GB CDIMM 1600 MHz DDR4 DRAM EM8Q 64 GB CDIMM 1600 MHz DDR4 DRAM EM8R 128 GB CDIMM 1600 MHz DDR4 DRAM EM8S Table 2 3 summarizes the minimum and maximum CDIMM and memory requirement...

Page 47: ...identical and plugged into P2 C20 and P2 C21 Fifth CDIMM pair is identical and plugged into P2 C14 and P2 C15 Sixth CDIMM pair is identical and plugged into P2 C22 and P2 C23 Seventh CDIMM pair is id...

Page 48: ...CDIMM pair is identical and plugged into P2 C10 and P2 C11 Eleventh CDIMM pair is identical and plugged into P2 C18 and P2 C19 Twelfth CDIMM pair is identical and plugged into P2 C26 and P2 C27 Table...

Page 49: ...mory CDIMMs in a Power E850C system are capable of capacity upgrade on demand and must have a minimum of 50 of their physical capacity activated A minimum of 128 GB of memory must be activated on each...

Page 50: ...z Core 1 x 32 B 1 x 32 B x 3 658 GHz 234 11 GBps 3 95 GHz Core 1 x 32 B 1 x 32 B x 3 957 GHz 253 25 GBps 4 22 GHz Core 1 x 32 B 1 x 32 B x 4 223 GHz 270 27 GBps Memory bandwidths Each processor module...

Page 51: ...er E850C 2 processor modules 3 65 GHz 24 cores 3 processor modules 3 65 GHz 36 cores 4 processor modules 3 65 GHz 48 cores L1 data cache 4213 92 GBps 6320 88 GBps 8427 84 GBps L2 cache 4213 92 GBps 63...

Page 52: ...hosts the hypervisor memory blocks so the mirroring is done at the logical memory block level not at the CDIMM level To enable the AMM feature the server must have enough free memory to accommodate t...

Page 53: ...spare DRAM per rank on each memory CDIMM provides for dynamic DRAM device replacement during runtime operation Also dynamic lane sparing on the memory link allows for replacement of a faulty data lane...

Page 54: ...memory activations are restricted to the single server they are licensed to and cannot be transferred to another system Capacity Upgrade on Demand can have several applications to allow for a more fl...

Page 55: ...CDIMMs installed in the system You cannot activate more memory capacity than is physically installed in the server 2 6 2 Elastic Capacity on Demand With the Elastic CoD offering you can temporarily ac...

Page 56: ...o request up to 90 processor days of temporary capacity for each inactive processor core within the server For instance if you have 32 processor cores installed and 16 are permanently activated you wo...

Page 57: ...CoD processor minute is charged This level of performance is then available for the next minute of use If additional workload requires a higher level of performance the system automatically allows th...

Page 58: ...tware running on this capacity The activation code that is provided is for the hardware resources only Elastic CoD Utility CoD and Trial CoD activations include incremental licensing for the following...

Page 59: ...ivations in which case the entire system is restricted to running only Linux workloads When ordering an Integrated Facility for Linux package ELNN the following no cost features are added to the syste...

Page 60: ...ore the maximum number of adapters supported and the total PCIe bandwidth available varies by configuration All PCIe Gen3 slots in the server are hot plug compatible for concurrent maintenance and rep...

Page 61: ...Gen1 Gen2 or Gen3 adapters The server also supports full height full length audiotapes in the I O expansion drawer For more information see 2 11 1 PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawer on page 62 Table 2 14...

Page 62: ...nt Ethernet addresses on two distinct subnets One Ethernet port is used as the primary connection and the second Ethernet port can be used for redundancy 1 x serial port This RJ 45 port can be convert...

Page 63: ...ts Before adding or rearranging adapters use the System Planning Tool to validate the new adapter configuration For more information see the IBM System Planning Tool website http www ibm com systems s...

