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Setup and basics
- POWER6 Documentation entry point
- Redbook: Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters 2003
- Redbook: Tuning Linux OS on System p The POWER Of Innovation 2007
- Linux on Power Facts & Features PDF
- eServer Information Center
- "Setting up your IBM eServer OpenPower server". This document describes first system setup with HMC and using serial console.
- Whitepaper: Linux RAS for IBM eServer pSeries
- Table of Squadrons System Reference Codes (SRCs)
- Netbooting IBM pSeries & RS/6000 by Hollis Blanchard
- Raid on Linux on Power by Brent Baude
- [1] JS20 remote SAN boot documentation
- Official IBM HMC docmentation
Distributions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation
- SUSE SLES 9 installation on POWER
- How to setup SUSE VIO server Detailed description about using SUSE SLES9 as an VIO server on Power, by Nigel Grifitths
- Install SUSE SLES9 with Software RAID and LVM using Service Pack 1, by Martin Welk and Tomas Baublys
- Install SUSE SLES9 with Software RAID and LVM using Service Pack 2, by Martin Welk and Tomas Baublys
- Red Hat Software RAID configuration on Power
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Installation Guide for the IBM® POWER Architecture
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Architecture-Specific Information for IBM POWER
- Linux on POWER: Distribution migration and binary compatibility considerations
Hardware
system p5
- Redpaper: IBM System p5 505 Express Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redpaper: IBM eServer p5 520 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redpaper: IBM eServer OpenPower 710 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redpaper: IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redpaper: IBM eServer p5 570 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redbook: IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 System Handbook
- Redpaper: IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redbook: i5/OS on eServer p5 Models A Guide to Planning, Implementation, and Operation
BladeCenter JS20 / JS21
- Redbook: IBM Bladecenter JS21
- Redbook: The IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20
- Serial Over Lan (SOL) Setup Guide
- JS21: Installation and User's Guide - IBM BladeCenter JS21
- JS20: Installation and User's Guide - IBM BladeCenter JS20
- IBM BladeCenter JS21 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Redbook: The IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20
- Fibre Channel Expansion Card Installation and User's Guide - IBM BladeCenter
- Problem Determination and Service Guide - IBM BladeCenter JS21 (Type 8844)
- Enabling and configuring Serial over LAN (SOL) whitepaper - IBM BladeCenter JS20 (Type 8842)
- IBM eServer BladeCenter Remote SAN Boot - IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20
- Advanced POWER Virtualization supported on IBM BladeCenter JS21; AIX 5L offers new processor group support (Announcement)
- Redpaper: IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 Programming Environment
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 Update 1 on an IBM BladeCenter JS20 (PDF)
- Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on an IBM BladeCenter JS20 (PDF)
- Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 SP1 on an IBM BladeCenter JS20 (PDF)
- More BladeCenter Literature
- Redpaper: Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for the IBM eServer BladeCenter
- Redpaper: Virtual I/O Server Integrated Virtualization Manager
Virtualization
- Redpaper: Virtual I/O Server Integrated Virtualization Manager
- Managing your server using HMC (Hardware Management Console)
- Hardware Management Console (HMC) Case Configuration Study for LPAR Management
- HMC man pages
- Redbook: Partitioning Implementations for IBM eServer p5 Servers
- Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM eServer p5 Servers: Introduction and Basic Configuration
- Draft Redbook: Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p5
- Redpaper: Virtual I/O Server Integrated Virtualization Manager
- German article about p5 virtualization Konzepte und Begriffe zur Partitionierung und Virtualisierung auf IBM eServer p5 Systemen, von Karin Wenzel
- German Linux-Magazin Article Written by Nils Faerber
High Availability (HA)
- [2] IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
- [3] SteelEye LifeKeeper on Power
- HA Linux Project
Downloads
- Download microcode. The update firmware page provides instructions on how to install microcode.
- Service and productivity tools for Linux on POWER IBM build RPMs for SUSE and Red Hat on Power providing diagnostics, RAS and dynamic LPAR support.
- Linux on Power Open Source Repository: ppclinux.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- nmon nmon performance -- free tool to analyze AIX and Linux performance, by Nigel Griffiths
- HMC (Hardware Management Console) Downloads
- Open source SlimLine Open Firmware (SLOF)
- Linux PowerPC64 Development Patches
- IBM LPAR Validation Tool for POWER processor-based systems
Terminal Server and emulation
For developers
Remote Access
Free Remote Access Via SSH to Community-based Servers
- Oregon State University Open Source Labs - SLES on POWER5 and Gentoo on Apple Power Mac G5.
- Debian on Power @ University of Augsburg - Debian on POWER5.
- Australian National University - SLES on POWER5.
- Linux on Power @ Peking University SLES on POWER5.
- UNICAMP (Universidade de Campinas) - Red Hat, Debian, and Slackware partitions on POWER5
- Sourceforge.net compile farm - SLES on POWER5.
Articles, Tools
- openpower.info IBM OpenPower Lehr und Forschungs Initiative
- eclipse.org
- Power-specific plug-in to the Eclipse C/C++ Development Tooling
- Linux on Power Architecture Developers Corner
- IBM Virtual Innovation Center for Hardware
- Guide to porting from Solaris to Linux on Power
- IBM Performance Simulator for Linux on POWER
- Linux on Power developer contest
- Developerworks Article Application optimization with compilers for Linux on POWER
- A developer's guide to the POWER architecture
- Technical Library
- Chiphopper
- Power.org Power.org's mission is to develop, enable and promote Power Architecture technology as the preferred open standard hardware development platform for the electronics industry and to administer qualification programs that optimize interoperability and accelerate innovation for a positive user experience]
- penguinppc.org The home of Linux/ppc port.
- Linux Distro News
- Gentoo Linux on Power
Compiler
- IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux
- IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition for Linux
- Absoft Fortran Compiler for Linux on Power™ and PowerPC
- Cobol runtime environment
High Performance Computing
- Myrinet Support on OpenPower]
- Linux on Power Open Source Repository: ppclinux.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- CSM Cluster System Management Software (IBM)
