Locating The Installation Instructions - IBM Power PS700 Installation And User Manual

Locating the installation instructions

You can order the PS700 blade server with Virtual I/O Server, AIX, or IBM i already installed. If you did
not, you can install AIX, Linux, or Virtual I/O Server as a native operating system. After installing Virtual
I/O Server, you can install AIX, Linux, or IBM i operating system (formerly known as i5/OS) as a client
operating system in a logical partition (LPAR).
After you configure the blade server hardware, go to the operating-system documentation for the latest
operating-system installation instructions. See the following operating system descriptions for more
information:
v Installing Virtual I/O Server
See the Installing section of the PowerVM Information Roadmap.
If you did not order the PS700 blade server with the Virtual I/O Server software installed, you can use
the Virtual I/O Server DVD in the product package to install Virtual I/O Server and set up a virtual
environment that supports client operating systems in logical partitions. You can then install any of the
supported operating systems as a client in an LPAR.
The order of installation of Virtual I/O Server and the operating systems is important. You can update
the firmware first with the stand-alone Diagnostics CD, but you must install the Virtual I/O Server
software before you install any other software. The Virtual I/O Server software creates the Integrated
Virtual Manager administrator console and the first logical partition, which Virtual I/O Server and
Integrated Virtual Manager occupy.
After you install Virtual I/O Server, you can use Integrated Virtual Manager and Micro-Partitioning
create client partitions for client operating systems.
v Installing Linux
You can install a Linux operating system by following the installation instructions in the IBM Systems
Information Center.
The online Linux installation instructions are available in the Linux on BladeCenter JS22 topic in the IBM
Systems Information Center.
v Installing IBM i
You can install the IBM i operating system in a client partition of the Virtual I/O Server.
See the IBM i on a POWER Blade Read-me First document on the IBM Web site. Additional installation
information and IBM i restrictions are described in i5/OS client partition considerations.
Also see the IBM System i Information Roadmap.
v Installing AIX
You can install the AIX operating system by following the installation instructions in the IBM Systems
Information Center.
See the online AIX Installation and migration topic for more information. You can find more
information about AIX in the IBM System p Information Roadmap on the IBM Web site.
Note: After you install AIX from CD or DVD, using the keyboard and video interface, run the change
console command and restart the blade server to switch the AIX console to an SOL connection. (The
command does not affect the console that is used by partition firmware.) You can use the following
commands:
chcons /dev/vty0
shutdown -Fr
Notes:
1. Some optional devices have device drivers that you must install. See the 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.
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