Page 64: ...1 GbE SR RJ45 Adapter 50 AIX Linux EN0U 2CC3 PCIe2 4 port 10 Gb 1 GbE Copper SFP RJ45 Adapter 50 AIX Linux EN0W 2CC4 PCIe2 2 port 10 1 GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter 50 AIX Linux EN15 2CE3 PCIe3 4 port 10 Gb...

Page 65: ...nd network connections and FCoE connections Figure 2 11 Comparison between existing FC and network connections and FCoE connections Feature Code CCIN Description Max per system OS support 5729 PCIe2 8...

Page 66: ...InfiniBand is based on a switched fabric architecture of serial point to point links where these InfiniBand links can be connected to either host channel adapters HCAs which are used primarily in serv...

Page 67: ...aphic coprocessor 2 9 10 Flash storage adapters The available flash storage adapters are shown in Table 2 24 Table 2 24 Available flash storage adapters Feature code CCIN Description Max per system OS...

Page 68: ...es four SFF disk bays and two 1 8 inch disk bays One of the controllers handles the DVD bay None of the controller options provide any external SAS connections for further expansion If you want to exp...

Page 69: ...ccess to all of the internal disks If multiple arrays are configured on the internal disks the controllers split primary responsibility for handling the arrays If one of the dual controllers fails the...

Page 70: ...e same capacity RAID 6 requires a minimum of four drives of the same capacity RAID 10 requires a minimum of two drives Hot spare capability is supported by RAID 5 or RAID 6 All three controller option...

Page 71: ...ently calculated and distributed parity information for extra fault tolerance A RAID 6 configuration requires N 2 drives to accommodate the additional parity data making it less cost effective than RA...

Page 72: ...o coding or software intervention is needed after the RAID is configured correctly Statistics on block accesses are gathered every minute When the adapter detects that some portion of the data is bein...

Page 73: ...rd operating system SAS adapter configuration utility Figure 2 15 shows an example of tiered array creation for AIX Figure 2 15 Array type selection panel on AIX RAID Manager Figure 2 16 shows a creat...

Page 74: ...both HDDs and SSDs mounted in a Gen3 carrier Previous generation SFF disk types SFF 1 and SFF 2 do not fit in these bays All SFF 3 bays support concurrent maintenance or hot plug capability All three...

Page 75: ...th software such as AIX Network Installation Management NIM or Linux Install Manager to perform these functions The Power E850C supports the RDX USB External Docking Station for Removable Disk Cartrid...

Page 76: ...wer can be configured with one or two EMXF fanout modules Adding a second fanout module is not a hot plug operation and requires scheduled downtime The physical dimensions of the drawer are 444 5 mm 1...

Page 77: ...s found at http www ibm com support knowledgecenter 8408 E8E p8eab p8eab_85x_slot_details htm 2 11 2 PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawer optical cabling I O drawers are connected to the adapters in the ser...

Page 78: ...able to connector T2 on the PCIe3 optical cable adapter in your server 4 Connect the other end of the cable to connector T2 on the PCIe3 6 slot Fan Out module in your expansion drawer 5 Repeat the pre...

Page 79: ...g PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter EJ08 Table 2 29 shows PCIe adapter slot priorities in the Power E850C server Table 2 29 PCIe adapter slot priorities T1 T2 Optical cable adapter T1 T2 Optical cable adapt...

Page 80: ...possible combination of the I O expansion drawer to server attachments Figure 2 20 shows an example of a Power E850C with two processor modules and a maximum of two PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawers Fig...

Page 81: ...sor modules and a maximum of three PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawers Figure 2 21 Example of a Power E850C and a maximum of three PCI Gen3 I O expansion drawers I O Drawer I O Drawer Power E850 with thre...

Page 82: ...of four I O drawers 2 11 3 PCIe Gen3 I O expansion drawer SPCN cabling There is no system power control network SPCN used to control and monitor the status of power and cooling within the I O drawer S...

Page 83: ...possible single points of failure EXP24S configuration rules consistent with previous Power Systems are used All Power operating system environments that are using SAS adapters with write cache requi...

