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IBM zEnterprise redundant array of independent memory subsystem


Abstract:

The IBM zEnterprise® system introduced a new and innovative redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) subsystem design as a standard feature on all zEnterprise servers...Show More

Abstract:

The IBM zEnterprise® system introduced a new and innovative redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) subsystem design as a standard feature on all zEnterprise servers. It protects the server from single-channel errors such as sudden control, bus, buffer, and massive dynamic RAM (DRAM) failures, thus achieving the highest System z® memory availability. This system also introduced innovations such as DRAM and channel marking, as well as a novel dynamic cyclic redundancy code channel marking. This paper describes this RAIM subsystem and other reliability, availability, and serviceability features, including automatic channel error recovery; data and clock interface lane calibration, recovery, and repair; intermittent lane sparing; and specialty engines for maintenance, periodic calibration, power, and power-on controls.
Published in: IBM Journal of Research and Development ( Volume: 56, Issue: 1.2, Jan.-Feb. 2012)
Page(s): 4:1 - 4:11
Date of Publication: 23 January 2012

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