5486OpS.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
550 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook
Virtual Ethernet LAN
The Virtual Ethernet introduced in V5R1 to enable high-speed communications
between i5/OS and OS/400 and Linux partitions within the iSeries server is
extended to support Integrated xSeries Servers and xSeries servers attached
with Integrated xSeries Adapters. With this support, Windows servers can
communicate with each other and with i5/OS and OS/400 and Linux partitions
over the fast, more secure, and reliable Virtual Ethernet LANs.
Microsoft Cluster Services
With the clustering support provided in Windows 2000 Advanced Server, two
Integrated xSeries Servers or two xSeries servers attached with Integrated
xSeries Adapters can form a cluster and use the 16 new shared storage spaces
available with V5R2. In the cluster environment, if there is an outage on one of
the Windows servers, the storage spaces can be switched to the second
Windows server. The applications can be automatically restarted to reduce the
length of the system outage.
Auto Cartridge Loader
Customers who have systems with large amounts of data often have Auto
Cartridge Loader (ACL) tape devices (3570, 3580, and 3590) with the ability to
automatically load another tape cartridge. Support is now added in the Windows
integration support to handle commands for ACLs. Multiple tape cartridges can
be accessed during backup/restore operations initiated from the Windows server.
Suggested reading
For additional information about Windows Integration, see the following Web site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/windowsintegration
Integration with Windows servers
The iSeries servers offer integration with Windows to support larger and more
complex Windows applications and additional tools to help reduce the cost of
managing a Windows server environment.
Attachment of n-way xSeries servers
iSeries supports the attachment of n-way xSeries servers via the high-speed link.
With the Integrated xSeries Adapter, select xSeries servers running:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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