Archive for the ‘IBM: System p Redbooks’ Category

Going Green with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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Draft Redpaper, last updated: Wed, 23 Jul 2008

- Understanding power and energy efficiency on IBM Systems
- Understanding IBM’s Green technology and offerings
- Managing IBM Systems with Active Energy Manager

Energy efficiency of data centers is a critical priority for IT managers.

InfoSphere Warehouse: Cubing Services and Client Access Interfaces

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 10 Jul 2008

- Creating cubes for fast access and multidimensional data analysis
- Getting more from your data warehouse - faster
- Alphablox, Cognos, and Microsoft Excel clients

Formerly known as DB2 Warehouse, InfoSphere Warehouse enables a unified, powerful data warehousing environment.

Going Green with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redpaper, last updated: Mon, 14 Jul 2008

- Understanding power and energy efficiency on IBM Systems
- Understanding IBM’s Green technology and offerings
- Managing IBM Systems with Active Energy Manager

Energy efficiency of data centers is a critical priority for IT managers.

IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 15 Jul 2008

- PowerVM virtualization technology including Live Partition Mobility
- World-class performance and flexibility
- Mainframe inspired continuous availability

This IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power Systems 595 (9119-FHA) enterprise-class server.

Running IBM WebSphere Application Server on System p and AIX Optimization and Best Practices

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redbook, last updated: Wed, 9 Jul 2008

- System p and AIX configuration strategies for IBM WebSphere Application Server
- Under the hood: how the JVM runtime and WAS interact with the AIX platform
- Implementation Scenarios

This book is dedicated to the topic of running the IBM Java Virtual Machine for AIX and WebSphere Application Server v6.1 on IBM System p and the AIX 5L operating system.

Case Study: AIX and WebSphere in an Enterprise Infrastructure

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redpaper, last updated: Wed, 9 Jul 2008

- Integrate AIX with Microsoft Active Directory based authentication and directory services
- Covers use of Microsoft Identity Information Server and Active Directory Application Mode LDAP
- Technical details based on an actual enterprise scenario

Provide System p / AIX 5L platform specific implementation, tuning, and management best practices guide for running Websphere.

PowerVM Virtualization on IBM System p: Managing and Monitoring

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Redbook, published: Mon, 30 Jun 2008

- Follow-on to the PowerVM on System p Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940
- A collection of managing and monitoring best practices focused on virtual resources
- Includes the Virtual I/O Server 1.5 enhancements

PowerVM™ virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual environments on POWER5™ , POWER5+™ and POWER6™ -based systems.

IBM Power Systems 520 Technical Overview and Introduction

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redpaper, last updated: Fri, 4 Jul 2008

- Covering models 8203-E4A, 9407-M15, and 9408-M25 - supporting the AIX, i, and Linux operating systems
- Intelligent power saving features including variable processor clock frequencies
- Mainframe inspired continuous availability in a deskside or rack-mount package

This IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power System 520 server, machine type models 8203-E4A, 9407-M15, and 9409-M25.

IBM System Storage/Brocade 8 Gbps Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 8 Jul 2008

- Read about the basics of the IBM/Brocade approach
- Learn about the IBM/Brocade products and solutions
- Understand how to install routers

The rapid spread and adoption of production storage area networks (SANs) has fueled the need for multiprotocol routers.

Utility Capacity on Demand: What Utility CoD Is and How to Use It

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Redpaper, published: Tue, 10 Jun 2008

- Understand what Utility CoD is
- Understand how it works
- See how it could be valuable for their company

This IBM Redpaper publication is about Utility Capacity on Demand (CoD) and provides a high-level technical description as well as setup information.