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IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide

IBM® BladeCenter™ Deployment Guide

Part 3 - Blades

Chris Gillen, IBM

Sam Litenatsky, IBM

Kevin Conover, IBM

Version 3.0, 3/10/2006

http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP100564

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The BladeCenter Deployment Guide is intended as a personal productivity tool. It is not intended to be comprehensive and is provided for

guidance only, on an 'as is basis' without warranty of any kind. Please be aware that its contents have not been certified by IBM.

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Contents

IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 3 Blades IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Table of Contents Table of Figures Table of Tables Linux nofb BladeCenter Subsystems Introduction Overview BladeCenter Chassis Rear View Contributors Preparatory Steps Network Configuration BladeCenter Management Module Remote Control Hints and Tips Disable key repeats Remote Control Window SAN Configuration Embedded Fibre Channel Switches Storage Connection Diagram Disabling ports on the QLogic switch Using SANSurfer GUI Port Properties Check the Boot Order Configuring the Blades for Remote BootDisabling IDE devices Device Startup Order HS20 Boot Sequence Acquiring HBA WWPNs World Wide Port Names Configuring the Qlogic HBA Configuring the QLogic HBA Configuring the path to the boot LUN Enable Selectable Boot Illustration Save your changes Testing the path to the boot LUN Verify Disk Media Ethernet Port Numbering Browse MAC Address Table Bottom Switch Learned Browse MAC Address Table Top SwitchMAC Address Port Learned MAC Address Port Change Media Tray Owner Loading the Remote Diskette Linux nofb Kickstart Information Multipath Red Hat Installation Boot Failure for RH Fdisk Output Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation RPM Install of Broadcom Device Drivers Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades Rev IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Other Linux Distributions and Blades Changing the Boot Loader Configuration Serial Over LAN SOL for Blades Rdac Installation and ConfigurationOverview 72345respawn/sbin/agetty -h ttyS1 19200 vt102 Summary of Linux changes for SOL Alt-sysrq from Linux client Alt-sysrq Alt-sysrq from PuTTY Netdump IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 List of limitations Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation Bios and Ismp Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40BMC Update for the HS20 8843 and LS20 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide QLogic HBA Flash Flash the QLogic HBA Bios # mount -o loop drvnet.img mnt/drv Red Hat Boot Diskette Modification Process IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 # cd # umount mnt/initrd Driverdisk --source=nfshost/path/to/26k4970.img Modify or Create the Post-install Driver Diskette Image IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Appendix A. Firmware Versions Management Module Bios InformationHS20 Model 8832 Firmware Information HS40 Bios and Ismp Information HS40 Bios QLogic Firmware Information LS20 Bios and BMC Information BladeCenter Components BladeCenter Information Index