AIX is IBMs version of UNIX.

AIX 5L, integrates innovative technologies to achieve maximum performance, reliability and flexibility in todays 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 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. 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 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 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 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) Certified e67 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