JS20

iconicblade[0-7].nic.local

Basics

• IBM BladeCenter JS20
• 2 1.6 Ghz PPC970 processors with AltiVec extensions
• 4Gb of RAM.
• 1 40.0Gb ATA 'laptop' disk
• 1 QLogic QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter daughterboard
• 2 onboard Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme Gigabit NICs (via chassis switch bays)
• 8 blades installed in the BladeCenter chassis

Systems Specifications:

The IBM code for this machine is CHRP IBM,8842-21X

To check for microcode or software updates go to:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/bladecenter/js20/downloadinghwonly.html

Node Status

Name	OS	Description
iconicblade0	Red Hat AS 4.4 + some CentOS 4.6	CentOS PPC64 Build Master *
iconicblade1	Red Hat AS 4.4	CentOS PPC64 Build Slave *
iconicblade2	Red Hat AS 4.4	CentOS PPC64 Build Slave *
iconicblade3	Red Hat AS 4.4	CentOS PPC64 Build Slave *
iconicblade4	AIX 5.2	PRL Build/Test
iconicblade5	Red Hat AS 4.4	Unused
iconicblade6	AIX 6.2	PRL Build/Test
iconicblade7	Red Hat AS 4.4	Unused

* As part of my attempt to get CentOS released for PPC64, I offered up use of several of the idle BladeCenter nodes for use as package builders. Only one outside user (Karanbir Singh, the CentOS build coordinator) has access to these hosts, and the intent was for him to set them up with Horde and Mock for automated RPM building. This is still pretty much a work in progress, and over a year later after the initial setup, I think they have yet to be used.