Table Of Contents - IBM HS12 - BladeCenter - 8028 Installation And User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . .
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation .
The IBM Documentation CD .
Hardware and software requirements .
Using the Documentation Browser .
Notices and statements in this document .
Features and specifications.
What your blade server offers
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features .
IBM Director . . . .
Major components of the blade server
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and
indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Blade server controls and LEDs .
Turning on the blade server .
Turning off the blade server .
Blade server connectors .
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 15
Installation guidelines .
System reliability guidelines .
Handling static-sensitive devices .
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
unit . . . . . . .
Opening the blade server cover.
Removing an optional expansion unit
Installing a fixed-storage drive .
Installing a hot-swap storage drive
Installing a memory module.
Installing a concurrent KVM card .
I/O expansion cards .
Installing an I/O expansion card .
Installing a high-speed expansion card .
Installing an optional expansion unit .
Completing the installation .
Closing the blade server cover .
Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit
Updating the blade server configuration .
Input/output connectors and devices .
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 35
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program .
Configuration/Setup Utility menu .
Using passwords .
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
ServerGuide features .
Setup and configuration overview .
Typical operating-system installation .
Installing the operating system without using
ServerGuide . . .
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Using the PXE boot agent utility program .
Firmware updates .
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Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller.
Configuring a SAS RAID array .
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
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Chapter 5. Installing the operating
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. 5 Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to
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. 6 Using RDM to install the operating system .
. 8 Downloading installation instructions
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Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . 47
Diagnostic tools overview
ServerGuide problems .
Appendix. Getting help and technical
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assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Before you call .
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Using the documentation .
Getting help and information from the World Wide
Web . . . .
. 15 Software service and support
. 15 Hardware service and support .
. 16 IBM Taiwan product service .
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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Trademarks .
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Important notes .
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Particulate contamination.
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Documentation format.
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Electronic emission notices .
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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statement .
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Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
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statement .
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Avis de conformité à la réglementation
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d'Industrie Canada .
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Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
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European Union EMC Directive conformance
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statement .
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Germany Class A statement .
Taiwan Class A compliance statement
People's Republic of China Class A electronic
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. 36 Japan VCCI Class A statement .
. 38 Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
. 39 statement .
. 39 Japan Electronics and Information Technology
. 39 Industries Association (JEITA) statement.
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