Downloading The Installation Instructions - IBM JS21 - BladeCenter - 8844 Installation And User Manual

Downloading the installation instructions

To install the operating system on a blade server, you can download the latest
operating-system installation instructions from http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/
and install the operating system. Local deployment for supported operating systems
might require an integrated CD that contains the operating system with service
packs applied. Instructions for creating an integrated CD are in the latest
operating-system installation instructions at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
Notes:
1. Some optional devices have device drivers that you must install. See the
2. Before you install an Ethernet expansion card, first install the operating system,
3. The IBM Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) program does not support the
After you configure the blade server hardware, complete the following steps to
download the latest operating-system installation instructions:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
2. Under Product support, click BladeCenter.
3. From the menu on the left side of the page, click BladeCenter support search.
4. From the Task menu, select Install.
5. From the Product family menu, select BladeCenter JS21.
6. From the Operating system menu, select your operating system, and then click
After you install the operating system, be sure to install the ppc64 Linux utilities that
apply to your operating system. Instructions for installing these utilities are in the
same documentation that describes how to install the operating system.
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documentation that comes with the devices for information about installing any
required device drivers.
If your operating system does not have the required device drivers, contact your
IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller, or see your
operating-system documentation for additional information.
as described in this chapter.
BladeCenter JS21 Type 8844 blade server. However, you can use the following
programs for remote deployment:
v For AIX, Red Hat Linux, or SUSE Linux operating-system deployments, you
can use Cluster Systems Management (CSM) from IBM. Go to
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/clusters/software/.
v For AIX operating-system deployments, you can use Network Installation
Manager (NIM) from IBM. See your AIX operating-system documentation for
additional information.
v For SUSE Linux operating-system deployments, you can use the AutoYast
utility program from Novell, Inc. Go to http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/.
Search to display the available installation documents.