Use this page to find information pertinent to your hardware model.
System overview
System p® Overview
- This publication provides information about the functional characteristics and capabilities of System p POWER6™ systems. This information helps system planners, operators, and administrators understand the detailed features, requirements, and modes of operation of these systems.
License Agreement for Machine Code
- This publication contains the agreement for Licensed Machine Code (LMC).
Statement of Limited Warranty
- This publication contains the hardware warranty statement and warranty service information for IBM® System p.
Safety Inspection Guide
- This publication contains the information needed by service providers to perform a safety inspection on an IBM server.
Safety Notices
- This publication contains the safety notices that are used throughout all server publications. It is translated into 28 languages, including English.
Server specifications
- Server specifications provide detailed information for your server, including dimensions, electrical, power, temperature, environment, and service clearances.
Planning for the system
Site and Hardware Planning Guide
- This publication provides specifications that site planners can use to assess the physical site and operational requirements necessary to prepare your site for a new server. This publication includes specifications for servers and expansion units, plugs and receptacles, cables, as well as information about power-distribution units, and uninterruptible power supplies.
Site Preparation and Physical Planning Guide
- This publication provides customers with site design guidelines for data centers.
Installing and configuring the system
Customer-Installable Features for the IBM System p 570 (9117-MMA)
- This publication provides instructions for system programmers who are installing model 9117-MMA. This publication includes instructions for upgrading existing models to the 9117-MMA, and instructions on how to install certain hardware features. This publication also provides links to information on how to install the i5/OS®, AIX®, and Linux® operating systems on this model.
PCI Adapter Placement Guide
- This publication contains reference information that information technology (IT) personnel and service representatives can use in determining where to place Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) adapters in IBM System p units. Some PCI adapters must be placed in specific slots to function correctly or perform optimally.
Working with consoles, terminals, and interfaces
Installation and Configuration Guide for the Hardware Management
Console
- This publication introduces the Hardware Management Console (HMC) and describes how to cable the HMCconfigure the HMC softwareand upgrade HMC machine code and system firmware. This publication is for the service representatives and users who perform these tasks. Detailed installation checklists are included.
Operations Guide for the Hardware Management Console and
Managed Systems
- This publication provides system administrators and system operators with information about using the Hardware Management Console and managed systems.
Managing system resources
Advanced POWER™ Virtualization Operations Guide
- This publication provides system operators with information about installing, configuring, managing, and using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature. Advanced POWER Virtualization includes the Virtual I/O Server, Integrated Virtualization Manager, Micro-Partitioning™, and Partition Load Manager.
Logical Partitioning Guide
- This publication describes how to use a Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create and maintain logical partitions on IBM System p hardware.
Virtual I/O Server Command Reference
- This publication includes reference information for the Virtual I/O Server.
Managing Devices Guide
- This publication contains reference information that information technology (IT) personnel and service representatives can use to learn about using and managing removable media devices and communications devices. You can also find specifications and installation notes for specific devices in this publication.
Managing PCI Adapters Guide
- This publication contains reference information that information technology (IT) personnel and service representatives can use to learn about using and managing removable media devices and communications devices. You can also find specifications and installation notes for specific devices in this publication.
Functional Matrix
- This publication provides a list of features that are supported on IBM System p servers, which allows system planners to view available features for each system at a glance.
Working with operating systems and software applications
Installing AIX
- IBM® AIX® is one of the operating systems that can be installed on your server or logical partition.
Installing Linux
- A Linux® distribution is one of the operating systems that can be installed on your server or logical partition.
Troubleshooting the system (Service and support)
AIX Diagnostics and Service Aids
- This publication provides system administrators and hardware service personnel with general information about how to use the AIX online and standalone diagnostic programs to help monitor and service server hardware. Additional information is provided about diagnostic utilities, also known as Tasks and service aids, which are supplied with the AIX diagnostic programs.
Service Guide for Desktop and Rack-Mounted Consoles
- This publication is for service representatives who perform problem isolation and repair actions on consoles managing System p servers.