Subject: Power5 Installation Documentation

Audience: All

Date: February 21, 2005

The primary site for Power5 documentation is
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/index.htm

If you have trouble navigating this site, I recommend providing that feedback at the following URL:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/icfeedback.htm

Here's my list of favorite Power5 documentation:

Hardware Site Planning

• Site Planning: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphad/iphad.pdf
• Physical Specs: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphad/sysreq.htm

Installing HMC and Creating Partitions

• Advanced Power Virtualization: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247940.pdf
• Partitioning: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/SG247039.html?Open
• HMC: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphai/iphaihmc.pdf
• Partitioning for AIX: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphbk/iphbk.pdf
• Partitioning for Linux: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphbi/iphbi.pdf
• DLPAR Tips: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/DLPARchecklist.html

Installing AIX and Linux

• VIO Server: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/iphb1/iphb1.pdf
• AIX: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/aixins/insgdrf/insgdrf.pdf
• RedHat: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ppc-multi-install-guide /
• SUSE: http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles9/pdfdoc/sles-prep-ipseries/sles-prep-ipseries.pdf

Maintaining AIX

• Service Agent: https://www-306.ibm.com/services/cwi/portal/_pagr/128/_pa.128/161?category=5&locale=en_US
• Software Update (SUMA): http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/whitepapers/suma.html
• Fix Quick Links: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/aixfixes.html
• Virtualization SW: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/virtualization
• Microcode: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload
• Trouble Shooting: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/ipha3/ipha3.pdf
• Support: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/info/ipha5/ipha5.pdf
• AIX 5.3 Doc: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/infocenter/base/aix53.htm
• Subscription Link for AIX Fixes:https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs

Miscellaneous

• Primary doc sites: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/productdocs.html
• Power5 Support Portal: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries
• IBM RedBooks: http://www.ibm.com/redbooks