This IBM Redbooks publication gives a broad understanding of the new Power5 architecture as it applies to logical partitioned eServer i5 servers. This functionality is delivered through a new configuration and management interface called the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

This book will help you design your server partition scheme from scratch. We also discuss the requirements to migrate from existing iSeries servers with and without logical partitions.

This book will help you install, tailor, and configure logical partitions (LPARs) on eServer i5 servers. You will understand how to setup the server and HMC via the guided setup wizard, and also cover the creation of multiple i5/OS partitions.

Part 1. Introduction and positioning

Chapter 1. Introduction to iSeries and Storage Area Networks (SAN)

Chapter 2. iSeries external storage positioning and examples

Part 2. SAN

Chapter 3. Storage Area Networks (SAN)

Part 3. External disk

Chapter 4. Planning for external disk

Chapter 5. Adding ESS storage to the iSeries server

Chapter 6. Creating iSeries storage in ESS

Chapter 7. Mirroring to an ESS

Chapter 8. Multipath for iSeries

Chapter 9. Migrating external disk from SCSI to FC

Part 4. FC attached tape

Chapter 10. Using Fibre Channel attached tape devices

Part 5. Advanced topics

Chapter 11. Load Source Mirroring in the ESS

Chapter 12. Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy

Chapter 13. FlashCopy

Chapter 14. Taking backups from a FlashCopy

Appendix A. Comparative discussion

Appendix B. iSeries availability