Table Of Contents - Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Getting Started Manual

Preface .............................................................................................. vii
Safety Information ............................................................................................... viii
Safety precautions .......................................................................................... viii
Common precautions concerning safety ............................................................. ix
About operations and actions ........................................................................... ix
The need for each individual to pay attention and take care ............................... ix
General safety precautions ............................................................................... ix
Intended Audience ................................................................................................ xv
Product Version .................................................................................................... xv
Release Notes ...................................................................................................... xvi
Document Organization ........................................................................................ xvi
Referenced Documents ........................................................................................ xvii
Document Conventions ........................................................................................ xvii
Conventions for storage capacity values ............................................................... xviii
Safety information ................................................................................................ xix
Getting help ......................................................................................................... xix
Comments ........................................................................................................... xix
1 CB 2500 Overview ............................................................................. 1-1
Features of the CB 2500 ...................................................................................... 1-2
Features of the server chassis ........................................................................ 1-3
Features of server blades ............................................................................... 1-4
Management module overview ....................................................................... 1-5
I/O board module .......................................................................................... 1-6
Switch module overview ................................................................................ 1-6
Power supply module .................................................................................... 1-6
Fan module ................................................................................................... 1-6
LPAR manager functionality ........................................................................... 1-6
N+M cold standby ......................................................................................... 1-7
Reducing server blade power consumption ...................................................... 1-7
Internal LAN and management LAN ................................................................ 1-7
Various consoles that manage the CB 2500 ........................................................... 1-8
Types of consoles supported by the CB 2500 ................................................... 1-8
System console prerequisites ......................................................................... 1-9
Web console ............................................................................................... 1-12
CLI console ................................................................................................. 1-12
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