IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide
Module slots 3 and 4 are used for Fibre Channel or other switch types and connect to the Server Blades as well as external devices.
•Power - Four modular power supplies provide primary and backup power to all BladeCenter subsystems. Power supplies 1 and 2 are responsible for powering blade 1 through 6 plus all of the BladeCenter components such as the switches, management modules, media tray, etc, and power supplies 3 and 4 are responsible for power blades 7 through 14.
•Cooling - Dual, modular blowers provide
•Media Tray - Removable media subsystem that is shared by all blades. Includes CD/DVD and floppy media.
Figure 1 BladeCenter Chassis – Rear View
1.3 Notes
This is currently a living document and will continue to grow as we have more experience with IBM Blades in the
If you are installing Linux, please pay close attention to the issues listed in Section 4.5.
1.3.1 Contributors
We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following people:
1.Richard Gebhardt, IBM Lab Services – Appendix E Modify or Create the
2.Fred Rabert, Nortel Networks – Assistance with Section on Nortel switches plus BroadCom Driver installation instructions.
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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.
