Input/Output Connectors And Devices - IBM 8678 Installation And User Manual

you might need to upgrade your operating system to support SMP. See Chapter 5,
"Installing the operating system" on page 47 and your operating-system
documentation for additional information.

Input/output connectors and devices

The input/output connectors available to your blade server are supplied by the
BladeCenter unit. See the documentation that comes with your BladeCenter for
information about the input/output connectors.
The blade server has two selection buttons on the control panel:
v To switch the keyboard, video, and mouse to the blade server, press the
v To switch the CD-ROM, diskette drive, and USB port to the blade server, press
If there is no response when you press a select button, you can use the
management module Web interface to see if local power control has been disabled
on the blade server.
Notes:
1. The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support for the
2. It can take approximately 20 seconds for the operating system in the
3. If you install Microsoft Windows 2000 on the blade server while it is not the
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button.
CD
the button.
blade server to recognize and use the keyboard, mouse, CD-ROM drive, and
diskette drive. The BladeCenter unit uses USB for internal communication with
these devices.
switched-to blade server to recognize the CD-ROM drive, diskette drive, and
USB port, or the keyboard, video, and mouse.
current owner of the keyboard, video, and mouse, the first time the blade server
requests ownership after the operating system has been installed, it can take up
to one minute for the operating system to recognize the devices (this is a
one-time-only occurrance).
CD/diskette/USB
select button
CD
Blade-error
LED
Information
LED
Location
LED
Activity
LED
Power-on
LED
Keyboard/ mouse/
video select button
CD
and .