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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:28 am
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What is the operating systems used in DS8100 Storage server.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:24 am
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Please explain exactly what you want to know - which is not covered in the relevant manuals.

The actions of the subsystem are controlled entirely by the microcode supplied by IBM (or whatever manufacturer you buy hardware from).

As for the OS which processes the microcode - who cares if it works, because there is nothing to do except call the engineers if it all goes pear shaped.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:39 am
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i just want to know the OS used in DS8100 SS that process the I/O.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:50 am
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Then troll through the DS8100 technical manuals (although these are probably not available for public consumption) or contact IBM.

Just interested in why you need to know this as it will never be anything that you are allowed to go near, let alone touch.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:58 am
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ya
i have gone tru some of the IBM manuals but they are not fruitful.
I am a Mainframe Admin working with an organisation.
I am working with these details, so i needed..
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:01 pm
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I am a Mainframe Admin

Not a title I am familiar with. Usually in IT, admin = pen pusher.

Well, I've been in storage management for 20+ years and have never needed to know this, nor have any of the sysprogs that I have worked closely with.

If it is the level of microcode that you want to know, this was usually handled by the hardxware management or the sysprog groups. Go ask them.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:16 pm
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You almost certainly are going to have to contact either your hardware vendor (who may or may not know), or most likely IBM to find out the answer to your question. If you do contact IBM, be prepared to have your organization, as well as yourself, sign some pretty strong non-disclosure documents to get access to material that IBM does not want publicized.

Finally, what benefit derives from knowing this information? It's not something that is much used and is very specific to the hardware.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:18 pm
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I can only guess that the OP wants to know the microcode level
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:08 pm
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is it AIX
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:07 pm
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Ramakrishna Aitha: did you not read the posts? We do not know, probably could not tell you if we did know, and you must contact IBM to get this information.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:52 pm
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Hello,

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and you must contact IBM to get this information.
Which you have convinced yourself that you need. You most likely don't but you believe you do.

If you explain why you believe this is needed, maybe someone can help.

As others have mentioned, this isn't needed/used by system and storage admins.
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Bill Dennis

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:32 am
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I saw an IBM PowerPoint about the DS8300 and it had the penguin logo. Is that Linux?
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