IBM Type 8677, Type 1881 manual Contents

Contents

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Support telephone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Chapter 1. General information	.	1
The IBM Documentation CD	.	3
Hardware and software requirements	.	3
Using the Documentation Browser	.	3

Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Major components of the BladeCenter Type 8677 and 1881 unit . . . . . . . 8 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators	.	11
Starting the BladeCenter unit	.	11
Shutting down the BladeCenter unit	.	12
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs	.	13
Setting up the BladeCenter unit	.	17
Connecting to the default IP address on a new BladeCenter	.	19
Registering and profiling the BladeCenter products	.	19
Chapter 2. Configuring your BladeCenter unit	.	21
BladeCenter unit power requirement	.	22

BladeCenter power configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Configuring the BladeCenter unit	. .	. .	.	. .	.	23
Configuring the management module	. .	. .	.	. .	.	23
Communicating with the IBM Director software . . . .	. .	. .	.	. .	.	23
Configuring I/O modules	. .	. .	.	. .	.	24

Configuring blade servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 About the wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting the wizard	. . . . . . .	.	.	25
Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.1 or later	. . . . . . .	.	.	26
BladeCenter networking guidelines	. . . . . . .	.	.	26
Chapter 3. Diagnostics	. . . . . . .	.	.	29

Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Identifying problems using the Light Path Diagnostics feature	. .	.	29
Chapter 4. Installing options	. .	.	31
Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack	. .	.	31
Installation guidelines	. .	.	31
System reliability considerations	. .	.	32

Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Installing and removing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The BladeCenter modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Installing a module	. . . . . . . .			. . . 37
Removing a module				. . . 38
Installing and removing the acoustic module option	. .	. . . . .	. .		.	.	40
Installing the acoustic module option	. .	. . . . .	. .		.	.	40

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