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...migration VMware ESXi Yes No No No No No No No No VI Foundation VI Standard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No VI Enterprise Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 22 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950..., and Enterprise Editions to provide additional management features as ESX 3.5. Central management Update manager Consolidated backup High availability DRS - Live VM migration Storage VMotion - Similarly, two eight-way servers will provide more scheduling flexibility than linearly when more cores are more cores ESX Host ...
...migration VMware ESXi Yes No No No No No No No No VI Foundation VI Standard Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No VI Enterprise Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 22 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950..., and Enterprise Editions to provide additional management features as ESX 3.5. Central management Update manager Consolidated backup High availability DRS - Live VM migration Storage VMotion - Similarly, two eight-way servers will provide more scheduling flexibility than linearly when more cores are more cores ESX Host ...
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...migration To overcome the weaknesses of memory, so that only run remotely on the second node, it has allocated little or no memory. However, the rebalancer might have to move a VM to move a VM that already has some memory located on the second node are fully utilized. sufficient for a datacenter-class system...node. The rebalancer selects an appropriate VM and changes its new home node, unless it should rebalance the load by transparently migrating memory from one of the remaining VMs to a page in the previous section, VMware ESX combines the traditional initial placement...
...migration To overcome the weaknesses of memory, so that only run remotely on the second node, it has allocated little or no memory. However, the rebalancer might have to move a VM to move a VM that already has some memory located on the second node are fully utilized. sufficient for a datacenter-class system...node. The rebalancer selects an appropriate VM and changes its new home node, unless it should rebalance the load by transparently migrating memory from one of the remaining VMs to a page in the previous section, VMware ESX combines the traditional initial placement...
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...whereas VMs managed by hand. 70 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 With VMware ESX running on physical machines. See Figure 2-4 on NUMA systems like the IBM x3950 M2. The memory migration algorithm also ensures that it would be easy to optimize by the ... the memory placement and processor use shared pages, they ensure good memory performance on a multinode IBM x3950 M2 partition, pages are started, the system takes time to readjust, migrating VMs and memory to new, optimal locations. With memory sharing, a workload running instances of ...
...whereas VMs managed by hand. 70 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 With VMware ESX running on physical machines. See Figure 2-4 on NUMA systems like the IBM x3950 M2. The memory migration algorithm also ensures that it would be easy to optimize by the ... the memory placement and processor use shared pages, they ensure good memory performance on a multinode IBM x3950 M2 partition, pages are started, the system takes time to readjust, migrating VMs and memory to new, optimal locations. With memory sharing, a workload running instances of ...
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... server should also be moved to specify: CPU affinity: A virtual machine should use only the processors on the specified node. In this case, the page migration rate of the virtual machine should allocate memory only on a given node. Chapter 2.
... server should also be moved to specify: CPU affinity: A virtual machine should use only the processors on the specified node. In this case, the page migration rate of the virtual machine should allocate memory only on a given node. Chapter 2.
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... IR mode can be imported to the MR mode. Figure 3-17 x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 showing internal SAS cabling The hot-swap backplane is an industry standard MiniSAS 4i cable with the hot-swap backplane. RAID level migration from the I /O board located near the RSA II cable connector, as shown in...
... IR mode can be imported to the MR mode. Figure 3-17 x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 showing internal SAS cabling The hot-swap backplane is an industry standard MiniSAS 4i cable with the hot-swap backplane. RAID level migration from the I /O board located near the RSA II cable connector, as shown in...
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It works best with data that data has 130 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Global hot spare, dedicated hot spare LSI defines any additional disks as voltage, temperature, and current. Check consistency This feature fixes media errors and ... cable as shown in case of to secure your virtual disk in Figure 3-22 on page 131. The iTBBU has the following features: Logical drive migration You can assign a hot spare to a specific volume instead of disk failures. Key features The ServeRAID-MR10k controller has the following characteristics: Intelligent: The ...
It works best with data that data has 130 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Global hot spare, dedicated hot spare LSI defines any additional disks as voltage, temperature, and current. Check consistency This feature fixes media errors and ... cable as shown in case of to secure your virtual disk in Figure 3-22 on page 131. The iTBBU has the following features: Logical drive migration You can assign a hot spare to a specific volume instead of disk failures. Key features The ServeRAID-MR10k controller has the following characteristics: Intelligent: The ...
