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AIX For System Administrators: Practical Guide To AIX

IBM introduced AIX in 1986 for its IBM RT workstation. Over time, AIX evolved to serve as the primary operating system for IBM's RS/6000 and later pSeries servers, which used PowerPC and POWER microprocessors. In 2000, IBM consolidated its server brands like AS/400, RS/6000, and pSeries under the unified eServer brand. In 2004, IBM further unified its server lines under the IBM System i and IBM System p brands. Finally in 2008, IBM merged these into a single Power Systems product line that can run AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating systems. AIX has continued to be developed and updated to support new POWER microprocessors introduced over the years.

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AIX For System Administrators: Practical Guide To AIX

IBM introduced AIX in 1986 for its IBM RT workstation. Over time, AIX evolved to serve as the primary operating system for IBM's RS/6000 and later pSeries servers, which used PowerPC and POWER microprocessors. In 2000, IBM consolidated its server brands like AS/400, RS/6000, and pSeries under the unified eServer brand. In 2004, IBM further unified its server lines under the IBM System i and IBM System p brands. Finally in 2008, IBM merged these into a single Power Systems product line that can run AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating systems. AIX has continued to be developed and updated to support new POWER microprocessors introduced over the years.

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AIX for System

Administrators
Practical Guide to AIX
AIX history:
IBM had 2 discrete Power Architecture hardware lines, based on diferent Operating
Systes!
" OS#$%%, later i&#OS, ore later IBM i
" AIX 'on the sae hardware it is possible to run (inu) as well*
I. 1986-1990 (AS/400 - IBM RT):
In +,-. AIX /ersion + had been introduced 0or the IBM .+&% 12 wor3station, which
was based on 45IX6
In +,-7 0or the other product line! OS#$%% 'later i&#OS and IBM i*, the plat0or
'hardware* AS#$%% had been released6
II. 1990-1999 (RS/6000):
Aong other 8ariants, IBM later produced AIX /ersion 9 'also 3nown as AIX#.%%%*, 0or
their IBM PO:;1"based 1S#.%%% plat0or6 2he 1S#.%%% 0aily replaced the IBM 12
coputer plat0or in <ebruary +,,%, and was the =rst coputer line to see the use
o0 IBM>s PO:;1 and PowerP? based icroprocessors6 Since +,,%, AIX has ser8ed as
the priary operating syste 0or the 1S#.%%% series6
AIX /ersion $, introduced in +,,$, added syetric ultiprocessing with the
introduction o0 the =rst 1S#.%%% SMP ser8ers and continued to e8ol8e through the
+,,%s, culinating with AIX $6969 in +,,,6 1S#.%%% was renaed eSer8er pSeries in
October 2%%%6
III. 2000-2004 (eServer series):
IBM eSer8er was a 0aily o0 coputer ser8ers 0ro IBM ?orporation6 Announced in
the year 2%%%, it cobined the 8arious IBM ser8er brands 'AS#$%%, 1S#.%%%666* under
one brand6
2he 8arious sub"brands were at the sae tie rebranded 0ro!
" IBM AS#$%% to IBM eSer8er iSeries, i 0or Integrated6
" IBM 1S#.%%% to IBM eSer8er pSeries, p 0or PO:;1
666
2hey erged to use essentially the sae hardware plat0or in 2%%+#2%%2 with the
introduction o0 the PO:;1$ processor6 A0ter that, there was little diference between
both the @p@ and the @i@ hardwareA the only diferences were in the so0tware and
ser8ices oferings6 AIX &62 was introduced in October 2%%26
I!. 2004-2008 (IBM syste" i #$% ):
In 2%%& announced a new brand, >IBM Syste> as an ubrella 0or all IBM ser8er and
storage brands!
" IBM eSer8er iSeries becae IBM Syste i
" IBM eSer8er pSeries becae IBM Syste p
666
:ith the introduction o0 the PO:;1& processor in 2%%$, e8en the product nubering
was synchroniBed6 2he Syste i& &7% was 8irtually identical to the Syste p& &7%6
AIX &69 was intoduced in August o0 2%%$6 In May 2%%7 IBM launched its PO:;1. and
AIX .6+ in 5o8eber 2%%76
!. 2008-2010 (&o'er Syste"s):
In April o0 2%%-, IBM oCcially erged the two lines o0 ser8ers and wor3stations under
the sae nae, Power Systes, with identical hardware and a choice o0 operating
systes, so0tware and ser8ice contracts6
Power Systes is the nae o0 IBM>s uni=ed Power Architecture"based ser8er line,
erging both Syste i and Syste p ser8er plat0ors, and running either IBM i
'0orerly i&#OS and OS#$%%*, AIX or (inu) operating systes6 Power Systes was
announced April 2, 2%%-6
In <ebruary o0 2%+%, IBM announced new odels with new PO:;17 icroprocessor
and AIX 76+ in Septeber 2%+%6
PO:;1- is under de8elopent at this date6
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