IBM 8677 Configuring your BladeCenter unit, Chapter Sharing resources among the blade servers

Rear system LED panel	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	33
Blower module . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	33
I/O module	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.	.	34

Power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Management module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

System LED panel	.	.	36
Chapter 4. Configuring your BladeCenter unit	.	.	37
Setting up the remote connection	.	.	39
Cabling the Ethernet port	.	.	39
Configuring the management module for remote access	.	.	39
Communicating with the IBM Director software	.	.	40
Configuring Wake on LAN in the BladeCenter unit	.	.	41
Verifying your Wake on LAN configuration	.	.	41
Linux-specific configuration	.	.	42
Using the management and configuration program	.	.	42
Starting the management and configuration program	.	.	42
Management and configuration program options	.	.	43
Configuring the external Ethernet port	.	.	43
Configuring the internal Ethernet port	.	.	44
Configuring the management port on I/O modules	.	.	44
Saving and restoring the configuration file	.	.	44
Using IBM Director	.	.	45

About the wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Starting the wizard	.	. . . . .	.	.	.	45
Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.1 or later	.	. . . . .	.	.	.	46
Configuring a switch module	.	. . . . .	.	.	.	46

What to configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Supporting Ethernet failover		. . . . . .	.	.	47
Configuring the Ethernet controllers in the blade servers		. . . . . .	.	.	48
BladeCenter networking guidelines		. . . . . .	.	.	48
Chapter 5.	Sharing resources among the blade servers	. . . . . .	.	.	51
Chapter 6.	Solving problems	. . . . . .	.	.	53

Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Monitor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Management module problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Blower module problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Options problems	.	.	56
Light path diagnostics feature	.	.	56
Identifying problems using the light path diagnostics feature	.	.	56
Light path diagnostics LEDs	.	.	57
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance	.	.	59
Before you call	.	.	59

Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Getting help and information from the World Wide Web		. .	.	59
Software service and support		. .	.	60
Hardware service and support		. .	.	60
Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-07 11/2002		.	.	61
Part 1	- General Terms	. .	.	61
Part 2	- Country-unique Terms	. .	.	64

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