Reliability, availability, and
Chapter 4.
serviceability
This chapter provides information about IBM Power Systems reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS) design and features.
RAS has the following :
Reliability
Availability
Serviceability
This chapter includes the following sections:
Introduction
Reliability
Availability
Availability impacts of a solution architecture
Serviceability
Manageability
Selected POWER8 RAS capabilities by operating system
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Indicates how infrequently a defect or fault in a server occurs.
Indicates how infrequently the functioning of a system or application is
affected by a fault or defect.
Indicates how well faults and their effects are communicated to system
managers, and how efficiently and nondisruptively the faults are
repaired.
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