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AIX is IBMs version ofUNIX.

AIX 5L, integrates innovative technologies to achieve maximum performance, reliability and flexibility

in todays e-business environment. Customer-validated AIX enhancements, such as dynamic logicalpartitioning, are the result of a robust AIX product roadmap intended to provide customers with the

business flexibility and performance they need in todays environment.w81

further reading:books on AIX

Intended purpose

server/mainframe: medium to large scale servers; mainframes

desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)

handheld: not appropriate

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: proprietary UNIX

Release Date:

AIX 3.1: 1990e67

AIX 4.3.3: October 1999e112

Current Version: 5L 5.2w81

Cost:

Hardware Supported: PowerPC

IBM RS/6000 POWER, POWER2 systeme67

IBM RS/6000 PowerPC systems (PowerPC 601 --> 604e )e67

IBM RS/6000 ScalableParallel (SP) systems ( 2--> 512 nodes )e67

IBM PowerSeries 830 and 850e67

IBM POWER3 (64-bit, SMP)e86

Power3 (Power3-I, Power3-II ; 64-bit SMP)e112

RS64 ( RS64-I, RS64-II, and RS64-III )e112

AIX is being ported to Intels IA64 architecture under the Monterey Project with SCO. ChunFonge112

Maximum Number of Processors: 24 (in the S80 model )e112

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You can have up to 8192 processors in a 512 node SP system with 16-way SMP Power3-II nodes.

Check out: http://www.llnl.gov/asci-scrapbook/. You can also have up to sixteen S70/S80 systems

clustered together, with or w/o using the SP. Chun Fonge112

Number of bits: 64e112

Now most of the current lineup of RS/6000 are using 64-bit Copper PowerPCs chips. Chun

Fonge112

Digital UNIX continues to dominate the 64-bit arena, leaving HP-UX and IRIX to contest the second

position, followed closely by AIX. Solaris andNT trail significantly behind. AIX offers good backwardscompatibility for 32-bit applications and a few other compatibility bonuses. However, IBM has lagged

behind its competitors in providing 64-bit hardware, shipping its first 64-bit server only now. D.H.

Brown Associatesw43

Kernel: real-time support, dynamic kernel extensions, SMP (up to 12-CPUs), 64-bit ready Chun

Fong

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POSIX: certifiede67

Open Group UNIX 98 certifiede67

LDAP 1.1e67

TCPIP V6e67

C2 securitye102

IEEE POSIX 1003-1996 (.1c) threadse67

British Standard Institution ISO 9001 certifiede67

ICSAs Virtual Private Network (VPN) Certifiede67

ITSECs E3/F-C2 security level certifiede67

Peripherals:Standard Peripherals: PCI slots, SCSI-2, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, Ethernet. You can use

SVGA monitors. SSA is optional. Chun Fonge101

File Systems Supported:

preferred file system: JFS (Journaled File System)e67

file systems can read/write/format: JFS e67, NFS (Network File System)e67, AutoFS e67, CacheFSe67

file systems read only: ISO 9660e67

file systems can read/write/format through third party or optional software: DFS (OSF DCEs

Distributed file system)e67

, AFS (Transarcs file system)e67

, SMB (through SAMBA)

Other Systems Emulated: Windows 95 through third party software Chun Fonge101

Graphics Engine: X-Windows R6.1e101, X11R6.3 with OpenGL and graPHIGSe112

Text Command Shell: standard UNIX shellse101

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