Ethernet: Yes I was referring to the bridge capability. IBM i does
Ethernet and SCSI virtualization extremely well. Fibre virtualization you
will need VIOS. Console is HMC anyway since you have partitions and the two
required connections in your partition(s) provide for the console.
You will need VIOS for NPIV which is what I believe you're asking about the
Fibre channel. If you are running VIOS as the virtualization for NPIV and
Ethernet then only really need one Ethernet card, unless of course you are
running dual VIOS. Then two Ethernet cards, and a pair of Fibre channel
cards for redundancy will be needed. VIOS is best suited for external
storage so if you're planning on that I would consider SAN storage instead
of direct attach storage. Don't forget you'll need a Fibre SAN switch that
is NPIV capable. You'll need that for NPIV anyway.
It's late I don't remember the SAS connections for the EJOP off hand.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steinmetz, Paul
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 8:18 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: P7 8205-E6C upgrade to P8 8286-42A
Jim,
I need the 2893.
For the Ethernet cards IBM I virtualization abilities, are you referring to
an Ethernet bridge, or is there something else.
Only if I use VIOS do I gain the below, correct? .The POWER Hypervisor
provides the following types of virtual I/O adapters:
Virtual SCSI
Virtual Ethernet
Virtual Fibre Channel
Virtual (TTY) console
I was planning on using the internal EJ0P Raid adapter. This can only
support 1 EXP24S, correct..
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
Oberholtzer
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 5:06 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: P7 8205-E6C upgrade to P8 8286-42A
Since card slots are at a premium again, don't underutilize a slot and drop
cards you really don't need. The configs below has 10 slots already used.
Do you really need the 2893? If not drop it.
I would also drop the 5767 in favor of the new 4 port Ethernet cards. It
allows for aggregated ports and better failover, and Ethernet cards are
cheap really. If you use the IBM i virtualization abilities you could drop
a card, have two for redundancy and have all the Ethernet ports you can use
for all of the partitions.
I'm assuming the 24 1962s are in the 5887 already, sure keep them.
Why not use the internal RAID adapter on the P8 to drive the 5887s? Those
5913 pairs take up four slots and you don't have sufficient DASD units
attached to them to push the I/O limit even by a little bit.
Otherwise yes you could bring them over.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steinmetz, Paul
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 2:30 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: P7 8205-E6C upgrade to P8 8286-42A
I recently had our BP run a config for a P8 8286-42A based on my current P7
8205-E6C, 3 year warranty about to expire, 7x24 maintenance will increase
significantly.
After reviewing the config, I realized the below current P7 features could
be utilized in the new P8.
Actually, all my data could be moved simply by moving the EXP24S drawer, no
need to unload/load.
Are there any reasons I shouldn't consider utilizing my current P7 features?
24 1962 571GB 10k RPM SAS SFF-2 Disk Drive (IBM i)
1 2893 PCIe 2-Line WAN w/Modem
2 5735 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter
3 5767 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Express Adapter
2 5887 EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer
4 5913 PCIe2 1.8GB Cache RAID SAS Adapter Tri-port 6Gb
Thank You
_____
Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator
Pencor Services, Inc.
462 Delaware Ave
Palmerton Pa 18071
610-826-9117 work
610-826-9188 fax
610-349-0913 cell
610-377-6012 home
psteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pencor.com/
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