Table Of Contents - IBM QS21 - BladeCenter - 0792 Installation And User Manual

Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The BladeCenter QS21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Major components of the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Registering your BladeCenter QS21
Checking for software and firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Blade server power, controls, and indicators . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Blade server controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System board internal and expansion card connectors . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3. Installing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the BladeCenter QS21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit
Opening and removing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the optional InfiniBand card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding I/O DDR2 memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing the SAS expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit
Removing the blade-server front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the battery
Finishing the installation
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 5. Configuring the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Communicating with the blade server
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Power configuration and power throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Boot support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Support for local storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Installing the front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Closing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Advanced Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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