Re: 520 Installation Problems

[Pete Massiello <pmassiello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

   The question becomes, why did your business partner (or whomever you 
bought the machine from) not do a config, preferably using the LVT 
(doesn't matter if it was an LPAR machine or not) so that you had a 
configuration layout to put the cards into?  How could he/she have known 
all those cards would have fit, and that you had the right prerequisite 
IOPs etc if they didn't do that for you.  Why did they not help you with 
the install?

   Pete Massiello

John Taylor wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Thanks to all who replied. There was an error in my original email. I had
> typed the positions of the 5702 and 5703 incorrectly. The cards are actually
> placed as follows:
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> C1 - 2844 IOP
> C2 - 2746 Twinax
> C3 - 9793 WAN
> C4 - 5703 Raid Adapter
> C5 - 5702 Tape Controller
> C6 - 2844 IOP
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> Based upon all the documentation I could find (including the link provided
> by JR), these are the correct card positions. Since the server was still not
> IPL'ing, I contacted IBM Support, and they were able to verify that the
> cards were placed in the correct positions. They suggested that I try
> reseating them again. I did so, and the machine IPL'd successfully.
>
> For the archives, here at the tools which I found useful:
>
> As provide by JR, this is the link to the eServer Hardware Information
> Center:
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/index.htm?info/
> ipha8/icmain.htm
>
> The following redbook is very helpful:
>
> (PCI Placement Rules for the IBM eServer i5 and iSeries Servers with i5/OS
> V5R3)
>
> http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4011.html
>
>
> And finally, it turns out there is a software tool called the LPAR
> Validation Tool which allows you to build your server config interactively,
> with built-in validation (hence the name!). The IBM support staff informed
> me about this tool. You can download it here:
>
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/lpar/systemdesign.html
>
> If I had to do it again, I'd start with the LPAR Validation Tool. Doing so
> would have saved me a few hours of tedious searching through the various
> InfoCenter documents.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
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> John Taylor
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