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30 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide
– With NetWare 6.0, the server may show extreme CPU utilization values
(for example, 13000%). This will be fixed with NetWare 6.0 Support Pack
2. See RETAIN tip H176060 at:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43532.html
– Once supported, a multi-chassis configuration must be fully assembled
before installing NetWare. Novell doesn’t currently support adding chassis
after NetWare is installed.
4. Ongoing work will improve both Linux and key application scalability.
Currently, the general recommendation is to keep system size limited to
eight-way and below, and 16 GB and below. Work on scalability beyond
eight-way is in progress, and is likely to become available in early to
mid-2003.
5. VMware ESX Server 1.5 allows eight virtual machines per processor.
However, a virtual machine (VM) can consist of no more than one processor.
16-way support will require Version 1.5.1.
1.13 IBM Director
IBM Director is designed to manage all platforms in the Intel environment and
support a variety of operating systems.
IBM Director 3.1 supports IBM Enterprise X-Architecture capabilities, including
Remote I/O via the IBM RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure and the new
Real Time Diagnostics feature of the x440. CIM-related enhancements include:
CIM instrumentation for Linux
Mass configuration of client CIM properties — Saves time by setting up and
configuring multiple systems as a group, rather than having to configure each
system individually
Hardware instrumentation using CIM — Enables RAID and systems
management hardware information and alerts to be passed up to higher-level
management packages as part of the IBM Director upward integration
modules (UIMs)
IBM Director 4.1 will support VMware ESX Server both at the VMware console
level and at the guest operating system level.
IBM Director includes server extensions that help administrators configure,
deploy, manage, and maintain your servers easily and effectively. IBM Director
Extensions include the following:
System Partition Manager — System Partition Manager provides a
graphical interface for creating static hardware partitions. It allows an