This IBM Redbooks publication is about POWER Linux implementation on the IBM System i platform. With the brand-new technologies of POWER5 and IBM Virtualization Engine, POWER Linux on i5 is even more powerful, scalable, and flexible. We also have new versions of Linux distributions that are available for POWER Linux on IBM System i platform. They are SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.

This book gets you ready to plan, configure, and install Linux on System i platform. It provides information about setting up a network connection between the server i5/OS partition and the client Linux partition over virtual LAN using various methods. It also covers various topics of administration, operations, and tips and techniques.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Linux on System i platform

Chapter 2. Configuration planning

Chapter 3. Creating logical partitions

Chapter 4. Creating the storage environment

Chapter 5. Creating the network support

Chapter 6. Linux installation

Chapter 7. Administrating the Linux environment

Chapter 8. Leveraging virtualization for specific requirements

Appendix A. Virtual CD library

Appendix B. Setting up Linux on iSeries models

Appendix C. Performance considerations

Appendix D. Troubleshooting