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Overview of Steps for Installing and Initially Configuring the Blade Switch
Consider these requirements before you install your blade switch:
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For more information about the components of the BX600 system, see the PRIMERGY BX600 Basic Unit
Operating Manual.
Overview of Steps for Installing and Initially Configuring the
Blade Switch
You can install and configure the blade switch by using either of two methods. In each, you start a
terminal-emulation program on a PC. The terminal-emulation software—a PC application such as
Hyperterminal or ProcommPlus—makes communication between the blade switch and your PC or
terminal possible. The PC communicates with the blade switch either through its console port or through
the console port of BX600 system management blade.
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Installing the Blade Switch in the BX600 System
Follow these steps to install the blade switch in the BX600 system:
Obtain and make note of this information from your system administrator before you begin the blade
Step 1
switch installation:
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Touch the blade switch static-protective package to unpainted metal on the BX600 system for at least 2
Step 2
seconds.
Remove any dummy blade from the slot.
Step 3
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The NET1 and NET2 slots are a pair. If the NET2 slot is used, the I/O blade in the NET2 slot must
be the same type as the one in the NET1 slot.
The NET3 and NET4 slots are a pair. If the NET4 slot is used, the I/O blade in the NET4 slot must
be the same type as the one in the NET3 slot.
If the blade switch is installed in the NET3 and NET4 slots, an Ethernet I/O module (daughter card)
must be installed on the BX600 server.
To set up the blade switch through its console port, start with the next section,
Switch in the BX600
System."
To set up the blade switch through the BX600 system management blade, first connect it to a PC to
run the terminal emulation program and to interact with the console menu. Do this before you install
the blade switch into the BX600 system. Start with the
Management
Blade" section on page 13.
Switch IP address
Subnet mask (IP netmask)
Default gateway (router)
Enable secret password (encrypted)
Enable password (not encrypted)
Telnet password
SNMP community strings (optional)
Chapter 2
Blade Switch Installation
"Installing the Blade
"Connecting through the BX600 System
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