Concepts for integrated servers
Understand concepts for iSCSI-attached servers for the IBM® i integration with BladeCenter and System x solution.
- Integrated server overview
An integrated server is a combination of integrated server hardware, network components, virtual storage (virtual disks), shared devices, and IBM i integrated server configuration objects. - Integrated server capabilities
Integrated servers allow you to run supported versions of the Windows, or VMware ESX operating systems. With integrated servers, you can take advantage of IBM i capabilities such as storage management, high availability, and user propagation solutions. - Attaching servers to IBM i using iSCSI
A basic iSCSI network consists of an IBM i iSCSI target adapter and a System x or IBM BladeCenter blade iSCSI initiator adapter. - Server management for integrated servers
Concepts for managing servers that are integrated with IBM i. - Storage management for integrated servers
Integrated servers use virtual storage that is managed by IBM i. - IBM i tape and optical devices shared with integrated Windows servers
Integrated Windows servers can use supported IBM i tape and optical devices. - Networking concepts for integrated servers
iSCSI-attached integrated servers use several types of network connections. - Performance concepts for integrated servers
Integrated server performance is affected by the configuration of the virtual storage and network for the integrated server. - IBM i configuration objects for integrated servers
IBM i uses objects to represent and control integrated server hardware, software, and virtual storage. - High availability concepts for integrated servers
Integrated servers can be made highly available through multipath storage connections, hot spare hardware, clustering, or by configuring the integrated server as a switchable device. - User and group enrollment concepts for integrated Windows servers
Learn about how IBM i users and groups interact with integrated Windows servers. - IBM i NetServer for integrated Windows servers
You must configure NetServer to enable updates to the IBM i Integrated Server Support software that runs on the Windows server and to enable communication for integrated VMware ESX server administration tasks. You can also configure print and file sharing. - IBM i Access for Windows and integrated servers
IBM i Access for Windows enables you to connect to IBM i.
Parent topic: IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x