4 Configuration
In the following sections, you find information on the required configurations on the managed server.
4.1Configurations on the managed BX600 Blade Server
In section "Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades" on page 97, you can find out what combinations of I/O connection blades are supported by VIOM.
To manage a blade server with VIOM, you must carry out the following pre- paratory steps:
•Configure the management blade or management blades, see section "Configuring the BX600 management blade" on page 99
•Configure the I/O connection blades, see section "Configuring the I/O connection blades" on page 101
•Define the connection of the IBP modules with the network, see section "Connecting IBP modules" on page 104
•Add the blade server to the server list of the ServerView Operations Man- ager, see section "Adding a server to the ServerView server list" on page 135
4.1.1Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades
To define dedicated network connections for server blades with networks, IBP modules are required.
•At least one IBP module must be installed in fabric 1 or in fabric 2 of the blade server chassis.
•To support a Fibre Channel mezzanine card, you must install a 4 GB Bro- cade switch blade
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