Chapter 2. New hardware 15
2.1 The p630 server
This section describes the functionality and the features of the IBM pSeries p630
server (type 7028-6C4). We describe the following:
An overview is given in 2.1.1, “Introduction to the p630 server” on page 15.
The layout of the CPU board is described in 2.1.2, “CPU board layout” on
page 16.
The design of the system board is outlined in 2.1.3, “System board design” on
page 17.
Software considerations for this machine are given in 2.1.4, “Software
requirements” on page 18.
Considerations for integrating the p630 into a Cluster 1600 are discussed in
2.1.5, “Cluster considerations” on page 19.
2.1.1 Introduction to the p630 server
The IBM pSeries p630 is a 1-, 2-, or 4-way SMP machine running the ...