Page 84: ...n Mode setting is done by IBM manufacturing If you need to change the mode after installation ask your IBM support representative to refer to the following site http w3 ibm com support techdocs atsmas...

Page 85: ...sure The EXP24S SAS ports are attached to a SAS PCIe adapter or pair of adapters by using SAS YO or X cables Cable length varies depending on the feature code Calculate the proper length considering r...

Page 86: ...AIX Linux 1953 300 GB 15 K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive AIX Linux 1536 AIX Linux 1964 600 GB 10 K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive AIX Linux 1536 AIX Linux ES0Q 387 GB SFF 2 SSD 5xx eMLC4 for AIX Linux 768 AIX Li...

Page 87: ...Figure 2 26 shows the rear connectors of the EXP24S drawer how they relate to the modes of operation and disk grouping Figure 2 26 Rear view of EXP24S with the 3 modes of operation and the disks assig...

Page 88: ...de 1 allowing for up to 24 disks to be attached to the server Figure 2 27 shows the connection diagram and components of the solution Figure 2 27 Scenario 1 Basic non redundant connection The followin...

Page 89: ...the solution Figure 2 28 Scenario 2 Basic redundant connection The following are the required feature codes for this scenario One EXP24S drawer 5887 with indicator feature 9360 mode 1 with dual 5901...

Page 90: ...gure 2 29 Dual Virtual I O Servers sharing a single EXP24S The following are the required feature codes for this scenario One EXP24S drawer 5887 with indicator feature 9366 mode 2 with quad 5901 Four...

Page 91: ...enance of the whole EXP24S drawers if all data is properly mirrored Figure 2 30 shows the connection diagram and components of the solution Figure 2 30 Dual Virtual I O Servers sharing two EXP24S The...

Page 92: ...tual I O Servers sharing two EXP24S The following are the required feature codes for this scenario Two EXP24S drawers 5887 with indicator feature 9365 mode 4 with four 5901 Eight PCIe SAS adapter 5901...

Page 93: ...em The IBM XIV Storage System hardware is part of the Spectrum Accelerate family and is a high end disk storage system It helps thousands of enterprises meet the challenge of data growth with hotspot...

Page 94: ...agement support for configuring logical partitions LPARs and dynamic resource allocation including processor and memory settings for selected Power Systems servers The HMC also supports advanced servi...

Page 95: ...Power Systems servers The virtual HMC runs as a virtual machine on an x86 server virtualized either by VMware ESXi or Red Hat KVM It offers the same functionality as the hardware appliance HMC However...

Page 96: ...mware level 2 13 4 HMC connectivity to the POWER8 processor based systems POWER8 processor based servers and their predecessor systems that are managed by a hardware or virtual appliance HMC require E...

Page 97: ...portant hardware component Although Power Systems servers and their hosted partitions can continue to operate when the managing HMC becomes unavailable certain operations such as dynamic LPAR partitio...

Page 98: ...ower Systems visit the IBM Power Systems Software website at http www ibm com systems power software index html 2 14 1 Virtual I O Server The minimum required level of Virtual I O Server for Power E85...

Page 99: ...about features and external devices that are supported by Linux see this site http www ibm com systems p os linux index html For information about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server see this site http www n...

Page 100: ...user understand and dynamically optimize processor performance versus processor energy consumption and system workload to control IBM Power Systems power and cooling usage EnergyScale uses power and t...

Page 101: ...s Soft power capping There are two power ranges into which the power cap can be set Power capping as described previously and soft power capping Soft power capping extends the allowed energy capping r...

Page 102: ...ors made available increases As the workload decreases the number of processors that are made available decreases Processor folding increases energy savings during periods of low to moderate workload...

Page 103: ...vity thermal voltage and current sensors The on die nature of the OCC allows for approximately 100 increase in speed in response to workload changes over POWER7 The capability enables reaction under t...

Page 104: ...and model number and server specifications For example for the Power E850C system search for 8408 44E server specifications An estimation of the energy consumption for a certain configuration The cal...

Page 105: ...ate and hybrid This combination allows for fast and automated VM deployments based on prebuilt image templates and self service capabilities all with an intuitive interface This chapter provides an ov...

