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Operating Systems AIX IBM's pSeries 570 vs a 520 vs 550 Post 302751367 by Devyn on Thursday 3rd of January 2013 10:29:55 PM

01-03-2013

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Thanks Dukessd. Could you please provide more details on what you mean by this?

> IBM's fix central doesn't seem to include power code for the p570, so maybe not...

Had a dig into the IBM's requirements. The word 'must' in the below IBM HW requirements concerns me. However when reading the hardware requirements the impression I'm getting is that it's only for stability concerns but there is nothing to say if a particular feature (ie booting, service processor functions, booting, connectivity etc would be affected). Sole purpose for me is an R&D test box for now. Any further hints from anyone that HAS had setup such a system without one of these two below mentioned racks would be great.

[ IBM Requirements ]---------------------------
Hardware Requirements
The p5 model 570 must be installed in a new or existing 7014-T00 or T42 rack with power distribution features 9176, 9177, 9178, or 9188, or equivalent rack. This provides:
Proper dimensions
Mounting surfaces
Power distribution
Ventilation
Stability
Other functional requirements
The design of the p5 model 570 is optimized for use in an IBM 7014-T00 or T42 rack. Both the front cover and the processor flex cables occupy space on the front left side of an IBM 7014 rack that may not be available in typical non-IBM racks.
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iprinit

IPRINIT(8)						      System Manager's Manual							IPRINIT(8)

NAME

       iprinit - IBM Power RAID adapter/device initialization utility

SYNOPSIS

       iprinit

       iprinit --debug --daemon --use-polling --use-uevents

DESCRIPTION

       iprinit	is  used to setup IBM Power RAID adapters and devices for optimal performance. It will enable U320 scsi speeds if it is determined
       the disk enclosure supports it. It will also enable tagged command  queuing.   Any  scsi  bus  attributes,  such  as  bus  width,  or  disk
       attributes,  such  as queue depth, that have been setup by iprconfig will be loaded as well.  It is desired that this be called in the boot
       process, using the init.d script provided.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      Print the version number of iprinit

       --debug
	      Enable additional error logging. Enabling this will result in additional errors logging to /var/log/messages.

       --daemon
	      Run as a daemon to handle adapters and devices being hotplugged.

       --use-polling
	      Do not use netlink/uevent notification, but rather poll for adapter and device configuration changes.

       --use-uevents
	      Use netlink/uevent notification rather than polling for adapter and device configuration changes. If not specified, polling will	be
	      used until the first uevent notification appears, then netlink will be used.

AUTHOR

       Brian King (brking@us.ibm.com)

								   February 2005							IPRINIT(8)