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IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide

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Contents

IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 3 Blades IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Table of Contents Table of Tables Table of Figures Linux nofb Introduction Overview BladeCenter Subsystems Contributors BladeCenter Chassis Rear View Network Configuration Preparatory Steps Remote Control Hints and Tips BladeCenter Management Module Disable key repeats Remote Control Window Embedded Fibre Channel Switches SAN Configuration Disabling ports on the QLogic switch Storage Connection Diagram Using SANSurfer GUI Port Properties Disabling IDE devices Configuring the Blades for Remote BootCheck the Boot Order Device Startup Order HS20 Boot Sequence Configuring the Qlogic HBA Acquiring HBA WWPNs World Wide Port Names Configuring the path to the boot LUN Configuring the QLogic HBA Enable Selectable Boot Illustration Testing the path to the boot LUN Save your changes Ethernet Port Numbering Verify Disk Media MAC Address Port Learned Browse MAC Address Table Top SwitchBrowse MAC Address Table Bottom Switch Learned MAC Address Port Change Media Tray Owner Loading the Remote Diskette Linux nofb Multipath Red Hat Installation Kickstart Information Boot Failure for RH Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation Fdisk Output Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades RPM Install of Broadcom Device Drivers Rev IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Changing the Boot Loader Configuration Other Linux Distributions and Blades Overview Rdac Installation and ConfigurationSerial Over LAN SOL for Blades Summary of Linux changes for SOL 72345respawn/sbin/agetty -h ttyS1 19200 vt102 Alt-sysrq Alt-sysrq from Linux client Netdump Alt-sysrq from PuTTY IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation List of limitations BMC Update for the HS20 8843 and LS20 Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40Bios and Ismp IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Flash the QLogic HBA Bios QLogic HBA Flash Red Hat Boot Diskette Modification Process # mount -o loop drvnet.img mnt/drv IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 # cd # umount mnt/initrd Modify or Create the Post-install Driver Diskette Image Driverdisk --source=nfshost/path/to/26k4970.img IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide HS20 Model 8832 Firmware Information Management Module Bios InformationAppendix A. Firmware Versions HS40 Bios HS40 Bios and Ismp Information LS20 Bios and BMC Information QLogic Firmware Information BladeCenter Information BladeCenter Components Index