Re: LPAR IBM pSeries 650
From: Darrell Hoffman (dhoffman_at_cerner.com)
Date: 02/26/04
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 05:48:47 -0800
sharma_vick@hotmail.com (Vikram Sharma) wrote in message news:<43bf69f7.0402251521.28242e9d@posting.google.com>...
> I have a specific question regarding partitioning a Mid Range pSeries
> 650 Server.
> Below is the hardware specification:
> --------------------------------------
> Rack Server pSeries 650: 1 Qty
> 36.4 GB 10,000 RPM Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive Assembly: 2 Qty
> 146.8 GB 10,000 RPM Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive Assembly: 2 Qty
> 2-Way 1.2 GHz POWER4+ Processor Card: 4 Qty
> 4096MB (4*1024MB) SDRAM DIMM Memory: 4 Qty
>
> Wondering how many LPAR's I can do with the given configuration,
> reason I am asking is because one of our Sys. Admin's told us that we
> can only do 2 Partitions, because the pair of each disk drives are
> mirrored together.
> If this is true is there a way we can split these drives. We will be
> using this server for dev., test and other puposes (not for
> production).
You will only be able to have 1 LPAR. The SCSI initiator (bus)
internal to the p650 can only be assigned to a single LPAR, and all of
the internal disk drives are accessed through the same SCSI initiator.
You would need to add PCI SCSI cards and external storage to have more
than 1 LPAR.
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