IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide

Table of Contents

1

Introduction

6

 

1.1

Overview

6

 

1.2

BladeCenter Subsystems

6

 

1.3

Notes

7

 

1.3.1

Contributors

7

Installation and Configuration

8

2

Preparatory Steps

8

 

2.1

Network Configuration

8

 

2.2

BladeCenter Management Module

9

 

2.3

Remote Control Hints and Tips

9

 

2.4

Embedded Fibre Channel Switches

12

 

2.4.1

SAN Configuration

12

 

2.4.2

Disabling ports on the QLogic switch

13

Blade Configuration and Installation

16

3 Configuring the Blades for Remote Boot

16

 

3.1.1

Disabling IDE devices

16

 

3.1.2

Check the Boot Order

16

 

3.2

Configuring the Qlogic HBA

18

 

3.2.1

Acquiring HBA WWPNs (World Wide Port Names)

18

 

3.2.2

Configuring the path to the boot LUN

19

 

3.2.3

Testing the path to the boot LUN

21

 

3.3

Ethernet Port Numbering

22

4 Installation Process for Red Hat Linux

24

 

4.1

Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1/3.0 Installation

24

 

4.2

Kickstart Information

27

 

4.3

Multipath Red Hat Installation

27

 

4.4

Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation

29

 

4.5

Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades

30

 

4.6

Other Linux Distributions and Blades

34

 

4.7

RDAC Installation and Configuration

35

 

4.8

Serial Over LAN (SOL) for Blades

35

 

4.8.1

Overview

35

 

4.8.2

Summary of Linux changes for SOL

36

 

4.8.3

alt-sysrq

37

 

4.9

Netdump

38

5 Install Process for Windows 2000 and 2003 Remote Boot

40

 

5.1

Operating System Installation

40

 

5.2

Installing Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet device drivers

40

 

5.3

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation

41

 

5.4

List of limitations

41

6 Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40

42

 

6.1

BIOS and ISMP

42

 

6.2

BMC Update for the HS20 (8843) and LS20

42

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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