IBM I5/OS - Manual (Page 38)

i Series. my Series.
Planning
Requirements for Linux/AIX 5L v5.3
Are mandatory :
At least 0.10 processing unit
Some memory ... depending on the applications you’ll have to run !
One disk unit ...
Physical or ... virtual !
One console
Can be a HMC thru virtual serial port
One alternate boot device
CD or DVD ... physical or virtual !
One backup device
A tape unit ... can be switchable, dedicated or virtual !
Operating system :
A PowerPC compatible, 64-bits kernel Linux edition :
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER v4
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server for POWER v9
AIX 5L v5.3
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i Series. my Series.
Planning
Requirements for Linux/AIX 5L v5.3
Plan also for :
LAN ports
WAN ports
SCSI ports
FC ports
USB ports
IDE ports
VIRTUAL ports !
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