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Preface
This guide is intended for anyone who plans for the physical installation and
configuration of an IBM
should be used for these tasks:
v Use Chapter 1, "Introducing the BladeCenter T units," on page 1 to understand
v Use Chapter 2, "BladeCenter T unit components," on page 13 to learn about the
v Use Chapter 3, "Deployment considerations," on page 39 to learn about network
v Use Chapter 4, "Installation considerations," on page 51 and Appendix A,
v Use Chapter 5, "Configuration considerations," on page 75 and Appendix B,
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the overall purpose and usage of BladeCenter T units and blade servers.
physical components that make up a BladeCenter T unit.
topology considerations and deployment considerations.
"Planning worksheets," on page 89 to plan for the physical environment for
installing BladeCenter T units. This includes space, power, cooling, and cabling
requirements. The worksheets provide the basis for selecting the features and
options for each blade server, where the blade server is installed in a
BladeCenter T unit and a rack location for each BladeCenter T unit.
"Configuration worksheets," on page 101 to plan for the configuration of the:
– Management module
– I/O modules
– Fibre Channel switch modules
– Blade servers
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T unit. This book is organized as follows and
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