For both IXS and IXA attached xSeries® servers, i5/OS™ represents the server hardware by a hardware
resource name (for example, LIN23). A reference to the hardware resource
name for an IXS or IXA attached xSeries server is stored in the NWSD object.
See Figure 13 and Figure 14 .
Since the hardware that an IXS or IXA attached xSeries server runs on is defined via the
hardware resource name in the NWSD, it is easy to switch the hardware that
an integrated server runs on. This is useful in situations where the IXS
or IXA attached xSeries server hardware fails since the integrated server
can quickly be switched from the failed hardware to compatible "hot spare"
hardware and started again using the spare hardware. For more information
about this "hot spare" capability, see
Hot spare between server hardware.
