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AIX is IBM’s version of UNIX†.
“AIX 5L, integrates innovative technologies to achieve maximum performance, reliability and flexibility in today’s e-business environment. Customer-validated AIX enhancements, such as dynamic logical partitioning, are the result of a robust AIX product roadmap intended to provide customers with the business flexibility and performance they need in today’s environment.”w81
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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
Current Version: 5L 5.2w81
Hardware Supported: PowerPC
“AIX is being ported to Intel’s IA64 architecture under the Monterey Project with SCO.” —Chun Fonge112
Maximum Number of Processors: 24 (in the S80 model )e112
“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
“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 and NT trail significantly behind. AIX offers good backwards compatibility 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 Fonge67
Peripherals: “Standard Peripherals: PCI slots, SCSI-2, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, Ethernet. You can use SVGA monitors. SSA is optional.” —Chun Fonge101
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
Businesses and organizations with servers powered by AIX: American Express, Borders, FT.com, NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), PlanetRx.com, Prudentialw52
AIX 4.3 takes the lead in Internet/intranet networking features by providing the broadest set of TCP/IP extensions and adding value with a bundled Notes server.” —Digital Equipment Corporation, “AIX 4.3 Leaps To 64-Bits In Dead Heat With Digital UNIX 4.0”w51
See also chart of internet features.
Other:
Other Notes: Ability to attach the S70/S70 Advanced server to the SP via switch. AIX 4.3.2 along with PSSP 3.1 enables the S70 and/or S70 Advanced Server to be attached to the IBM RS/6000 SP as a regular node and be managed as one. The limit is only up to eight S70 / S70 Advanced servers can be attached to the SP. S70 / S7A is a 4, 8, or 12-way CPU 64-bit machine designed for large database processing. It can have up to 54 PCI slots. OpenGL 1.2. 32 GB memory. Higher system limits for better performance (I/O buffers, more disks per volume group, etc…). JDK 1.1.6.e86
Bonus Pack (bundled with AIX 4.3): Tivoli Management Agent; WorkGroup Conferencing for AIX; Visualage For Java Entry; DCE client from Open Group/OSF; Lotus Domino Go Web Server; Netscape browser and servere86
“As UNIX evolves into a 64-bit operating system, AIX 4.3 and Digital UNIX 4.0d share the lead for delivering commercial UNIX functions. AIX 4.3 extends its already dominant position in system management with a cutting-edge, Web-based system manager, which has the dual advantage of making management tools more accessible to mainstream users via a Windows 95-like interface while also simplifying remote management thanks to its Java implementation. Following IBM’s massive investment in fulfilling network computing requirements, AIX 4.3 also seizes the lead for delivering Internet/intranet features.” —D.H. Brown Associatesw42†
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Please send recommendations on additional URLs to Milo.
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/softwaree8
http://service.software.ibm.com/support/rs6000/: “IBM RS/6000 Support” technical databases, publications, downloads, patches, and fixes
(Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/aix-faq/ “comp.unix.aix FAQ”
http://auk.uwaterloo.ca/aixgroup/aix-faq “AIX and RS/6000 FAQs”
http://www.unixguide.net/unixguide.shtml “UNIXguide.net (AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, LINUX, SOLARIS & Tru64)”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/rosetta.html “Rosetta Stone for Unix”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX (AIX, Darwin, DG-UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, SunOS, Tru64, and ULTRIX).
AIX/HP-UX Interoperability Guide, Version 2: a detailed comparison of commands, OS calls, data structures, directories, and other parts of AIX and HP-UX, especially for those going from one OS to the other.
http://www.stokely.com/unix.sysadm.resources/faqs.a-m.html#faq.link.aix “Stokely’s AIX System Administrator FAQ links”
http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/ John Kirch’s article “Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”
For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page.
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
Price listings are for courtesy purposes only and may be changed by the referenced businesses at any time without notice.
