IBM p5 550 Technical Overview And Introduction

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Chapter 1. General description 131.5.4 Rack-mounting rules for p5-p550The primary rules that should be followed when mounting the p-550 into a rack are: The p5-550 is designed to be placed at any location in the rack. For rack stability, it isadvisable to start filling a rack from the bottom. Any remaining space in the rack can be used to install other systems or peripherals,provided that the maximum permissible weight of the rack is not exceeded and theinstallation rules for these devices are followed. Before placing a p5-550 into the service position, it is essential that the rackmanufacturer’s safety instructions have been followed regarding rack stability.Depending on the current implementation and future enhancements of additional 7311 ModelD20 drawers connected to the p5-550 or single installed p5-550 systems, Table 1-8 showsexamples of the minimum and maximum configurations for different combinations of p5-550sand attached 7311 Model D20 I/O drawers.Table 1-8 Minimum and maximum configurations for p550s and 7311-D20s1.5.5 Additional options for rackThe intention of this section is to highlight some solutions available to provide a single point ofmanagement for environments composed of multiple p5-550 servers or other IBM Sserverp5, pSeries, and RS/6000 systems.IBM 7212 Model 102 IBM TotalStorage Storage device enclosureThe IBM 7212 Model 102 is designed to provide efficient and convenient storage expansioncapabilities for select IBM Sserver p5, pSeries, and RS/6000 servers. The IBM 7212 Model102 is a 1U rack-mountable option to be installed in a standard 19-inch rack using an optionalrack-mount hardware feature kit. The 7212 Model 102 has two bays that can accommodateany of the following storage drive features: Digital Data Storage (DDS) Gen 5 DAT72 Tape Drive provides physical storage capacityof 36 GB (72 GB with 2:1 compression) per data cartridge. VXA-2 Tape Drive provides a media capacity of up to 80 GB (160 GB with 2:1compression) physical data storage capacity per cartridge. DDS-4 tape drive with 20 GB native data capacity per tape cartridge and a native physicaldata transfer rate of up to 3 MB/sec, using 2:1 compression so that a single tape cartridgecan store up to 40 GB of data. DVD-ROM drive is a 5 1/4-inch, half-high device. It can read 640 MB CD-ROM and 4.7 GBDVD-RAM media. It can be used for Alternate IPL (IBM-distributed CD-ROM media only)and program distribution. DVD-RAM drive with up to 2.7 MB/sec throughput. Using 3:1 compression, a single diskcan store up to 28 GB of data. Supported DVD disk native capacities on a singleDVD-RAM disk are as follows: up to 2.6 GB, 4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, and 9.4 GB.Only p5-550s One p5-550,one 7311-D20One p5-550,four 7311-D20sOne p5-550,eight 7311-D20s7014-T00 rack 9 4 1 17014-T42 rack 10 5 2 1