IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide
Blade Configuration and Installation
3 Configuring the Blades for Remote Boot
The next few steps require BIOS configuration. To enter the BIOS, follow these steps:
1.Logon to the Management Module and select Power/Restart under Blade Tasks.
2.Select the blade to be restarted, then at the bottom of the page click Restart Blade and “Ok” when prompted.
3.Start a Remote Control of the target blade by clicking on Remote Control under Blade Tasks. Ensure that the media tray and KVM selections are for the target blade)
4.Enter the Blade BIOS by pressing F1 or clicking the F1 button at the appropriate time during POST.
3.1.1 Disabling IDE devices
Since the BladeCenter servers will boot to drives located on the SAN, the locally attached drives will not be used. To boot to the Qlogic HBAs, the local IDE controllers for the IBM BladeCenter should be disabled. To disable the IDE devices in the Blade Server BIOS, use the following steps from within the BIOS setup program:
1.Select Devices and IO ports from the main menu
2.Select IDE configuration menu. Select Disable to disable the Primary and Secondary IDE controllers. Note: in some instances, you may see the following error:
I9990303 No Boot device found
If you encounter this error, then spin up delay should be enabled on the HBA. See Section 3.2 Configuring the Qlogic HBA for details.
Figure 13 Disable the IDE Devices, HS20 and HS40
3.1.2Check the Boot Order
•From main BIOS screen, access Start Options, then Startup Sequence to access the boot order and insure the devices are listed in the following order:
| Device | Startup Order |
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| First Startup Device |
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| Diskette Drive 0 | Second Startup Device |
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| Hard Disk 0 | Third Startup Device |
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| Network | Fourth Startup Device |
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