| In this appendix, we discuss major features of pSeries hardware while running SuSE Linux Enterprise server Version 8 and the IBM AIX Operating System. We present a general feature comparison of some of the major strengths of pSeries hardware currently available at the time of writing. This changes upon further developments and announcements of Linux and AIX on pSeries hardware in the future. Table B-1 shows a matrix of the major features, such as pSeries hardware options, storage options, operating system- related features and High Performance Computing options. Table B-1. Feature matrix | Feature | Running AIX | Running Linux | | Logical Partitions (LPAR) support | Yes (AIX 5.X) | Yes | | Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR) support | Yes (AIX 5.2) | No | | Hot swappable disks | Yes | No | | Hot swappable I/O adapters | Yes | No | | Hot swappable memory cards | No | No | | HMC for hardware control | Yes | Yes | | System maintenance (SMS) options | Yes | Yes | | Service Processor (SP) options | Yes | Yes ( open boot firmware) | | Hardware diagnostics | Yes | Yes | | Firmware update | Yes | Yes | | Other Reliability, Availability and Scalability (RAS) features | Yes | Yes | | Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) | Yes | No | | FastT storage | Yes | Yes | | Shark storage support | Yes | Yes | | External SCSI storage | Yes | Yes | | SP Switch1/2 | Yes (using PSSP) | No | | New HPS Switch | Yes (CSM) | No | | Operating system dumps | Yes | No (could be hardware independent) | | Workload Manager (WLM) | Yes (AIX-related) | No (OS-related) | | LVM/JFS | Yes | Yes | | LVM Raid support | Mirroring | Raid 0, 1, 4, 5 | | File system types | JFS, JFS2 | ext2,ext3,JFS,ReiserF S, XFS etc. | | Resizing logical volumes | Increasing only (mounted, on the fly) | Increasing (mounted, on the fly), decreasing unmounted | | Cluster Systems Management (CSM) | Yes | Yes | | GPFS support | Yes | Yes | | Large page support | Yes | No | | SMP support | Yes | Yes | | Activec/VMX-HPC | No (planned) | Yes | | DRM/DRMGR support | Yes | No | Note This feature matrix is mainly considered for pSeries hardware p615, p630, p650, p655, p690 and JS20.
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