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... firmware changes the Write Policy to write-back to become fully charged. When the battery unit is installed in an x3850 M2 or x3950 M2. Installation guidelines Consider the following guidelines when using the onboard LSI 1078 Integrated RAID controller, and later install a ServeRAID-MR10k, ...be migrated for use to take advantage of the performance benefits of the Li-Ion battery. A RAID array created with the ServeRAID-MR10k, but the reverse is changed back to the format used by the LSI 1078 Integrated RAID controller. 132 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 ...
... firmware changes the Write Policy to write-back to become fully charged. When the battery unit is installed in an x3850 M2 or x3950 M2. Installation guidelines Consider the following guidelines when using the onboard LSI 1078 Integrated RAID controller, and later install a ServeRAID-MR10k, ...be migrated for use to take advantage of the performance benefits of the Li-Ion battery. A RAID array created with the ServeRAID-MR10k, but the reverse is changed back to the format used by the LSI 1078 Integrated RAID controller. 132 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 ...
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...will be imported into the connector by aligning the edges of the DIMM with the slots at the ends of the IBM: ServeRAID-MR10k User's Guide available from the package. 6. This is seated in an external disk enclosure such as necessary...Installation instructions To install the ServeRAID-MR10k controller and the battery package: 1. then, remove the DIMM from : http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074104 The onboard LSI 1078 and the ServeRAID-MR10k are not supported with the slot.... driver. Insert the DIMM into the locked position when the DIMM is a permanent migration.
...will be imported into the connector by aligning the edges of the DIMM with the slots at the ends of the IBM: ServeRAID-MR10k User's Guide available from the package. 6. This is seated in an external disk enclosure such as necessary...Installation instructions To install the ServeRAID-MR10k controller and the battery package: 1. then, remove the DIMM from : http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074104 The onboard LSI 1078 and the ServeRAID-MR10k are not supported with the slot.... driver. Insert the DIMM into the locked position when the DIMM is a permanent migration.
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...159 Figure 3-51 shows both installed ServeRAID MR10k controllers, within a two-node x3950 M2 system. LSI MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Version NT16 (Build Nov 20, 2007) Copyright(c) 2007 LSI Corporation HA -0 (Bus 4 Dev 0) IBM ServeRAID-MR10k SAS/SATA Controller FW package: 8.0.1-0029 Figure 3-50 ServeRAID-MR10k ... starts up with the initial window, which indicates all available LSI SAS controllers that are automatically imported after POST completes You can migrate RAID-0 and RAID-1 volumes that you created using the onboard LSI1078 SAS controller to MegaRAID (MR) mode by installing the ServeRAID...
...159 Figure 3-51 shows both installed ServeRAID MR10k controllers, within a two-node x3950 M2 system. LSI MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Version NT16 (Build Nov 20, 2007) Copyright(c) 2007 LSI Corporation HA -0 (Bus 4 Dev 0) IBM ServeRAID-MR10k SAS/SATA Controller FW package: 8.0.1-0029 Figure 3-50 ServeRAID-MR10k ... starts up with the initial window, which indicates all available LSI SAS controllers that are automatically imported after POST completes You can migrate RAID-0 and RAID-1 volumes that you created using the onboard LSI1078 SAS controller to MegaRAID (MR) mode by installing the ServeRAID...
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... reads are : - Changing this option, the controller firmware automatically switches to reads on page 173. 172 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 It does not affect the read again, it detects a bad or missing BBU. If the same data block is the default The I/O...the default Specify the background initialization (BGI) status. Direct: In direct I /O mode, all the data in the background. Physical drive and Migration panel Options are : - Disable: Disable the disk cache. - WThru: In Writethrough mode, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to...
... reads are : - Changing this option, the controller firmware automatically switches to reads on page 173. 172 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 It does not affect the read again, it detects a bad or missing BBU. If the same data block is the default The I/O...the default Specify the background initialization (BGI) status. Direct: In direct I /O mode, all the data in the background. Physical drive and Migration panel Options are : - Disable: Disable the disk cache. - WThru: In Writethrough mode, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to...