Page 106: ...Manager provides a self service cloud portal for IBM Power Systems This self service portal enables users to quickly request cloud resources and reliably deploy virtual machines with approval policie...

Page 107: ...ps as a Service provides powerful insights into your Power Systems infrastructure by using a set of hosted as a service apps with no additional software or infrastructure setup Through these new apps...

Page 108: ...tion and configuration tooling for AIX IBM has expanded its commitment to keep key open source cloud management packages updated and to provide timely security fixes to enable clients to take advantag...

Page 109: ...vailable and includes support for licensed AIX users For more information see the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications website at http www ibm com systems power software aix linux toolbox alpha html Git...

Page 110: ...respond to their dynamically changing business priorities in a more agile and timely fashion 3 2 1 Hybrid infrastructure management tools Power Systems OpenStack based PowerVC management upwardly inte...

Page 111: ...itlement of a POWER8 Linux bare metal system in the IBM Cloud SoftLayer Customers are entitled to six months of a C812L M POWER8 Linux bare metal with the following configuration 10 core POWER8 proces...

Page 112: ...zed environments Although critical applications can benefit from the clustered virtual machines model because of the faster RTO its implementation can be more complex for many virtual machines However...

Page 113: ...oud Reward Program services offerings use the proven expertise of IBM Systems Lab Services consultants The following list is a sample of the services that are offered under the IBM Power to Cloud Rewa...

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Page 115: ...in a server occurs Availability Indicates how infrequently the functioning of a system or application is affected by a fault or defect Serviceability Indicates how well faults and their effects are co...

Page 116: ...have advanced design features within the processor for correction or try again after soft error events In addition the design incorporates spare capacity that is integrated into many elements to toler...

Page 117: ...replacing memory After all self healing and other RAS related features are implemented the hypervisor might still detect that a DIMM has a substantial fault that when combined with a future fault coul...

Page 118: ...cture based approach is designed to improve overall system reliability with each successive generation of system offerings Reliability can be improved in primarily three ways Reducing the number of co...

Page 119: ...Large decreases in component reliability are directly correlated to relatively small increases in temperature All POWER processor based systems are packaged to ensure adequate cooling Critical system...

Page 120: ...continues to worsen over time resulting in an uncorrectable error condition You can predictively deallocate a component to prevent correctable errors from aligning with soft errors or other hardware f...

Page 121: ...essor reinitialization during system reboot or individual Core Power on Reset using the Power On Reset Engine 4 3 4 Processor Instruction Retry and other try again techniques Within the processor core...

Page 122: ...try cannot contain might be handled in PowerVM by a technique called Core Contained Checkstops This technique allows PowerVM to be signaled when such faults occur and terminate code in use by the fail...

Page 123: ...olid faults within internal or external processor fabric busses are corrected by the error correction code that is used POWER8 processor to processor module fabric busses also use a spare data lane so...

Page 124: ...ts contains 10 DRAM modules For each such port there are eight DRAM modules worth of data 64 bits plus another DRAM module s worth of error correction and other such data There is also a spare DRAM mo...

Page 125: ...on is not relied on for repair of faulty hardware If a more substantial fault persists after all the self healing capabilities are used the hypervisor also can dynamically moving logical memory blocks...

Page 126: ...ation information and the persistent data are stored external to the server on persistent storage This capability requires that an HMC manage the host system and the operational target system The Remo...

Page 127: ...ata backups and so on These offerings include distributed applications with IBM DB2 PureScale HA solutions that use clustering technology with IBM PowerHA SystemMirror and disaster management across g...

Page 128: ...ve a running logical partition including its operating system and running applications from one system to another without any shutdown and without disrupting the operation of that logical partition In...

Page 129: ...xiting host server and the destination server VIOS partitions cannot be migrated For more information about Live Partition Mobility and how to implement it see IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility SG24...

Page 130: ...re detection circuitry that is used to detect erroneous hardware operations Error checking hardware ranges from parity error detection that is coupled with Processor Instruction Retry and bus try agai...

