Preface
Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ i
1.1
External Network Configuration .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
1.2.1
1.3
Management LAN ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1
Overview of the management LAN ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4
Maintenance LAN/REMCS LAN ............................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5
Production LAN ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.1
Overview of the production LAN ........................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.2
Redundancy of the production LAN ...................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6
1.6.1
MMB ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.2
Remote operation (BMC) ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.3
ServerView Suite ................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Operating System Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 29
3.1
Partition Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................ 30
3.1.1
Physical Partition Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 30
3.1.2
Extended Partition configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 34
3.1.3
3.2
High availability configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
3.2.1
Extended Partitioning ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.2.2
Extended Socket .................................................................................................................................................................... 49
3.2.3
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) ............................................................................................................................................. 53
3.2.4
Reserved SB .......................................................................................................................................................................... 58
3.2.5
Memory Operation Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 65
3.2.6
Memory Mirror ........................................................................................................................................................................ 66
3.2.7
Hardware RAID ...................................................................................................................................................................... 71
3.2.8
Server View RAID .................................................................................................................................................................. 71
3.2.9
Cluster configuration .............................................................................................................................................................. 71
3.3
Replacing components ............................................................................................................................................................... 71
3.3.1
Replaceable components ..................................................................................................................................................... 72
3.3.2
Component replacement conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 72
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
Replacing the PCI SSD card ................................................................................................................................................. 74
3.4
Expansion of components .......................................................................................................................................................... 76
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
Expansion of PCI SSD card .................................................................................................................................................. 78
3.5
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
4.1
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) .................................................................................................................................................. 83
4.1.1
DR function configuration setting .......................................................................................................................................... 84
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