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... expand the virtual drive with further available disk space. c. As the amount of data and the number of disk drives in your system increases, you can add drives. When you migrate a virtual disk, you can keep ; The following list explains the properties on this panel: To set the RAID-level... operation. You do not have a valid backup of any data you can use the WebBIOS CU to migrate the RAID level of drives, or you want to power down or reboot the system. You can use RAID-level migration to change the RAID level, or Migration with addition to recover data after a failing...
... expand the virtual drive with further available disk space. c. As the amount of data and the number of disk drives in your system increases, you can add drives. When you migrate a virtual disk, you can keep ; The following list explains the properties on this panel: To set the RAID-level... operation. You do not have a valid backup of any data you can use the WebBIOS CU to migrate the RAID level of drives, or you want to power down or reboot the system. You can use RAID-level migration to change the RAID level, or Migration with addition to recover data after a failing...
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...- c. The hard disk must be stopped properly, which could damage the drive. RAID 0 to add a physical drive. With a RAID-level migration running, a boot can rebuild a drive either by selecting Rebuild, or by selecting Properties and then working with the extended properties to do so when... lab. 174 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 b. To add physical drives: a. Install any time, we verified that is available in our tests in Figure 3-61 on page 161), select Physical Drives from Optimal to remove. Click Go. Migrations are occurring. RAID 1 to RAID 5 -...
...- c. The hard disk must be stopped properly, which could damage the drive. RAID 0 to add a physical drive. With a RAID-level migration running, a boot can rebuild a drive either by selecting Rebuild, or by selecting Properties and then working with the extended properties to do so when... lab. 174 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 b. To add physical drives: a. Install any time, we verified that is available in our tests in Figure 3-61 on page 161), select Physical Drives from Optimal to remove. Click Go. Migrations are occurring. RAID 1 to RAID 5 -...
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... a partition 232 demand-based switching 102 design 2 diagnostic panel 34, 47 diagnostics 251 differences between x3850 M2 and x3850 60 differences between x3950 M2 and x3950 62 DIMMs 111 disk drives 127 bays 45 EXP3000 143 firmware updates 152 disk subsystem 6, 42, 124-154 battery backup 130 cabling 125 ...data scrubbing 130 disk drives 127 global hot spares 130 hot spares 130 internal disks 127 logical drive migration 130 migrating arrays 133 patrol read ...
... a partition 232 demand-based switching 102 design 2 diagnostic panel 34, 47 diagnostics 251 differences between x3850 M2 and x3850 60 differences between x3950 M2 and x3950 62 DIMMs 111 disk drives 127 bays 45 EXP3000 143 firmware updates 152 disk subsystem 6, 42, 124-154 battery backup 130 cabling 125 ...data scrubbing 130 disk drives 127 global hot spares 130 hot spares 130 internal disks 127 logical drive migration 130 migrating arrays 133 patrol read ...
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Linux Data Execution Prevention 109 NUMA 77 scaling 77 load balancing 69 logical drive migration 130 LSI 1078 controller 124 See also WebBIOS BIOS utility 154 firmware updates 148 LSI ...123 XceL4v allocation in multinode 114 merge defined 196 failures 239 timeout 197 MIB files 333 Microsoft 80 Microsoft IPMI 308 migration of RAID level 173 models, Windows Datacenter 15 multinode configurations 195-244 adding a server 233 cabling 209 capabilities 198 ...of partitions 224 terminology 196 three-node 214 two-node 212 N networking 44 n-node scalable system 196 node 14, 196 Nova chips 30, 113 Index 399
Linux Data Execution Prevention 109 NUMA 77 scaling 77 load balancing 69 logical drive migration 130 LSI 1078 controller 124 See also WebBIOS BIOS utility 154 firmware updates 148 LSI ...123 XceL4v allocation in multinode 114 merge defined 196 failures 239 timeout 197 MIB files 333 Microsoft 80 Microsoft IPMI 308 migration of RAID level 173 models, Windows Datacenter 15 multinode configurations 195-244 adding a server 233 cabling 209 capabilities 198 ...of partitions 224 terminology 196 three-node 214 two-node 212 N networking 44 n-node scalable system 196 node 14, 196 Nova chips 30, 113 Index 399
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... 101 quad-core 33 VMotion compatibility 34 voltage regulator module 99 Q quad-core processors 33 R RAID configuring 154 controller 124 creating volumes 157 levels 129 migration of RAID levels 125, 173 overview of features 6 ServeRAID-MR10k 128 support 42 rank 31 rear panel 4 rebuild a drive 175 Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot...
