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IBM Power Systems Requirements, Best Practices and Limitations § Hardware requirements: – DS 5100 or DS 5300 – Power servers (Power blades not supported for direct attachment) – POWER 6 hardware – POWER 5(+) hardware not supported – Smart I/O adapter (IOPless adapter) #5735 (8 Gb dual-port PCI-E) #5774 (4 Gb dual-port PCI-E) #5749 (4 Gb dual-port PCI-X) § Software requirements: – IBM i 6.
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VM may be required for shared processors, Active Memory Sharing § IBM i LPAR owns Fibre Channel adapter(s) – Two adapters required for redundancy § New IBM i host kit required on DS 5100 and DS 5300 – Feature code #7735 § IBM i supports Multi-path I/O with direct attachment to DS 5100 and DS 5300 – No additional software required on DS 5100 and DS 5300 – Round-robin algorithm used with Multi-path I/O in IBM i Power Hypervisor * All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. IBM i Direct Support for DS 5100 and DS 5300 Overview IBM Power Systems § IBM i supports direct attachment to DS 5100 and DS 5300 storage to enable simpler SAN planning and leverage midrange open storage § DS 5100 and DS 5300 benefits – Multiple RAID levels, including RAID 6 – Custom XOR processor for RAID calculations – Consolidated storage for IBM i, Unix, Linux, Windows applications – Can use FC or SATA drives § DS 5100 and DS 5300 currently supported § New support does not require Power.