Page 131: ...ances The operating temperature exceeds the critical level for example failure of air conditioning or air circulation around the system Internal component temperatures reach or exceed critical levels...

Page 132: ...ine failure information while connected to IBM back end systems Using the extensive network of advanced and complementary error detection logic that is built directly into hardware firmware and operat...

Page 133: ...tained Device drivers In certain cases diagnostic tests are best performed by operating system specific drivers most notably adapters or I O devices that are owned directly by a logical partition In t...

Page 134: ...service and support and a notification is sent to the contact that is defined in the ESA guided setup wizard Remote support The Remote Monitoring and Control RMC subsystem is delivered as part of the...

Page 135: ...aded to the optional HMC Specific management console information is included as part of the information that optionally can be sent to IBM Support for analysis If additional information that relates t...

Page 136: ...rvice representatives to help keep the firmware and software current on the server IBM Service and Support Problem Management database At the IBM Support center historical problem data is entered into...

Page 137: ...the component by signaling flashing the component identity LED and illuminating the blue enclosure identity LED to identify the server in a busy data center After the repair the LEDs shut off automat...

Page 138: ...tion that simplify the servicing of the system From this quick access link you can find information about the following topics among others Installing and configuring the system Troubleshooting and pr...

Page 139: ...ives who are familiar with the task and those who are not Education on demand content is placed in the procedure at the appropriate locations Throughout the R V procedure repair history is collected a...

Page 140: ...rface that is connected to the POWER8 processor The service processor is always running regardless of the main system unit s state The system unit can be in the following states Standby power off Oper...

Page 141: ...unwanted IP addresses or ranges You might be able to use the service processor s default settings In that case accessing the ASMI is not necessary To access ASMI use one of the following methods Use...

Page 142: ...el can be accessed in two ways By using the normal operational front view By pulling it out to access the switches and view the LCD display The operator panel has these features A 2 x 16 character LCD...

Page 143: ...ound by partition firmware when the system or partition is booting The service processor s error log can be accessed on the ASMI menus You can also access the system diagnostics from a Network Install...

Page 144: ...ranty period plus some additional time The Power Systems Firmware is relocated from the public repository to the access control repository The I O firmware remains on the public repository but the ser...

Page 145: ...supported They want to move a system to a more standardized release level when there are multiple systems in an environment with similar hardware A new release has a new function that is required in t...

Page 146: ...powered off and then powered on It is installed on the temporary side of system firmware Activated level This level of server firmware or power subsystem firmware is active and running in memory Acce...

Page 147: ...or activation With the Power On Reset Engine PORE the firmware can now dynamically power off processor components change the registers and reinitialize while the system is running without discernible...

Page 148: ...pport This enhancement can translate to less time that is wasted monitoring the symptoms diagnosing the error and manually calling IBM Support to open a problem record The tool s 24x7 monitoring and r...

Page 149: ...following website http www ibm com support electronicsupport Service Event Manager The Service Event Manager SEM allows the user to decide which of the Serviceable Events are called home with the ESA...

Page 150: ...he filters for filtering the list of serviceable events that is shown After you make the selections click Refresh to refresh the list based on the filter values Approval state Select the value for app...

Page 151: ...erating system RAS feature AIX V7 2 TL1 SP1 V7 1 TL3 SP5 V6 1 TL9 SP5 Linux RHEL 6 8 RHEL 7 2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Ubuntu 16 04 01 Processor FFDC for fault detection error isolation X X Pro...

Page 152: ...P mutual surveillance with POWER Hypervisor X X Concurrent firmware update with HMC X X Service Agent Call Home Application X X Service indicator LED support X X System dump for memory POWER Hyperviso...

Page 153: ...nance with HMC X X PowerVM Live Partition Live Application Mobility with PowerVM Enterprise Edition X X Emergency power off warning EPOW EPOW errors handling X X RAS feature AIX V7 2 TL1 SP1 V7 1 TL3...

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