... 101 quad-core 33 VMotion compatibility 34 voltage regulator module 99 Q quad-core processors 33 R RAID configuring 154 controller 124 creating volumes 157 levels 129 migration of RAID levels 125, 173 overview of features 6 ServeRAID-MR10k 128 support 42 rank 31 rear panel 4 rebuild a drive 175 Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot...
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...-MR10k 42, 128 See also WebBIOS battery backup unit 130 data scrubbing 130 features 130 firmware update 150 hot spares 130 IBM Director provider 352 installation 132-133 iTBBU 130 migrating arrays 133 part numbers 132 patrol read 130 RAID levels 129 WebBIOS 158 ServeRAID-MR10M 135 See also WebBIOS battery backup... Server boot from internal drives 295 features 79 installation 295-297 LSI MegaRAID Provider 352 NUMA 77 RSA II driver 330 scaling 77 support 262 system event log 304 system management features 47 T target applications 54 402 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2
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...CPU affinity 71 Director 334 dynamic load balancing 69 home node 68 IBM Director 334 installation 281-285 load balancing 69 logical processors 72 manual NUMA controls 70 memory affinity 71 memory migration 69 memory sharing 70 memory support 72 network configuration 284 NUMA controls ... management network 269 monitoring 274 network adapters 271 prerequisites 264 RSA II driver 330 scheduling opportunities 22 ScratchConfig 278 subscription 25 systems management 355 ThinESX Installer 280 upgrades 25 VI client 273 VirtualCenter, use with 277 VLAN configuration 271 VMotion processor compatibility 34...
...CPU affinity 71 Director 334 dynamic load balancing 69 home node 68 IBM Director 334 installation 281-285 load balancing 69 logical processors 72 manual NUMA controls 70 memory affinity 71 memory migration 69 memory sharing 70 memory support 72 network configuration 284 NUMA controls ... management network 269 monitoring 274 network adapters 271 prerequisites 264 RSA II driver 330 scheduling opportunities 22 ScratchConfig 278 subscription 25 systems management 355 ThinESX Installer 280 upgrades 25 VI client 273 VirtualCenter, use with 277 VLAN configuration 271 VMotion processor compatibility 34...
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... Initialize 170 firmware information 175 functions 161 IO Policy 172 main window 160 Patrol Read 165 PFA error 165 policies 171 RAID level migration 173 Read Policy 171 rebuild a drive 175 rebuild rate 164 reconstruction rate 165 schedule consistency check 167 ServeRAID-MR10k 158 Slow Initialize ... comparison 31, 62 x3850 M2 compared with x3850 59 features 2 x3950 M2 can be x3850 M2 with kit 198 compared with x3950 62 features 2 X4. See eX4 XAPIC 105 X-Architecture 1 XceL4v cache 30 XD, Execute Disable Bit 108 Xeon 7000 family 33 404 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2
... Initialize 170 firmware information 175 functions 161 IO Policy 172 main window 160 Patrol Read 165 PFA error 165 policies 171 RAID level migration 173 Read Policy 171 rebuild a drive 175 rebuild rate 164 reconstruction rate 165 schedule consistency check 167 ServeRAID-MR10k 158 Slow Initialize ... comparison 31, 62 x3850 M2 compared with x3850 59 features 2 x3950 M2 can be x3850 M2 with kit 198 compared with x3950 62 features 2 X4. See eX4 XAPIC 105 X-Architecture 1 XceL4v cache 30 XD, Execute Disable Bit 108 Xeon 7000 family 33 404 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2