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Locating the installation instructions
You can order the JS12 blade server with either Virtual I/O Server or AIX 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
v Installing Linux
v Installing IBM i
v Installing AIX
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JS12 Type 7998: Installation and User's Guide
See the Installing section of the PowerVM Information Roadmap.
If you did not order the JS12 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
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Micro-Partitioning
to create client partitions for client operating systems.
You can install a Linux operating system by following the installation
instructions in the IBM Systems Information Center.
The Linux installation on the JS12 blade server follows the same procedure as
the installation on the JS22 blade server, which is described in the Linux on
BladeCenter JS22 topic in the IBM Systems Information Center.
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.
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:
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