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Welcome to the IBM(R) 
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Hardware Information Center, your source for technical information about IBM eServer(TM) hardware.
This information center offers technical documentation to help you optimize and customize your IBM eServer i5 servers
and eServer p5 servers.
For information about other IBM eServer hardware, including the iSeries(TM), pSeries(R), xSeries(R), and zSeries(R) servers, see Related links.
Use information in the IBM eServer Hardware Information Center to help you perform a variety of tasks that include the following:
You can also use interactive online interviews and checklists to help you complete tasks efficiently and quickly retrieve information specific to your needs. For details about how to use the information center, see the FAQ about information center and the Information center help.
| New or significantly changed information |
One new topic has been added:
In addition to information about the IBM eServer i5 520 and 570, many information center topics include information about the following new models and technologies:
| Overview of main topics and categories, including new information |
| Planning |
Good planning is essential for the successful setup and use of your server. It ensures that you have everything you need and that you have met all the prerequisites for your server. The planning information in this topic helps you place the server appropriately, plan power and environmental needs, and prepare for unique physical and logical configurations based on how you will use the server (for example, rack mounting, clustering of servers, and Internet connections).
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| Initial server setup |
Use the end-to-end setup checklist throughout the entire initial setup of your server. The checklist is intended to ensure that the system is capable of starting and that it is functional before you perform more complex and custom configurations.
| Migrating or upgrading your server |
Find information about migrating or upgrading your operating system, data, and hardware from an iSeries or pSeries server. Use this information to help you migrate your data from one server to another, upgrade your server, upgrade a hardware feature, or convert an expansion unit.
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| Virtualizing your computing environment |
Learn about using the IBM Virtualization Engine to help you virtualize your computing environment. The IBM Virtualization Engine enables you to pool all your computing resources (servers, storage, network appliances, both IBM and non-IBM) into one virtual environment, simplify your infrastructure, and reduce the complexity of managing your computing environment.
| Installing hardware |
Learn about cabling your server, adding a console, and installing or replacing hardware features in your server or expansion unit.
| Partitioning the server |
Find information about setting up, managing, and troubleshooting i5/OS(TM) logical partitions on eServer hardware. Logical partitions enable you to distribute resources within a single server to make it function as if it were two or more independent servers.
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| Installing operating systems |
Use this information to successfully plan for and complete an installation of the AIX, i5/OS, or Linux operating system on your server.
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| Managing your server |
Learn about the different interfaces that you can use to work with your managed system.
| Working with Capacity on Demand |
Learn about Capacity on Demand (CoD), which allows you to dynamically activate processors and memory as your business needs them. CoD enables you to activate inactive processors or memory that is already installed on your server on a temporary, permanent, or trial basis.
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| Troubleshooting |
Use the Troubleshooting topic to help you understand, isolate, and resolve problems that you are having with your server and products. This information helps you determine whether you can resolve the problem on your own or whether you need to gather information to help an authorized service provider or the next level of support resolve your problem in a timely manner.
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| Service and support |
Use the service and support information to help you to plan how you will access service and support. This topic collection also contains information that is intended for use by trained service personnel when they are diagnosing and repairing a server.
| Related links |
Use related links to find related information about hardware and software.
| Glossary |
Use the glossary to find definitions for eServer i5 and eServer p5 hardware terminology
Hardware Information Center overview and what's new