December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
458 pages
9h 3m
English
book
Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters
by Dino Quintero, Prabhakar Attaluri, Tomas Baublys, Xinghong He, Chin Yau Lee, Francois Thomas
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1.4. Chapter description
In this redbook, we provide information and guidelines on how to deploy Linux on IBM eServer pSeries clusters. Subsequent chapters cover these topics:
Chapter 2, “System installation” on page 5
This chapter contains important information you need to install Linux on pSeries systems. Pre-installation steps, installation procedures, hardware information including firmware basics, network installation, and post-installation checks are discussed.
Chapter 3, “System administration” on page 95
After the installation of Linux on a pSeries cluster, administration of such an environment requires special attention. This chapter includes information on the Logical Volume Manager (LVM), file systems, local user management, RPM management ...