Front cover IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 Technical Overview and Introduction Designed for high-end mechanical computer-aided design Uses leading-edge IBM POWER5+ processor technology Delivers a 64-bit CATIA capable environment Scott Vetter Carlo Costantini Gregor Linzmeier ibm.com/redbooks Redpaper International Technical Support Organization IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 Technical Overview and Introduction September 2006 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page v. Second Edition (September 2006) This edition applies to IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 and IBM AIX 5L Version 5.3, product number 5765-G03. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . .v Trademarks . vi Preface . vii The team that wrote this Redpaper . vii Become a published author . viii Comments welcome. viii Chapter 1. General description . 1 1.1 System specifications . 2 1.2 Physical packaging . 2 1.3 IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation . 3 1.4 Minimum and optional features . 3 1.4.1 Processor features . 4 1.4.2 Memory features . 5 1.4.3 Disk and media feature . 5 1.4.4 USB diskette drive . 5 1.4.5 USB SpacePilot, SpaceBall, and SpaceMouse . 6 1.5 Express product offerings . 6 Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . 9 2.1 The POWER5+ processor. 10 2.2 Processor and cache . 11 2.3 Memory subsystem . 13 2.3.1 Memory placement rules. 13 2.3.2 Memory restrictions. 14 2.3.3 Memory throughput. 14 2.4 Internal I/O subsystem . 15 2.4.1 PCI-X slots and adapters . 15 2.4.2 LAN adapters . 16 2.4.3 Graphics accelerators . 16 2.4.4 Flat-panel monitors . 19 2.4.5 Audio adapter . 20 2.4.6 SCSI adapters. 20 2.4.7 iSCSI. 20 2.4.8 Fibre Channel adapters . 21 2.5 System ports and serial ports . 22 2.6 Internal storage . 22 2.6.1 Internal media devices . 22 2.6.2 Internal hot-swappable SCSI disks . 23 2.7 RAID options . 24 2.8 Operating system requirements . 24 2.9 Service processor . 25 Chapter 3. RAS and manageability . 27 3.1 Reliability, fault tolerance, and data integrity. 28 3.1.1 Fault avoidance. 28 3.1.2 First-failure data capture . 28 3.1.3 Permanent monitoring. 29 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006. All rights reserved. iii 3.1.4 Self-healing . 30 3.1.5 N+1 redundancy . 31 3.1.6 Fault masking . 31 3.1.7 Resource deallocation . 31 3.1.8 Serviceability. 32 3.2 Manageability . 33 3.2.1 Service processor . 33 3.2.2 Service Agent . 34 3.2.3 IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 firmware maintenance . 36 Chapter 4. Workstation hints and tips. 37 4.1 64-bit CATIA . 38 4.1.1 Checking the AIX 5L kernel mode . 39 4.1.2 Changing from a 32-bit to a 64-bit kernel . 39 4.2 Checking and changing the SMT setting . 39 4.3 Network Installation Management. 41 4.4 Automated shutdown . 43 4.5 Wake on LAN . 45 4.6 AIX Toolbox for Linux . 46 4.7 Licence Use Management Version 4.6.8 . 46 Appendix A. Servicing an IBM IntelliStation system . 49 Resource Link . 50 IBM Systems Hardware Information Center. 50 Related publications . ..