IBM 440 - Manual (Page 112)

98 IBM ^ xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide
The xSeries development team, the IBM Linux Technology Center, and other
parts of IBM are working with the Linux community, Red Hat, SuSE, and other
Linux alliance partners to develop advanced Enterprise X-Architecture features
in upcoming releases of Linux. These features will include memory optimization,
additional hot-swap/hot-add capabilities, dynamic partitioning, and additional
scalability improvements.
Refer to 4.3.2, “Red Hat Linux installation” on page 119 for more detailed
information on installing Linux on the x440.
3.5.7 VMware ESX Server
VMware ESX Server is virtual machine software for consolidating and
partitioning servers. It is a cost-effective, highly scalable virtual machine platform
with advanced resource management capabilities. VMware ESX Server is used
to minimize the total cost of ownership (TCO) of server infrastructure by
maximizing server manageability, flexibility, and efficiency across the enterprise.
There are three 16-way ESX Server models currently (or soon to be) available:
Table 3-4 New models for the 16-way fixed configurations running VMware ESX Server
These models also have a ServeRAID-4Mx adapter installed as standard.
ESX Server works by letting you transform physical computers into a pool of
logical computing resources. Physical servers are partitioned into secure virtual
servers. Operating systems and applications are isolated in these multiple virtual
servers that reside on a single piece of hardware. These resources can then be
distributed to any operating system or application as needed.
ESX Server provides dynamic logical partitioning. It runs directly on the hardware
to partition and isolate server resources, using advanced resource management
controls to let you remotely manage, automate, and standardize these server
resources.
Model Standard processors L2 cache L3 cache Std memory
8687-4RX 16 x 1.4 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 512 KB 8 GB(*)
8687-5RX 16 x 1.5 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 512 KB 8 GB(*)
8687-6RX 16 x 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon MP 256 KB 1 MB 8 GB(*)
(*) Extra memory/storage and options will be included as defined by customer requirements through the
Special Bid process.