Links

Linux on POWER community pages

• penguinppc.org - the home of the linux/ppc port
• Linux on POWER Wiki
• PPCNUX PowerPC Linux Magazine
• yaboot - the linux/ppc bootloader

OpenPower pages

• Openpowerproject.org IBM initiative
• Main IBM eServer OpenPower site
• IBM Linux on POWER Portal
• IBM eServer OpenPower Consolidation Express solution
• Solutions: SAP, Sybase, DB2, Apache, Websphere...
• List of all available POWER applications
• Wikipedia Article "Linux on POWER"

Setup and Basics

• Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters Redbook 2003
• Linux on Power Facts & Features PDF
• IBM Systems Information Centers
• "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

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 Griffiths
• 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 Redpapers

• IBM System p5 505 Express Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer p5 510 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer p5 520 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer p5 550 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer OpenPower 710 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer p5 570 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 Technical Overview and Introduction

Hardware Redbooks

• IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 System Handbook
• i5/OS on eServer p5 Models A Guide to Planning, Implementation, and Operation
• The IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20

Virtualization

• Redpaper: Virtual I/O Server Integrated Virtualization Manager
• Managing your server using HMC (Hardware Management Console)
• Redpaper: Hardware Management Console (HMC) Case Configuration Study for LPAR Management
• HMC man pages (PDF)
• Redbook: Partitioning Implementations for IBM eServer p5 Servers
• Redbook: Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM eServer p5 Servers: Introduction and Basic Configuration
• Redbook: Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p5
• 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

Storage

• IBM Storage Systems for Linux