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IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide

Table of Contents

1	Introduction				6
	1.1	Overview			6
	1.2	BladeCenter Subsystems			6
	1.3	Notes			7
	1.3.1		Contributors		7
Installation and Configuration					8
2	Preparatory Steps				8
	2.1	Network Configuration			8
	2.2	BladeCenter Management Module			9
	2.3	Remote Control Hints and Tips			9
	2.4	Embedded Fibre Channel Switches			12
	2.4.1		SAN Configuration		12
	2.4.2		Disabling ports on the QLogic switch		13
Blade Configuration and Installation					16
3 Configuring the Blades for Remote Boot					16
	3.1.1		Disabling IDE devices		16
	3.1.2		Check the Boot Order		16
	3.2	Configuring the Qlogic HBA			18
	3.2.1		Acquiring HBA WWPNs (World Wide Port Names)		18
	3.2.2		Configuring the path to the boot LUN		19
	3.2.3		Testing the path to the boot LUN		21
	3.3	Ethernet Port Numbering			22
4 Installation Process for Red Hat Linux					24
	4.1	Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1/3.0 Installation			24
	4.2	Kickstart Information			27
	4.3	Multipath Red Hat Installation			27
	4.4	Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation			29
	4.5	Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades			30
	4.6	Other Linux Distributions and Blades			34
	4.7	RDAC Installation and Configuration			35
	4.8	Serial Over LAN (SOL) for Blades			35
	4.8.1		Overview		35
	4.8.2		Summary of Linux changes for SOL		36
	4.8.3		alt-sysrq		37
	4.9	Netdump			38
5 Install Process for Windows 2000 and 2003 Remote Boot					40
	5.1	Operating System Installation			40
	5.2	Installing Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet device drivers			40
	5.3	Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation			41
	5.4	List of limitations			41
6 Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40					42
	6.1	BIOS and ISMP			42
	6.2	BMC Update for the HS20 (8843) and LS20			42
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