This chapter helps you get started with installing and configuring an IBM eServer pSeries managed system environment. The following information is included in the chapter:
The IBM eServer pSeries Roadmap helps you locate marketing, service, and customer task information. The roadmap guides you through the tasks and the publications that document those tasks.
Based on your order request, the IBM eServer pSeries shipment may include the following materials:
CD-ROM Media:
Documentation:
This section provides descriptions, and target audience information for the IBM eServer pSeries and AIX 5L documentation libraries. Some of the documentation may only be available in printed form or in softcopy form. Based on the documentation content, the books are divided into the following categories: Planning, Installing and Configuring, and Using the System. The documentation listed as being available as softcopy can also be found on the Internet at the following Web address:
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base
Documentation Title | Description | Audience | Type |
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Site and Hardware Planning Information | Contains information to help plan for site preparation tasks, such as floor-planning, electrical needs, air conditioning, and other site-planning considerations. | Marketing, system administrators | softcopy |
Planning for Partitioned-System Operations | Describes planning considerations for partitioned systems, including information on dynamic partitioning and Capacity Upgrade on Demand. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
Hardware Management Console Installation and Operations Guide | Provides information on how to install, configure, and use a Hardware Management Console (HMC). Logical partition (LPAR) tasks, such as configuring and managing partitions on multiple host servers, are included. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
Documentation Title | Description | Audience | Type |
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Hardware Installation Guide | Provides information on how to install system hardware, cable the system, and verify operations. | Service personnel | printed and softcopy |
Planning for Partitioned-System Operations | Describes planning considerations for partitioned systems, including information on dynamic partitioning and Capacity Upgrade on Demand. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
Hardware Management Console Installation and Operations Guide | Provides information on how to install, configure, and use a Hardware Management Console (HMC). Logical partition (LPAR) tasks, such as configuring and managing partitions on multiple host servers, are included. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
AIX Installation in a Partitioned Environment | Provides information on how to install the AIX operating system in an LPAR environment. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
AIX Operating System Installation: Getting Started | Provides information on how to install and configure the AIX operating system on a standalone system using a CD-ROM device. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
AIX 5L Installation Guide and Reference | Provides information on installing the AIX 5L operating system on standalone systems, as well as on client systems using the Network Installation Management (NIM) interface. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
PCI Adapter Placement Reference | Outlines system-specific PCI adapter slot placement and adapter support configurations. | Service personnel | printed |
AIX 5L Version Release Notes | Provides late-breaking information for a specific AIX release. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
AIX 5L Documentation CD | AIX documentation library (system management guides, user guides, application programmer guides, commands and files references, AIX man pages, and so on). | System administrators | softcopy |
Documentation Title | Description | Audience | Type |
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Hardware Management Console Installation and Operations Guide | Provides information on how to install, configure, and use a Hardware Management Console (HMC). Logical partition (LPAR) tasks, such as configuring and managing partitions on multiple host servers, are included. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
Hardware User's Guide | Provides using, problem determination, and service processor information. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems | Combines operating instructions for hardware diagnostic programs with common MAPs and SRNs (Service Request Numbers). | Service personnel | printed and softcopy |
PCI Adapter Placement Reference | Outlines system-specific PCI adapter slot placement and adapter support configurations. | Service personnel | printed |
Hardware Management Console Maintenance Guide | Contains MAPs, removal and replacement, error code, and parts information to help diagnose and repair the system. | Service personnel | printed and softcopy |
Adapters, Devices, and Cable Information for Multiple Bus Systems | Provides information about adapters, devices, and cables that are attached to or used within the system. | System administrators | printed and softcopy |
System Unit Safety Information | Contains the English version of safety notices, as well as translations of those safety notices into other languages. | System administrators, service personnel | printed and softcopy |
AIX 5L Documentation CD | AIX documentation library (system management guides, user guides, application programmer guides, commands and files references, AIX man pages, and so on). | System administrators | softcopy |
It is not necessary to install the operating system's online documentation onto your server. You can access all of the documentation through the Internet at the following Web address:
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base
However, if you use the Documentation Library Service to search any online documentation, it searches only the registered documentation that is installed on your documentation server.
To view the online documentation, you must have an HTML browser installed on your system. The Netscape Communicator browser is located on the AIX 5L Expansion Pack. You can install the Netscape Communicator browser by installing the Netscape bundle in the SMIT Install Software Bundle menu (smitty install_bundle).
For detailed information on how to install and configure a documentation server and install the documentation, refer to the AIX 5L Version 5.2 Installation Guide and Reference.