Definition in terms time, I used expansion chassis when I should have said
Disk expansion chassis (EXP24)
That's the only reason for the EJ14s that I am aware of.
Which backplane did you use?
EJ1C
EJ1C + EJ1E
EJ1D
EJ1M
For our discussion I'll assume EJ1D. (18 SFF-3 bays with write cache)
First off IBM will always put a 5899 in slot C11. Leave it there, no reason
to move it.
P1-C5 x8 2.5 GHz Long EN0A PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel
Adapter
P1-C6 x16 2.5 GHz Long 5899 PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter
P1-C7 x8 2.5 GHz Long 5899 PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter
P1-C8 x16 2.5 GHz Long EJ14 PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS
Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
P1-C9 x16 2.5 GHz Long EJ14 [P1-C8] PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS
SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
P1-C10 x8 2.5 GHz Long EN0A PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel
Adapter
P1-C11 x8 2.5 GHz Long 5899 PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter
Now the only argument I have is I would move the EN0A 16GB Fibre card to
P1-C6 and the 5899 to C5. Maybe a bit picky but it's my thought.
So the system planner says all is good with those placements, in fact says
slots will be under utilized.
Now all I would need are the partition definitions, ViSCSI assignments, etc
to finish the system plan.
Once that is done and the HMC is connected to the system, you would just
deploy the system plan from the sysetm planning software and whahoo, you
have a fully configured system.
Auditors love the system plan since it documents the entire box quite well.
So that took about 3 minutes to build, about four times that long to write
the email.
Now you have a validated system.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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Paul
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 11:06 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: P9 9009-42A slot priorty recomendations
Jim,
Made some adjustments, only 7 cards total, all in the CEC, no expansion
bays.
P1-C8 - EJ14 - PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
(generation 3, x8, single-wide, full-height, short form-factor)
P1-C9 - EJ14 - PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
(generation 3, x8, single-wide, full-height, short form-factor)
P1-C5 - EN0A - PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (low-profile, x8,
generation 3, PCIe adapter. This adapter is a high-performance 8x short form
adapter)
P1-C10 -EN0A - PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (low-profile, x8,
generation 3, PCIe adapter. This adapter is a high-performance 8x short form
adapter)
P1-C6 - 5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (short, low-profile, generation-2
PCIe adapter)
P1-C7 - 5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (short, low-profile, generation-2
PCIe adapter)
P1-C8 - 5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (short, low-profile, generation-2
PCIe adapter)
Paul
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
Oberholtzer
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 8:58 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: P9 9009-42A slot priorty recomendations
Paul:
The FIRST place you start with that project is the system planning tool.
See:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1026099
You'll have to install it and build your system. In there you can see all
the placement rules etc.
When folks like Larry, me, Pete design systems this is where we start.
If you have the system and the HMC already up and powered on you could
extract the system plan from the HMC and use that to figure out placements
for the new cards.
The EJ14s and the EN0As will need to be in specific slots more because of
performance that slot restrictions. The planning tool will show you cards
that are in poor locations for that card.
Your business partner should have created a system plan prior to ordering
the system. Ask them for that copy.
Failing all of that I could build one for you.
How many expansion chassis?
How many partitions? VIOS/IBM i hosting i?
Etc. etc.
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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Paul
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:25 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: P9 9009-42A slot priorty recomendations
We received our P9 9009-42A.
EP1E - 8-core Typical 3.8 to 4.0 GHz (max) POWER9 Processor Not all feature
cards were pre-installed.
Below are my thoughts on where to locate the features.
P1-C8 - EJ14 - PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
(generation 3, x8, single-wide, full-height, short form-factor)
P1-C9 - EJ14 - PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID PLUS SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8
(generation 3, x8, single-wide, full-height, short form-factor)
P1-C6 - EN0A - PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (low-profile, x8,
generation 3, PCIe adapter. This adapter is a high-performance 8x short form
adapter) P1-C12)EN0A - PCIe3 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter (low-profile,
x8, generation 3, PCIe adapter. This adapter is a high-performance 8x short
form adapter)
5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (short, low-profile, generation-2 PCIe
adapter)
5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (short, low-profile, generation-2 PCIe
adapter)
5899 - PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter(short, low-profile, generation-2 PCIe
adapter)
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/9223-42H/p9eab/p9eab_914_924_
slot_details.htm
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