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Operating Systems AIX AIX Hardware Configuration *I'm very new* Post 302111811 by dukessd on Thursday 22nd of March 2007 11:28:14 PM

03-23-2007

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Hmm, seems to be a BULL copy of an IBM power 5+ machine.

I can only assume the "ESCALA PL250T+ SYSTEM" includes a basic configuration of enough to make a running system and then they have specified some extra hardware. Otherwise they have specified a raid card for only one hard drive!!

No mention of an operating system or licence for the same!

Do you need a DVD writer, a 36GB 4m tape drive and an external 2.5g tape? - you could buy a CD or DVD ROM and backup to a tape drive.

Do you need the graphics card? Does your existing system have a graphics card?

If you need the graphics card, or not, I see no mention of the USB keyboard, mouse and monitor you will need to use it.

Do you need the extra serial ports - "16 port Digi Port Server II, RJ45", IBM do a dual port card if you need more than just console or modem access - the system will have a couple of serial ports but they are not full RS232 ports so you need a rs232 card if you need to use more than a dumb console or console access over a modem.

If you are not using it in an office environment you won't need the sound kit - OEM DESKSIDE COVER SET.

I'd ask an IBM bp / var / reseller for a similar spec (new and used) p505 / p510 / p511 / p520 and see how it adds up.

Without knowing anything about your current hardware it is impossible to say how this might compare to what you already have.

If your existing kit is over 10 years old and you don't have any performance problems with 75 users, you can probably get what you need for 500 users second hand from a reseller for about 5k to 10k and it will run AIX 5.3 and IBM will support it for many years to come.

If your 10 year old box was a top of the range at the time the spec you mention might be no better (or much worse) than what you have!

There is a p520 on ebay UK at the moment (similar spec without the added bits) with a starting bid of �2600, keep an eye on it for an idea of what they are going for;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/9111-520-IBM-p...QQcmdZViewItem

If you have the space (and huge amounts of power ;-) there is also a p680 currently at just under 1.2k and that will run rungs around a tiny p5 box like the Bull:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7017-S85-IBM-p...QQcmdZViewItem

As I say, with no idea of what you have there is no way to tell if this system is any better or worse than what you currently have.

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pcilib

pcilib(7)							 The PCI Utilities							 pcilib(7)

NAME

       pcilib - a library for accessing PCI devices

DESCRIPTION

       The PCI library (also known as pcilib and libpci) is a portable library for accessing PCI devices and their configuration space.

ACCESS METHODS

       The  library supports a variety of methods to access the configuration space on different operating systems. By default, the first matching
       method in this list is used, but you can specify override the decision (see the -A switch of lspci).

       linux-sysfs
	      The /sys filesystem on Linux 2.6 and newer. The standard header of the config space is available to all  users,  the  rest  only	to
	      root.  Supports  extended  configuration	space,	PCI domains, VPD (from Linux 2.6.26), physical slots (also since Linux 2.6.26) and
	      information on attached kernel drivers.

       linux-proc
	      The /proc/bus/pci interface supported by Linux 2.1 and newer. The standard header of the config space is available to all users, the
	      rest only to root.

       intel-conf1
	      Direct  hardware	access	via Intel configuration mechanism 1. Available on i386 and compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86, GNU Hurd and
	      Windows. Requires root privileges.

       intel-conf2
	      Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 2. Available on i386 and compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86,  GNU  Hurd  and
	      Windows.	Requires  root privileges. Warning: This method is able to address only the first 16 devices on any bus and it seems to be
	      very unreliable in many cases.

       fbsd-device
	      The /dev/pci device on FreeBSD. Requires root privileges.

       aix-device
	      Access method used on AIX. Requires root privileges.

       nbsd-libpci
	      The /dev/pci0 device on NetBSD accessed using the local libpci library.

       obsd-device
	      The /dev/pci device on OpenBSD. Requires root privileges.

       dump   Read the contents of configuration registers from a file specified in the dump.name parameter. The format corresponds to the  output
	      of lspci -x.

PARAMETERS

       The library is controlled by several parameters. They should have sensible default values, but in case you want to do something unusual (or
       even something weird), you can override them (see the -O switch of lspci).

   Parameters of specific access methods
       dump.name
	      Name of the bus dump file to read from.

       fbsd.path
	      Path to the FreeBSD PCI device.

       nbsd.path
	      Path to the NetBSD PCI device.

       obsd.path
	      Path to the OpenBSD PCI device.

       proc.path
	      Path to the procfs bus tree.

       sysfs.path
	      Path to the sysfs device tree.

   Parameters for resolving of ID's via DNS
       net.domain
	      DNS domain containing the ID database.

       net.cache_name
	      Name of the file used for caching of resolved ID's.

SEE ALSO

       lspci(8), setpci(8), update-pciids(8)

AUTHOR

       The PCI Utilities are maintained by Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>.

pciutils-3.1.7							  31 January 2010							 pcilib(7)