IBM 8677 manual Contents

Contents

Safety		. .	.	vii
Chapter 1.	Introduction	. . .	.	1
About your	documentation CD	. . .	.	3

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Starting the IBM Documentation Browser	. .	.	.	3
Using the IBM Documentation Browser	. .	.	.	3
Using the search feature	. .	.	.	4

Related publications	. . . .	.	.	.	4
Features and specifications	. . . .	.	.	.	6

Notices and statements used in this book	. . . .	. .	. . . . . . .	.	.	7
What your BladeCenter unit offers . . .	. . . .	. .	. . . . . . .	.	.	7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability .	. . . .	. .	. . . . . . .	.	.	9

Major components of the BladeCenter Type 8677 unit	.	. . .	.	.	.	.	.	.	10
Front view	.	. . .	.	.	.	.	.	.	11

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2. Installing options	. . .	.	13
Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack	. . .	.	13
Installation guidelines	. . .	.	13
System reliability considerations	. . .	.	14

Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Installing and removing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The BladeCenter modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Management module.	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .			.	.	.	.	15
I/O modules . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . .	.	. . . . . 16
Power modules			.	. . . . . 17
Blower modules . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .			.	.	.	.	18
Installing a module . .	. . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . .			.	.	.	.	18

Removing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing and removing the acoustic module option	. . . . . . . . . .	.	21
Installing the acoustic module option	. . . . . . . . . .	.	21
Removing the acoustic module option . . . .	. . . . . . . . . .	.	22
Installing and removing blade servers	. . . . . . . . . .	.	22
Blade server expansion options	. . . . . . . . . .	.	23

I/O expansion option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Storage-expansion option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing a blade server	. . .	.	.	. .	.	.	23
Removing a blade server	. . .	.	.	. .	.	.	25

Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Input/output connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Video connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Keyboard connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Mouse connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Remote management and console Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . 27 I/O-module connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 3. BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators . . .	. . .	.	29
Starting the BladeCenter unit	. . .	.	29
Shutting down the BladeCenter unit	. . .	.	30
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs	. . .	.	31
Front view	. . .	.	31
Rear view	. . .	.	33

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