Configuring An Exa Multi-Node System - IBM X3950 X5 Problem Determination And Service Manual

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2. Install the IBM Systems Director program.
Results
If your management server is connected to the Internet, to locate and install
updates and interim fixes, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that you have run the Discovery and Inventory collection tasks.
2. On the Welcome page of the IBM Systems Director web interface, click View
3. Click Check for updates. The available updates are displayed in a table.
4. Select the updates that you want to install, and click Install to start the
If your management server is not connected to the Internet, to locate and install
updates and interim fixes, complete the following steps:
10. Return to the Welcome page of the web interface, and click View updates.
11. Select the updates that you want to install, and click Install to start the

Configuring an EXA multi-node system

This topic provides information about configuring an EXA multi-node system.
About this task
Note:
1. The EXA scalability feature is supported only in memory expansion modules
2. Do not use the IMM Scalable Partition Web Interface to configure a QPI
This feature requires scalability cables and firmware that supports X-Architecture
scalability from one memory expansion module to another memory expansion
module. In a 2-node EXA scaled configuration, each memory expansion module is
connected to an x3850 X5 or x3950 X5 server, and the memory expansion modules
are connected to each other through the EXA scalability cables. (For detailed
installation instructions, see the documentation that came with the EXA cables.)
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b. If a newer version of IBM Systems Director than what comes with the
server is shown in the drop-down list, follow the instructions on the web
page to download the latest version.
updates.
installation wizard.
1. Make sure that you have run the Discovery and Inventory collection tasks.
2. On a system that is connected to the Internet, go to http://www.ibm.com/
eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/.
3. From the Product family list, select IBM Systems Director.
4. From the Product list, select IBM Systems Director.
5. From the Installed version list, select the latest version, and click Continue.
6. Download the available updates.
7. Copy the downloaded files to the management server.
8. On the management server, on the Welcome page of the IBM Systems Director
web interface, click the Manage tab, and click Update Manager.
9. Click Import updates and specify the location of the downloaded files that
you copied to the management server.
installation wizard.
that contain the Intel 7510 Scalable Memory Buffer.
multi-node system.

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