IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - (Page 16) platform have evolved from IBM’s 45 years of experience with IBM mainframes—which are known for providing missioncritical services and resiliency to its community. The RAS features that have grown into Power Systems allow businesses to have even more resilient environments. RAS features available on the Power Systems (for AIX and Linux*) include: s s s s s s s s 3ERVICE PROCESSOR WITH FAULT MONITORING %RRORCORRECTING CODE È%##É AND #HIPKILL CORRECTION 0REDICTIVE FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTICS (OT SWAPPABLE DISK BAYS FOR BOTH SERVERS AND )/ DRAWERS &AULT TOLERANCE WITH . REDUNDANCY OF POWER AND COOLING 3ERVICE PROCESSOR FAILOVER )/ ERROR HANDLING EXTENDED BEYOND THE BASE 0#) ADAPTER $YNAMIC FIRMWARE MAINTENANCE 4HESE FEATURES WERE DESIGNED TO BE /3 INDEPENDENTMEANING YOU DONÇT NEED TO RUN !)8 ON )"- 0OWER 3YSTEMS BECAUSE YOU can also use Linux*. The service processor is designed to automatically check for HEARTBEATS FROM YOUR /3 AND CAN BE CONFIGURED TO REBOOT IF IT doesn’t detect a heartbeat within a certain interval of time. If THE SYSTEM CANÇT COME UP AUTOMATICALLY THE SERVICE PROCESSESOR RECORDS THE ERROR AND REPORTS IT TO )"- USUALLY THROUGH THE reases portant because it inc RAS is im creasing overall resiliency by in your ice I, your quality of serv your RO and time to value. (ARDWARE -ANAGEMENT #ONSOLE È(-#É 4HIS HELPS YOU RECOVER from a crash that more quickly. Some new RAS features have been developed specifically for /3S WITH 0/7%2" TECHNOLOGY &OR EXAMPLE PROCESSOR RETRIES WITHIN THE )"- 0/7%2" PLATFORM ALLOW FAILED INSTRUCTIONS TO continue execution; it stores all data in the chip and reverts BACK TO A PREVIOUS STATE UPON AN ERROR )F THE RETRY FAILS IT CAN SEARCH FOR SPARE #APACITY ON $EMAND È#O$É PROCESSORS OR MOVE THEM TO UNUSED PROCESSORS )F THEYÇRE ALL USED THE 0/7%2" server can then dynamically allocate resources to another #05 ALREADY IN USE 4HE 0/7%2" SEVER LINE ALSO COMES WITH &IRST &AILURE $ATA #APTURE È&&$#É WHICH ALLOWS THE SERVICE AP RIL/MA Y 2 009 i bms ystemsmag . com /aix processor to isolate faults and take recovery actions on them. It logs the events that occurred up to the failure. In the event of AN ENTIRE PROCESSOR FAILURE DYNAMIC REALLOCATIONS OF PROCESSES CAN EVEN BE DONE FOR TWOCORE SYSTEMS AND UP &URTHERMORE ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE )"- 0OWER 3YSTEM !%! ALLOW FOR SELECTIVE DYNAMIC FIRMWARE UPDATES WHICH REALLY ENHANCE OVERALL AVAILABILITY )N THE PAST SYSTEMS NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FOR FIRMWARE UPDATES' NOW SOME UPDATES CAN BE DONE CONCURRENTLY WITHOUT A REBOOT /THER RECENT ENHANCEMENTS TO THE 0OWER !%! INCLUDE THE CAPABILITY TO ADD #05 PROCESSORS WITHOUT A REBOOT ÈHOTNODE add) and deactivation and repair of hardware without a power down (hot-node repair). You can now deactivate a processor book and remove it concurrently without a reboot to complete the repair. All of these features are designed to add to your capability to support large-scale mission-critical applications WITH INCREASED RESILIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY -ORE THAN ANYTHING RAS is important because it increases your overall resiliency BY INCREASING YOUR 2/) QUALITY OF SERVICE AND TIME TO VALUE RAS is a part of IBM’s autonomic computing initiative— A GOAL FOR SELFMANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH INCLUDES SELF HEALING OPTIMIZING AS WELL AS CONFIGURING #O$ IS ANOTHER FEATURE THAT ADDS TO THE RESILIENCY OF THE 0OWER Systems environment. It allows businesses to adjust workloads to the peaks and valleys of the operations. )T PROVIDES F LEXIBILIT Y which is synony mous WITH RESILIENCY (OW DOES IT DO THIS1 #O$ ALLOWS YOU TO ACTIVATE #05 AND R A M on an as-needed BASIS $IFFERENT T Y PES of conf igurations are AVAILABLE INCLUDING 4RIAL #O$ /N/FF #O$ AND #APACITY "ACK5P (ERE ARE SOME OF THE TERMS explained: 8VeVX^inJe\gVYZdc9ZbVcY 8jd9 allows you to permaNENTLY ACTIVATE DORMANT #05S OR MEMORY UNITS THAT HAVE already been purchased. This can be done without rebooting YOUR SERVER BUT YOU PREORDER THE HARDWARE YOUÇLL NEED IN advance. You don’t have to pay all of the costs up front (usually IT COSTS BETWEEN AND PERCENT OF THE FINAL COSTÉ /NLY DO this if you’re fairly certain you’ll scale up to the hardware you’ve PURCHASED BECAUSE YOUÇLL PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE HARDWARE IN ADVANCE !S LITTLE AS ONE #05 OR '" CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE AND ACTIVATED VIA CODES FROM )"- 2EMEMBER IF YOU DONÇT USE IT you’ll lose it. 16 http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/aix Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 Editor's Desk: High-Flying Security Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. Administrator: A Systems-Management Approach to Symmetric and Asymmetric Keys Product News Advertiser Index Power Systems Perspective: Growing Solutions to Reduce Risk IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page Cover1) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page Cover2) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page 1) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page 2) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page 3) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems — AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 (Page 4) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Editor's Desk: High-Flying Security (Page 5) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures (Page 6) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures (Page 7) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures (Page 8) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Focus of Storage: Solid-State Disks Will Become Integral to Many Enterprise Storage Infrastructures (Page 9) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. (Page 10) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. (Page 11) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. (Page 12) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Case Study: ProHealth Care Improves Backup and Recovery Processes by Deploying a Near Real-time Mirroring Solution. (Page 13) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 14) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 15) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 16) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 17) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 18) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Cover Story: High-availability Offerings for Power Systems Running AIX Help Guarantee a Resilient Infrastructure. (Page 19) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. (Page 20) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. (Page 21) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. (Page 22) IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - AIX digital edition - April/May 2009 - Feature: Dynamic Infrastructure Helps Companies Reduce Costs, Manage Risks and Improve Services. 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