The AIX Survival Guide; by Andreas Siegert; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; November 1996; ISBN 0201593882; paperback; 465 pages; $37.95
An AIX Companion; by David L. Cohn; Prentice Hall Press; June 1994; ISBN 0132912201; paperback; 476 pages; $50.00
A Guide to AIX Version 4; by William N Franklin; Metro Information Systems Corp; January 1997; ISBN 1884051065; paperback; 464 pages; $44.00
A Practical Guide to the Unix System; by Mark G. Sobell; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; October 1994; ISBN 0805375651; paperback; 800 pages; $37.95
A Guide to AIX 3.2; by William N. Franklin, Jr.; Metro Information Systems Corp; May 1993; ISBN 1884051006; hardcover (wire bound edition); $44.00
The AIX Survival Guide; by Andreas Siegert; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; November 1996; ISBN 0201593882; paperback; 465 pages; $37.95
AIX for Breakfast: A Guide for Programmers and System Administrators; by Phillip Houtz; Prentice Hall; February 1996; ISBN 0133996840; paperback (with disk); $51.99
AIX Version 4: System and Administration Guide (J. Ranade Workstation Series); by James W. Deroest; Computing McGraw-Hill; May 1997; ISBN 0070366888; paperback; 512 pages; $35.96
AIX RS/6000: System and Administration Guide (J. Ranade Workstation Series); by James W. Deroest; Computing McGraw-Hill; October 1994; ISBN 0070364397; paperback; 452 pages; $35.96
Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook); 2nd edition; by Aeleen Frisch; O’Reilly & Associates; December 1996; ISBN 1565921275; paperback; 788 pages; $27.96
AIX Performance Tuning; by Frank Waters; Prentice Hall Press; January 1996; ISBN 0133867072; paperback; $58.00
Accelerating AIX: Performance Tuning for Programmers and System Administrators; by Rudy Chukran; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; April 1998; ISBN 0201633825; paperback; 217 pages; $49.95
AIX for Unix Professionals; by Bonnie L. Miller; Prentice Hall Computer Books; July 1998; ISBN 0137572468; paperback (with CD-ROM); 320 pages; $45.00
Universal Command Guide; by Guy Lotgering (UCG Team); Hungry Minds, Inc; April 2002; ISBN 0764548336; hardcover with CD-ROM; 1,600 pages; $69.99; cross references all of the commands from: AIX; Solaris; RedHat Linux; Berkeley BSD; NetWare 3.2, 4.11, 5, and 6; DOS 6.22; Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT 4 Workstation, NT 4 Server, NT 4 Terminal Server, 2000 Professional, 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server; Citrix Mainframe 1.8; and Mac 9
Modern Unix (Wiley Professional Computing); by Alan Southerton; John Wiley & Sons; October 1992; ISBN 0471549282; paperback; 336 pages; $50.00; includes AIX
Multiprotocol Network Management: A Practical Guide to Netview for AIX; by Larry Bennett; McGraw Hill Text; September 1996; ISBN 0077091221; paperback; 313 pages; $45.00
The Complete Guide to Netware 4.11/Intranetware; 2nd edition; by James E. Gaskin; Sybex; December 1996; ISBN 078211931X; paperback; $47.99; includes information on getting NetWare working with Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, and OS/2
Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40
Multiprotocol Network Management: A Practical Guide to Netview for AIX; by Larry Bennett; McGraw Hill Text; September 1996; ISBN 0077091221; paperback; 313 pages; $45.00
Multiprotocol Network Management: A Practical Guide to Netview for AIX; by Larry Bennett; McGraw Hill Text; September 1996; ISBN 0077091221; paperback; 313 pages; $45.00
The Advanced Programmer’s Guide to AIX 3.X (IBM McGraw-Hill); by Phil Colledge; Computing McGraw-Hill; June 1994; ISBN 007707663X; paperback; 319 pages; $23.96
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95
AIX: IBM’s Unix Strategy; Computer Technology Research Corporation; March 1991; ISBN 0927695677; paperback; $195.00
If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.
“Undetected errors will be treated as if no error has occurred.” —IBM’s “Think” magazine
“If you’re a UNIX user, all UNIX are pretty much the same. If you’re a UNIX programmer, all UNIX are a little bit different. If you’re a UNIX system admin, all UNIX are completely different! That’s comming from ULTRIX, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Digital UNIX experiences. Might as well count linux, too.” —Bob Koehler, Hubble Space Telescope Payload Flight Software Team
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