RE: Partitioning of xServer card -- MIDRANGE-L

Doug I would NOT place it in the primary partition(P0). IF P0 goes down or for some reason an update to IXS causes the need for an IPL so goes the entire system not just the partition. The Primary should only be a managing partition if at all possible. With todays technology, partial processor LPARs it is far less costly then in the past and getting better all the time. Net is:

Today any secondary partition will do best, at least until some changes come to the IBM iSeries LPAR infrastructure implementation. Will it work in the primary? YES very likely

I thought I saw someone say on this thread, that their LPAR system was "shipped" with the IXS in the Primary partition. LPARed systems are NOT shipped with the f/c cards in place according to what you want or specify in the LVT.

  Glenn
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-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Hart [mailto:doughart@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:17 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Partitioning of xServer card

When building an LPARed system where are people placing the xServer card?

 Since this is pretty much a standalone feature does it matter which
partition its placed into?  I know it shares DASD (like IFS) space, that can
be backed up to the iSeries tape device.  Any thoughts on placing it in the
primary managing P0 partition?


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Doug Hart

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